文章指出「监控国家」已变成双向：在 2025 年，国土安全部部长 Kristi Noem 将辨识蒙面联邦探员称为「人肉搜寻（doxing）」甚至「暴力」，但法律专家不同意。自 Donald Trump 第二任期上任后将近 12 个月，ICE、CBP 与被授权的各级执法部门加强逮捕与突袭，一些探员以「自身风险」为由遮蔽身分，促使居民以前所未见的程度用手机纪录执法行动。
公民拍摄执法并非新事：可追溯到 1968 年民主党全国代表大会的新闻纪录；非记者的影像在 1991 年 3 月 George Holliday 拍到 Rodney King 遭殴打后进入主流；2020 年青少年拍到白人警察 Derek Chauvin 压制 46 岁 George Floyd，引发更大规模动员。文章强调 2025 年的转变在于规模与常态化：从抗议者与行动者，扩散为「任何刚好在场的人」的群众式做法。
政府回应呈现数量化升级：9 月联邦大陪审团起诉 3 人，指其跟随 ICE 探员回家并在 Instagram 直播住址；同月 DHS 传票要求 Meta 协助辨识 6 个帐号，但在 12 月初撤回。FBI 也据报在至少 23 个地区启动「刑事与国内恐怖主义」调查；另有 6 月提出的《Protecting Law Enforcement From Doxing Act》（S.1952，119th Congress）尚未推进。文末以能力落差作结：政府拥有车牌辨识、摄影机网路与通讯取证等系统化工具，远超一般人分散式拍摄所能造成的隐私侵入。
The piece argues surveillance is now bidirectional: in 2025, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem frames identifying masked federal agents as “doxing” and even “violence,” but legal experts disagree. Nearly 12 months into Donald Trump’s second term, intensified immigration arrests and raids by ICE, CBP, and deputized authorities—often by agents concealing identities—have pushed residents to document enforcement with phones at seemingly unprecedented levels.
Civilian recording of police is longstanding, but key inflection points are chronological and measurable: journalists documented police violence as far back as the 1968 Democratic Convention; a bystander video entered the mainstream in March 1991 when George Holliday filmed LAPD officers beating Rodney King; and in 2020 a teenager’s video of Derek Chauvin restraining 46-year-old George Floyd helped catalyze nationwide unrest. The 2025 shift is scale and normalization—moving from activists to ordinary bystanders.
Government responses show escalating counts and legal pressure: in September, a federal grand jury indicted 3 people for allegedly livestreaming an ICE agent’s home address; DHS subpoenaed Meta to unmask 6 Instagram accounts but withdrew it in early December. The FBI has reportedly opened “criminal and domestic terrorism” investigations in at least 23 areas, and a June bill (S.1952, 119th Congress) seeks to formalize anti-doxing protections for law enforcement. The article closes on asymmetry: state surveillance tools (plate readers, camera networks, communication warrants) far outstrip a distributed public’s recording capacity.