Surveillance and the Limits of Law

Section 215 of the Patriot Act is set to sunset. New legislation would kill it entirely. But how much do intelligence agencies follow the law anyway?

By Alex Marthews | March 4, 2020 | Defense, Government, Human Rights, Law, Privacy, Security | Amazon, AT&T, Black Lives Matter, Civil Liberties, Congress, Constitutional Law, Dissent, Donald Trump, Edward Snowden, Electronic Frontier Foundation, FBI, FISA, Foreign Intelligence, Fourth Amendment, Gang of Eight, ICE, Intelligence Agencies, Internet, Jewel v. NSA, Law Enforcement, Legal Precedent, Mass Surveillance, Michael Hayden, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, NSA, Orwell, Palantir, Patriot Act, Privacy, Restore the Fourth, Revolution, Russell Tice, Section 215, Sensors, Spying, Standing Rock, Supreme Court, surveillance, Surveillance Oversight Ordinances, Violence

Podcast #33: Clare Garvie on Facial Recognition

Facial recognition expert Clare Garvie explains how police are using (and abusing) this dangerous technology.

By Art Keller | July 3, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights, Law, Podcasts, Policing, Privacy, Security | 14th Amendment, Abuse, Biometric Surveillance, Carpenter v. US, Civil Liberties, Congress, Cross-Examination, Driver's Licenses, Due Process, Equal Protection, Exculpatory Evidence, Facial Recognition, Fair Trial, False Identification, False Imprisonment, FBI, First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Free Speech, Justice, Law Enforcement, Photo Databases, Police, Privacy

Worried About Internet Privacy? Visit Your Local Librarian

Librarians have historically taken strong stances on protecting the privacy of patrons. Now, some of them are becoming valuable assets in the fight against online surveillance.

By Lucy Uprichard | May 24, 2017 | Education, Knowledge, Privacy, Society | Abuse of Power, ALA, Alison Macrina, Counter-terrorism, CUNY Graduate Center, Data Collection, Information, ISPs, Law Enforcement, Librarians, Libraries, Library Freedom Project, NSA, Privacy, Security, Social Media, surveillance, Tracking, World War II

Now Following You on Twitter: The Police

Social media monitoring tools let local law enforcement scoop up and sift through everyone’s posts, regardless of suspicion.

By Warren Christopher Freiberg | March 29, 2017 | Law, Media, Policing, Privacy, Security | ACLU, Alex Marthews, Babel Street, Baltimore, Boston, Brennan Center for Justice, California, CIA, Civil Rights, Dataminr, Department of Homeland Security, Facebook, FBI, First Amendment, Florida, Fourth Amendment, Freddie Gray, Geofeedia, Instagram, Law Enforcement, Media Sonar, Michigan, Monitoring, Police, Protests, Restore the Fourth, Snaptrends, Social Media, Social Media Monitoring, surveillance, Texas, Tracking, Twitter

The Perpetual Line-Up: Interview With Clare Garvie

In October, the Center on Privacy and Technology at Georgetown Law released The Perpetual Line-Up, a comprehensive report about the [...]

By Art Keller | December 7, 2016 | Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights, Law, Policing, Privacy, Security | ACLU, Anonymity, Biometric Data, Chicago Police, Constitution, Crime, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Driver's Licenses, Facebook, Facial Recognition, FBI, First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Freddy Gray, Freedom of Information Act, Geofeedia, Georgetown, Instagram, LAPD, Law Enforcement, Maryland, Michigan, Next Generation Identification System, NYPD, surveillance, Surveillance Cameras, Transparency, Twitter, West Virginia

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