Press Releases
about Privacy & Technology
Jan 29, 2024
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ and ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ of NJ File Friend-of-the-Court Brief in Challenge to Wrongful Arrest due to Face Recognition Tech
Parks v. McCormac could be the first case in the country to generate a decision addressing critical questions about police misuse of face recognition technology
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Criminal Law Reform
Court case: Parks v. McCormac
Jan 10, 2024
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Urges Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Protect Right to Privacy in Internet Searches
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ and librarians file amicus in Pennsylvania v. Kurtz, asking the state Supreme Court to protect people seeking information online
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
National Security
Court case: Commonwealth v. Kurtz
Dec 05, 2023
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ and RCFP Urge Supreme Court to Block Two State Laws that Would Allow the Government to Regulate Editorial Discretion on Social Media
Private platforms’ decisions about what speech to host, publish, and distribute on the internet are protected by the First Amendment and cannot be mandated by the government.
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Privacy & Technology
Court case: NetChoice, LLC. v. Paxton
Nov 29, 2023
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Endorses New Senate Bill Banning TSA from Using Facial Recognition Technology in Airports
WASHINGTON — Today Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and a bipartisan group of senators introduced the Traveler Privacy Protection Act, a bill that would prohibit the Transportation Sec...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Nov 27, 2023
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ and Digital Rights Groups Support Nonprofit in Lawsuit Over Its Reports Critical of Content on X
SAN FRANCISCO — The ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥, the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ of Northern California, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia Univ...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Privacy & Technology
Nov 07, 2023
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Applauds Introduction of Bipartisan Government Surveillance Reform Act to Rein in Warrantless Government Surveillance
Sens. Wyden and Lee’s Bill Would Protect Americans Against Several Types of Warrantless U.S. Government Surveillance
Issue Areas:
National Security
Privacy & Technology

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