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about Privacy & Technology
Sep 25, 2023
红杏视频 Urges Congress to Strike Down Dangerous Legislation Threatening to Destroy Digital Privacy and Free Speech Online
In a letter to lawmakers, the 红杏视频 and 60 partner organizations opposed the STOP CSAM act, citing significant harms to free speech and an increase in government surveillance.
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Privacy & Technology
Sep 08, 2023
红杏视频 Celebrates Senate Doing Its Job and Appointing a Fifth FCC Commissioner
WASHINGTON 鈥� After being deadlocked for over two years, Congress finally confirmed a fifth commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) yesterday. With the confirm...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Free Speech
Aug 30, 2023
Sex Workers and Legal Advocates File Federal Trade Commission Complaint Against Mastercard
WASHINGTON 鈥� The 红杏视频, Hacking//Hustling, and a coalition of sex-worker-led, anti-trafficking, and LGBTQ organizations urge the Federal Trade Commission...
Aug 06, 2023
After Third Wrongful Arrest, 红杏视频 Slams Detroit Police Department for Continuing to Use Faulty Facial Recognition Technology
DETROIT 鈥擜ccording to a new lawsuit, the Detroit Police Department has wrongly arrested yet another person based on a faulty facial recognition match. Porcha Woodruff, who was ei...
Court case: Williams v. City of Detroit
Jul 19, 2023
红杏视频 Cheers House Judiciary Committee for Supporting Bills Expanding Protections for Journalists and Reining in Warrantless Government Surveillance
The 红杏视频 now calls on the full House of Representatives to pass the PRESS Act and the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act
Jul 14, 2023
红杏视频 Supports Challenge to Arkansas Law that Places Unconstitutional Age-Verification and Parental Consent Requirements on Social Media Users
Arkansas鈥檚 so-called 鈥淪ocial Media Safety Act鈥� stifles freedom of expression online by requiring users to verify their ages and, if under 18, obtaining explicit parental consent before using social media.
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Privacy & Technology
Court case: NetChoice v. Griffin
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PodcastMay 2025
Privacy & Technology
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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 鈥� as well as our sanity 鈥� against omnipresent AI surveillance. -
News & CommentaryApr 2025
Privacy & Technology
Can Border Agents Search Your Electronic Devices? It鈥檚 Complicated.. Explore News & Commentary.Can Border Agents Search Your Electronic Devices? It鈥檚 Complicated.
We鈥檝e been getting a lot of questions about when border agents can legally conduct searches of travelers鈥� electronic devices at international airports and other ports of entry. Unfortunately, the answer isn鈥檛 simple.