Action Alert: Help California Limit Surveillance Powers, Support SB1186
SB1186 needs to pass the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
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Fighting the Surveillance State in My Own Back Yard: Interview with Scott Horton
“Scott and I talked about the city’s lawsuit against me in an effort to keep “mobile surveillance cameras” secret and my recent second-round victory in court.”
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California Bill to Help End Unchecked Police Surveillance, Establish More Local Control Clears Another Hurdle
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (June 27, 2018) – Yesterday, a second California Assembly committee passed a bill that would increase oversight and transparency of law enforcement surveillance technology. Passage of the bill would take the first step toward limiting the unchecked use of surveillance technologies that violate basic privacy rights and feed into a broader national surveillance state.
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At Least Eight AT&T Facilities Help NSA Spy on Everybody
The NSA uses AT&T facilities in at least eight cities to warrantlessly monitor and collect billions of emails, phone calls, and online chats passing across the United States.
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Tenther Tuesday 37: Battling Big Brother
Michael Boldin and Michael Maharrey talk about how the feds have actually expanded the unconstitutional surveillance state since the Edward Snowden revelations, and how states are fighting back against Big Brother.
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Now In Effect: Michigan Bans “Material Support or Resources” for Warrantless Federal Surveillance
LANSING, Mich. (June 17, 2018) – A new law banning “material support or resources” for warrantless federal surveillance programs went into effect in Michigan. This is an essential step every state needs to take at a time when the federal government seems unlikely to ever end unconstitutional spying on its own.
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Tech Group Calls Police Use of Amazon Facial Recognition “Patriotic”
After an outcry over reports that law enforcement agencies are using facial recognition technology marketed by Amazon to profile people in real time, the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF) released a letter claiming that Amazon’s Rekognition technology was “patriotic and can benefit society.”
DetailsCalifornia Senate Passes Bill to Help End Unchecked Police Surveillance, Establish More Local Control
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (June 1, 2018) – Yesterday, the California Senate passed a bill that would increase oversight and transparency of law enforcement surveillance technology. Passage of the bill would take the first step toward limiting the unchecked use of surveillance technologies that violate basic privacy rights and feed into a broader national surveillance state.
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