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about Privacy & Technology
Mar 01, 2023
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Condemns House Foreign Affairs Committee Vote on TikTok Ban Bill
WASHINGTON — The US House Foreign Affairs Committee voted on Wednesday to advance a bill that would effectively ban TikTok in the US, violating the First Amendment rights of mill...
Feb 27, 2023
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Strongly Opposes House Bill that Would Ban TikTok and Threaten First Amendment Rights
WASHINGTON — In a letter sent to the House Foreign Affairs Committees today, the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ has urged members to vote no on HR 1153, a bill introduced by Hous...
Jan 30, 2023
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Argues Evidence From Privacy-Invasive Geofence Warrants Should Be Suppressed
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Files Amicus in United States v. Chatrie, the First Geofence Search Case to Hit a Federal Court of Appeals
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
National Security
Court case: United States v. Chatrie
Jan 18, 2023
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Raises Alarm Over Arizona Attorney General’s Illegal Financial Surveillance Program
New Records Obtained by the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Detail How Arizona Created a Nationwide Surveillance Program to Track Americans’ Money Transfers
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
National Security
Dec 06, 2022
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ and Partners Warn Supreme Court ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Dangers of Suppressing Free Speech Online
Groups Urge Court to Protect First Amendment-Protected Speech on Twitter and Other Online Platforms From Overbroad Moderation
Nov 22, 2022
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Urges FTC to Address the Many Commercial Surveillance Practices that Disempower and Harm Consumers
WASHINGTON — The ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ submitted its comment in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s call for input from the public about “whether new rules ar...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Racial Justice
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PodcastMay 2025
Privacy & Technology
Free Speech
Know Your Digital Privacy Rights With Esha Bhandari And Daniel Kahn Gillmor. Explore Podcast.Know Your Digital Privacy Rights with Esha Bhandari and Daniel Kahn Gillmor
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PodcastMar 2025
Privacy & Technology
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Free Mahmoud Khalil With Ben Wizner And Baher Azmy. Explore Podcast.Free Mahmoud Khalil with Ben Wizner and Baher Azmy
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News & CommentaryMar 2025
Privacy & Technology
Machine Surveillance Is Being Super-charged By Large Ai Models. Explore News & Commentary.Machine Surveillance is Being Super-Charged by Large AI Models
Limits and guardrails are vital to protect our privacy and liberty — as well as our sanity — against omnipresent AI surveillance. -
News & CommentaryApr 2025
Privacy & Technology
Can Border Agents Search Your Electronic Devices? It’s Complicated.. Explore News & Commentary.Can Border Agents Search Your Electronic Devices? It’s Complicated.
We’ve been getting a lot of questions about when border agents can legally conduct searches of travelers’ electronic devices at international airports and other ports of entry. Unfortunately, the answer isn’t simple.