Today's News about Surveillance Issues
CDT Leads Coalition of Over 100 Organizations Opposing DHS Surveillance of Activists, Journalists, and Lawyers
Source: Center for Democracy and Technology
May 1, 2019
The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) led a coalition of over 100 organizations in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) urging it to cease any targeting of activists, journalists, and lawyers based on their First Amendment-protected speech and associational activities. The coalition demanded that DHS address alarming reports of surveillance activity by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that jeopardizes First Amendment rights and access to legal counsel, and may violate the Privacy Act of 1974.
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New Documents Reveal DHS Asserting Broad, Unconstitutional Authority to Search Travelers’ Phones and Laptops
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
May 1, 2019
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the ACLU asked a federal court to rule without trial that the Department of Homeland Security violates the First and Fourth Amendments by searching travelers’ smartphones and laptops at airports and other U.S. ports of entry without a warrant.
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When License-Plate Surveillance Goes Horribly Wrong
Source: The New York Times
April 24, 2019
The pitfalls of automated policing, where one piece of bad information can lead to a guns-drawn confrontation.
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