Race & Technology News Updates Archive

Court Cases

1/24/24
This grandfather was mistakenly identified as a Sunglass Hut robber by facial recognition software. He's suing after he was sexually assaulted in jail.
CBS News

1/23/24
Lawsuit: Facial recognition software leads to wrongful arrest of Texas man; he was in Sacramento at time of robbery
CBS News

1/8/24
US Supreme Court rejects X Corp's surveillance disclosure challenge
Reuters

1/5/24
EFF Urges Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Find Keyword Search Warrant Unconstitutional
EFF

11/6/23
EFF to Ninth Circuit: Activists' Personal Information Unconstitutionally Collected by DHS Must Be Expunged
EFF

11/1/23
N ew York court ruling favors DNA matching investigations, prompts privacy concerns
CBS 6 Albany

10/24/23
NY Wins Power to Search DNA Bank for Criminals’ Relatives
Bloomberg

9/13/23
EFF to Michigan Court: Governments Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Use a Drone to Spy on You Without a Warrant
Electronic Frontier Foundation

8/1/23
FBI and Colorado Springs Police Department sued over alleged unlawful invasion of privacy
CBS Colorado

7/27/23
Maryland Supreme Court: Police Can’t Search Digital Data When Users Revoke Consent
EFF

7/6/23
New Jersey J ust Made It a Lot Harder for Police to Snoop on Social Media
Slate

6/29/23
New Jersey Supreme Court Rules to Protect Social Media Users' Communications
Elections Privacy Information Center

5/22/23
EFF to Court: California's Public Records Law Must Remain a Check on Police Use of Drones
EFF

5/3/23
The Warrant Clause in the Digital Age
ACLU

4/13/23
Appeals court revives lawsuit challenging OC district attorney’s DNA collection program
Orange County Register

3/20/23
Vermont’s Supreme Court: Obtaining Real Time Cell Site Location Data Requires A Warrant
TechDirt

3/4/23
An Important Wiretap Act Case Pending in the New Jersey Supreme Court
Reason

2/21/23
Supreme Court Refuses to hear Case Challenging NSA Surveillance
EPIC

2/13/23
Fourth Circuit Latest To Say Filming Cops Is Protected By The First Amendment
Tech Dirt

2/7/23
Privacy Litigation Update: Illinois class action lawsuit joins string of wiretapping claims arising out of website operator use of session replay technology
Byte Back

1/25/23
Supreme Court Orders Reconsideration in Texas Death Penalty Case
Equal Justice Initiative

City and State Updates

7/3/24
Massachusetts police leaders support ShotSpotter amid criticism
WWLP

7/1/24
Detroit changes rules for police use of facial recognition after wrongful arrest of Black man
The Guardian

7/1/24
The SFPD's Intended Purchase of a Robot Dog Triggers Board of Supervisors' Oversight Obligations
EFF

6/27/24
Genetic Surveillance: The NYPD's Rogue DNA Database
STOP

6/26/24
Surveillance technology never left Milwaukee after the DNC
Wisconsin Examiner

6/19/24
Vermont Senate Fails to Override Vermont Data Privacy Act Veto
EPIC

6/12/24
Seeing is Misbelieving: How Surveillance Distorts Crime Statistics
STOP

6/11/24
Rhode Island House Passes Weak "Privacy" Laws
EPIC

6/12/24
These Wrongly Arrested Black Men Say a California Bill Would Let Police Misuse Face Recognition
The Markup

6/11/24
Rhode Island House Passes Weak "Privacy" Laws
EPIC

6/11/24
Alternatives to ShotSpotter draw concern
Axios Seattle

6/10/24
NYC again considers banning biometric tech for businesses, residential buildings
Statescoop

6/10/24
Facial-recognition technology poses threats to civil liberties, Ann Arbor declares
MLive

6/10/24
Lawmakers look to limit use of facial recognition technology
NY 1

6/7/24
Harrell Drops ShotSpotter from Surveillance Expansion, but Privacy Concerns Remain
The Urbanist

6/6/24
Legislators: Make DNA sampling like fingerprints
Bucks County Herald

6/5/24
New York Spends $225 Million on its Own "Cop City" -- to Make the Whole City Run on Cops
The Intercept

6/4/24
New Jersey Bill Seeks to Ban Facial Recognition Security by Businesses
Shore News Network

6/3/24
Lower Bucks County Lawmakers, Law Enforcement Advocate for Expanded DNA Collection
Levittown Now

5/31/24
ACLU-WA Comment on Proposal to Deploy CCTV Cameras, Real-Time Crime Center Software and Automated License Plate Reader Systems in Seattle Neighborhoods
ACLU of Washington

5/31/24
What you should know about Utah's newest privacy laws
The University of Utah

5/30/24
Houston mayor calls gunshot detection tech a 'gimmick,' plans to end ShotSpotter contract
Statescoop

5/29/24
The Alaska Supreme Court Takes Aerial Surveillance's Threat to Privacy Seriously, Other Courts Should Too
EFF

5/29/24
Atlanta police surveil people opposing ‘Cop City’: ‘There’s this constant stalking feeling’
The Guardian

5/28/24
Constitutionality of Jackson’s Blue Light Safety Initiative in question
Magnolia Tribune

5/24/24
One nation, under watch: New brand of largely unregulated mass surveillance is expanding in Virginia,
The Virginian Pilot

5/24/24
Which surveillance technologies are used in Milwaukee?
ACLU of Wisconsin

5/22/24
City Council Votes 34-14 to Endorse Effort to Overturn Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Decision to Scrap ShotSpotter
WTTW

5/21/24
13 Mass. municipalities and 1 university use ShotSpotter. Critics wonder: Is it worth it?
WGBH

5/18/24
These cities bar facial recognition tech. Police still found ways to access it.
The Washington Post

5/18/24
Empire State AI Accountability
STOP

5/16/24
NYPD to fight rising retail theft with surveillance video monitoring program. Here’s how it works.
CBS News

5/15/24
ShotSpotter in the cross hairs
Commonwealth Beacon

5/15/24
Records Show DC and Federal Law Enforcement Sharing Surveillance Info on Racial Justice Protests
Brennan Center for Justice

5/14/24
Lawmakers request investigation of ShotSpotter system used in several Mass. cities
WCVB

5/13/24
Coalition to Calexico: Think Twice About Reapproving Border Surveillance Tower Next to a Public Park
EFF

5/13/24
S.T.O.P., Civil Rights Group, & Lawmakers Launch NY Campaign for AI Accountability
S.T.O.P.

5/13/24
Internal Emails Reveal How a Controversial Gun-Detection AI System Found Its Way to NYC
Wired

5/8/24
Biden, Announcing A.I. Center, Highlights a Win of His and a Failing of Trump's
NYTimes

5/6/24
Civil rights group want facial recognition technology banned in New York State
Biometric Update

5/3/24
Over decade of Washington, D.C., protests, police scanned social media for 'disruptors'
Statescoop

5/3/24
Documents Expose How DC Police Surveil Protest Activity, Social Media Profiles
Truthout

4/30/24
Documents Reveal How DC Police Surveil Social Media Profiles and Protest Activity
Brennan Center for Justice

4/29/24
Future of ShotSpotter in Minneapolis in flux as research shows disproportionate impact on communities of color
Minneapolis Post

4/29/24
S.T.O.P. Welcomes MTA Facial Recognition Ban for Fare Enforcement
S.T.O.P.

4/29/24
OP-ED: OMNY and NYPD's omnipresent surveillance
The Amsterdam News

4/28/24
MTA banned from using facial recognition to enforce fave evasion
The Gothamist

4/26/24
Metro board ponders facial recognition, other security measures after subway killing
LA Times

4/23/24
Abortion Data Wars: States and Cities Debate How Much Information to Collect
The NYTimes

4/17/24
Mayor Brandon Johnson's allies stall effort to keep ShotSpotter in place in Chicago
CBS News

4/1/24
Due to Be Canceled in Chicago, ShotSpotter Could Get Reprieve
GovTech

3/29/24
ACLU and ACLU of Florida Sound Alarm on Lakeland's New Nightmare-Inducing Face Surveillance Program
ACLU

3/27/24
S.T.O.P. Condemns State-Funded Bodega Facial-Recognition Pilot
STOP

3/26/24
ShotSpotter: Why Waste Money We Don't Have on a Technology That Doesn't Work?
South Seattle

3/25/24
Facial recognition technology used to solve crimes in Central Florida
Click Florida

3/25/24
California police are still sharing license plate data with anti-abortion states
San Francisco Chronicle

3/22/24
Facial recognition cameras in downtown Lakeland 'hyper-focused' on specific individuals
News Channel 8

3/20/24
Privacy prevails: How Utah is finding harmony with technology and privacy
Deseret News

3/18/24
Duke study presented before ShotSpotter shutdown vote shows mixed results for controversial gunfire detection program
The Chronicle

3/17/24
The Creepy and Unconstitutional Government Database of Newborn Babies' DNA
The Daily Beast

3/12/24
Police increasingly using Colorado DMV facial recognition program
9 News

3/19/24
Surveillance cameras used by local police raise privacy concerns among some residents
WCBD-TV Charleston

3/18/24
MyCity, INC: A Case Against "CompState Urbanism"
Surveillance Resistance Lab

3/15/24
San Diego City Council Breaks TRUST
EFF

3/9/24
Hammond, Indiana to install ShotSpotter gunshot detection system
NBC Chicago

3/9/24
San Francisco Passes Proposition E, Allowing Police Year-Long Use of Surveillance Tech Without Assessing the Effectiveness or Privacy Risks
Reclaim the Net

3/8/24
Washington State's Social Media Surveillance Program Flags Posts by Journalists and State Rep. Jim Walsh
Reclaim the Net

3/8/24
Alaskan high court rules against warrantless aerial police spying of private citizens
Alaska Watchman

3/7/24
New data reignites concerns about Denver's use of ShotSpotter
Colorado Newsline

3/7/24
New data reignites concerns about Denver's use of ShotSpotter
News From the States

3/6/24
5 Years After San Francisco Banned Face Recognition, Voters Ask for More Surveillance
Wired

3/6/24
Shotspotter Leak Shows That Surveillance Tech is Used to Overpolice Black and Brown Communities
ACLU-Wisconsin

3/5/24
S.F. election: Breed's Prop E, an expansion of police powers, wins
San Francisco Chronicle

3/4/24
Durham City Council votes to end controversial ShotSpotter program
The Chronicle

2/28/24
We Need Protection From Harmful Surveillance Technologies
The Progressive Magazine

2/27/24
Rapid DNA tests speed up investigations for Connecticut police
Connecticut Public Radio

2/23/24
EFF Opposes California Initiative That Would Cause Mass Censorship
EFF

2/21/24
Houston council renews support for Dataminr, social media monitoring tool used by police
Houston Landing

2/20/24
City Council Members Weigh in on ShotSpotter Contract Extension, CPD Discipline System
WTTV News

2/14/24
Chicago will drop controversial ShotSpotter gunfire detection system
NPR

2/14/24
Critics make their case against expanding police access to cameras
San Francisco Chronicle

1/25/24
San Francisco: Vote No on Proposition E to Stop Police from Testing Dangerous Surveillance Technology on You
EFF [See SF's government's position on proposed expansion of surveillance technology here.]

2/13/24
Dozens of Police Agencies in California Are Still Sharing Driver Locations with Anti-Abortion States. We're Fighting Back.
ACLU

2/13/24
Mayor Johnson to end ShotSpotter deal after summer, making good on key campaign promises
Chicago Sun Times

2/9/24
Utah lawmakers want more privacy protections for DNA database users
KSL News Radio

2/7/24
States Crack Down on Social Media for Teens: 'There Are No Guardrails'
The Wall Street Journal

2/3/24
Race, Age, Gender: What the N.Y.P.D. Must Track During Stops, and Why
NYTimes

2/2/24
Maine School Will Begin Biometric Scanning, Data Collection for Students
The Maine Wire

2/1/24
Los Angeles Becomes First U.S. City to Outlaw Digital Discrimination
The Markup

1/25/24
West Virginia Lawmakers Reject Bill to Expand DNA Database to People Charged with Certain Felonies
US News

1/23/24
San Diego signs off on sweeping changes to hard-fought surveillance law
The San Diego Union-Tribune

1/19/24
Biometric surveillance options increase for US police
Biometric Update

1/16/24
Kathy Hochul's Copy-and-Paste Crime-Fighting Formula
New York Focus

1/16/24
Will Chicago Learn From Its Past Mistakes With ShotSpotter?
Tech Policy Press

1/15/24
A Facial-Recognition Tour of New York
The New Yorker

1/11/24
California bill seeks to regulate law enforcement's use of facial recognition technology
KRCR

1/10/24
Little Rock will continue to use controversial policing tool
Little Rock Public Radio

1/3/24
California senator files bill prohibiting agencies from working with unethical AI companies
The Verge

1/43/24
Sen. Dodd Introduces California AI Accountability Act
City Limits

1/4/24
Opinion: Unearthing the NYPD's secrets
City Limits

1/2/24
Use of face biometric surveillance by US cops on ballots -- boosts and bans
Biometric Surveillance

1/2/24
Chicago shouldn't renew its ShotSpotter contract
Chicago Sun Times

12/22/23
Drone software, new equipment for Asheville Police Department approved by City Council
Citizen Times

12/20/23
Durham won't extend ShotSpotter program after 1-year pilot
Spectrum News

12/13/23
Portland City Council allows $10 million in additional spending on police body camera program
OBD

12/5/23
Senators file bill to block TSA from collecting biometric data via facial recognition
Fox 4

11/23/23
Police chiefs critical of ShotSpotter, cites pulling out of contracts
Seattle City Council Blog

11/20/23
Newly filed bill would require DNA collection from all those incarcerated in Florida prisons
CBS 12

11/15/23
Baltimore City seeks to regulate facial recognition technology
WBAL TV

11/10/2023
S.T.O.P.: Putting a Check on Unchecked Local N.Y. Government Surveillance
EFF

11/8/23
Oregon Police Obsessively Spied on Activists For Years, Even After Pipeline Fight Ended
The Intercept

11/6/23
Legal Aid Successfully Litigates FOIL Request for NYPD Surveillance Contracts
The Legal Aid Society

11/2/23
Seattle debates gunfire detection technology - again
AXIOS

11/2/23
Gunshot detection technology being debated again in Seattle
MYNorthwest

10/31/23
Set Money Aside for Illegal Surveillance, or Fund Community Needs Now?
The Stranger

10/31/23
Wholly ineffective and pretty obviously racist: Inside New Orleans' struggle with facial-recognition policing
POLITICO

10/31/23
VICTORY! California Department of Justice Declares Out-of-State Sharing of License Plate Data Unlawful
EFF

10/30/23
Grants from Dept. of Justice helps fund body cameras for KC Sheriff's Office
Auburn Reporter

10/30/23
New gunshot detection system aids Sparks Police in shootings, but critics fear over policing in minority neighborhoods
News 4

10/20/23
Department of Justice Announces More than $2 Million in Federal Funding for Washington State Patrol DNA Capacity Enhancement
US Attorney’s Office

10/20/23
Opinion: Biometric Surveillance Has No Place in New Yorkers’ Homes
City Limits

10/18/23
Police division presents to City Commission on new body cameras
Big Rapids News

10/18/23
Body cam usage on Peninsula spreading (WA)
Peninsula Daily News

10/16/23
Police face biometrics bill debated in US state; 3 years in the making (MA)
Biometric Update

10/13/23
City Council to Hear ShotSpotter Review
Pasadena Now

10/11/23
Cameras, cops, and paranoia: How Amazon’s surveillance network alters L.A. neighborhoods
Yahoo!

10/9/23
Harrell resurfaces ShotSpotter, seeks other surveillance tools in Seattle
The Seattle Times

10/5/23
Activists call on Chicago mayor to cancel ShotSpotter contract
Statescoop

9/28/23
The Cop City Shuffle: FOIA and Protestor Surveillance
Rights and Dissent

9/27/23
NYC rights groups say no to grocery store spycams and snooping landlords
The Register

7/31/23
Could San Diego Police Department's smart streetlight program infringe upon privacy rights?
San Diego Union Tribune

7/27/23
Police drones could soon crisscross the skies. Cities need to be ready, ACLU warns
LA Times

7/26/23
A new kind of surveillance camera is coming to some Florida neighborhoods. What we know
Pensacola News Journal

7/26/23
Federal aid is supercharging local WA police surveillance tech
Crosscut

7/23/23
UConn drops controversial social media surveillance contractor
CT Insider

7/21/23
Waseca Police Department to start using AXON body-worn cameras
Waseca County News

7/18/23
The NYPD is testing drones that broadcast public safety warnings during emergencies
The Verge

7/18/23
Why Dayton quit ShotSpotter a surveillance tool many cities still embrace
Ohio Capital Journal

7/12/23
Champaign city council approves $1.6 million for advanced police and in-car cameras (IL)
News Channel 20

7/11/23
'ShotSpotter' not curbing violence and only delaying HPD response times, Houston Chronicle reports
ABC 13

7/10/23
Police, residents speak about privacy concerns with Flock cameras, Shotspotter
WTKR

7/10/23
As OKC adds to its license plate-reading surveillance network, see what the cameras can do
Yahoo!

7/5/23
Montana law restricting facial recognition use by police, public agencies takes effect
Biometric Update

7/4/23
Stun guns, body cameras fuel big profits
Yahoo!

6/28/23
Policing Gender: How Surveillance Tech Aids Enforcement of Anti-Trans Laws
POGO

6/28/23
Pittsburgh Enters $39AM Contract for Axon Police Tech
Government Technology

6/27/23
Experts voice concern over police use of facial recognition tech in Evansville
Indiana Economic Digest

6/27/23
'Controversial' gunshot detection program ShotSpotter eyes Philipsburg for next contract, (New Jersey)
Lehigh Valley Live

6/25/23
'Un-American' or another police 'tool'? DNA profile use in Idaho murder case forms division
Idaho Statesman

6/20/23
New Illinois law expands use of police surveillance drones
Belleville News-Democrat

6/18/23
Collection of DNA samples to aid police postponed over ACLU objections
Boston.com

6/16/23
Police surveillance using private security cameras in real time stirs 'Big Brothers' fears (Rialto, CA)
The Sun

6/15/23
Despite promises not to, Chicago's Mayor extends ShotSpotter contract for more than $10M
CBS News

6/15/23
Signal Hall will allocate $453,000 to update police department's body cams and dash cams (Signal Hill, CA)
Signal Tribune

6/14/23
Walla Walla, Wash., Police Deploy Body Cameras
Government Technology

6/8/23
Opinion: New York must say no to social media surveillance
City & State NY

5/24/23
Robot dog named 'Spot' to be donated to LAPD after approval from city council
Police1

5/23/23
An Atlanta man was arrested for a crime in a city he never visited. Why?
Atlanta News First

5/18/23
Hemet police testing drone technology for everyday calls
Fox 11

5/17/23
Critics of biometric surveillance sue Starbucks, as NYC lawmakers press City Hall for answers
Gothamist

5/16/23
Tulsa Police Department receiving $28m in new tech
KRMG

5/15/23
Flock camera system highlights concerns with privacy, misuse, and immigration enforcement
Daily Independent

5/12/23
License plate reader funding draws ire from Virginia lawmakers, who cite privacy concerns
The Virginian-Pilot

5/10/23
Gov. DeSantis signs the most restrictive bill on illegal immigration in this country
Florida Pheonix

5/10/23
Critics call out NYPD surveillance robot over transparency concerns
Spectrum News

5/8/23
How Louisiana police are using a DNA 'lab in a box' to solve crimes
PBS

5/4/23
North Carolina Legislature Pushing Bill That Would Allow Cops To Warrantlessly Track Cell Phones In Real Time
TechDirt

5/4/23
The environmental terrorism of police choppers
Heated

5/3/23
EPIC to NY City Council: Pass Bills Banning Facial Recognition in Businesses and Housing
EPIC

5/3/23
These New Yorkers Want to Stop Landlords from Using Facial Recognition
Gizmodo

5/3/23
St. Paul police plan to use drones in emergency responses
Star Tribune

5/3/23
Testimony regarding the oversight and use of biometric identification systems in New York City
NYCLU

5/3/23
'Ready for some help?': how a controversial technology firm courted Portland police
The Guardian

5/2/23
City councilman introduces bills to limit facial recognition technology
WBAL-TV 11

4/29/23
Predictive Policing in LA: LAPD Employs Palantir for Surveillance
American Judicial system

4/26/23
CT Seeks Stricter AI Regulations After Federal Report Suggests Algorithm Bias
CT Examiner

4/26/23
NAACP sues Minneapolis, alleging covert social media surveillance by cops
MPR News

4/26/23
Residents speak out against Grand Rapids police drone plan
NPR

4/26/23
Pasadena Police to Discuss Use of Cell Phone Tracking Technology
Pasadena Now

4/22/23
The politics of facial recognition in the US still swings like a pendulum
Biometric Update

4/21/23
Stop This Dangerous Bill That Would Normalize Face Surveillance in California
EFF

4/20/23
Anchorage Assembly restricts city use of facial recognition technology
Anchorage Daily News

4/20/23
Dane County Sheriff Among Many Using License Plate Reader Cameras
WORT News

4/20/23
Critics hound city over NYPD’s returning robot dogs and their new friends
Amsterdam News

4/18/23
New York City to weigh strict facial recognition ban
GCN

4/17/23
‘Real-time face surveillance’ in California? ACLU, lawmaker battle over police facial recognition
The Sacramento Bee

4/12/23
Meet NYC’s New Robot Cops
Inteligencer

4/11/23
Automatic criminal record expungement begins in Michigan: How it works
Detroit Free Press

4/7/23
Lightfoot administration quietly renewed ShotSpotter contract that Johnson has vowed to cancel
Chicago Sun-Times

4/6/23
Williams Bay Police Department officers using AXON virtual reality training simulator
The Journal Times

4/5/23
Senate committee OKs bill to protect privacy in DNA genealogy law enforcement investigations
Florida Politics

4/3/23
Clark County Sheriff’s Office starts 30-day bodycam test
The Columbian

4/3/23
Senate committee OKs bill to protect privacy in DNA genealogy law enforcement investigations
Florida Politics

3/30/23
Buffalo Grove police gearing up for new body cameras
Daily Herald

3/29/23
California Hears Bid to Re-Ban Poice Facial Recognition Tech
Government Technology

3/18/23
Is Albuquerque’s crime-fighting tool ShotSpotter worth the $3 million price tag?
Albuquerque Journal

3/15/23
Glen Carbon PD defers department expansion to pay for body cameras
The Edwardsville Intelligencer

3/10/23
Peoria City Council will consider renewing ShotSpotter contract
WBCU

3/7/23
Will your genealogy test data become searchable by law enforcement?
KSL

3/6/23
Macon, Ga., Surveillance Project Raises Concerns
Government Technology

3/6/23
Fairfax County Police Debut Gun Tracking Technology
NBC

3/3/23
Holyoke man arrested after ShotSpotter detected fire gun
WWLP

3/3/23
Police use of facial recognition tech resumes with guardrails
VPM NPR

2/27/23
Police to rely on data-driven state to prevent crime
CBS Miami

2/27/23
Philadelphia Police body camera footage remains largely unreviewed
Axios

2/27/23
Welcome to Chula Vista, where police drones respond to 9/11 calls
MIT Technology Review

2/17/23
Measure in Kentucky House would ban warrantless searches on private land
Murray Ledger & Times

2/14/23
Controversial ShotSpotter expanded to troubled Columbus neighborhood
Axios

2/14/23
Pittsfield police will wear body cameras and use dash cameras thanks to a newly greenlit contract with Axon Enterprises
Berkshire Eagle

2/13/23
Activists face police surveillance outside protest settings in Minnesota
OpenGlobalRights

2/2/23
Patrons of NYC gay bar incapacitated and robbed of thousands via facial recognition on their phones
NBC

2/2/23
A new scientific method for bail reform
ABC News

1/30/23
Everything We Know About the Facial Recognition Scandal at Madison Square Garden
Gizmodo

1/24/23
NY AG Letitia James presses MSG over use of facial recognition technology
CNBC

1/24/23
Hochul Wants More Police Surveillance. Legislators Want Boundaries.
New York Focus

1/19/23
The LAPD Faces Criticism For Using a Surveillance App To Target Predominantly Black Neighborhoods
dot.LA

1/17/23
New York State Police is Increasing Social Media Surveillance
WNBF

1/10/23
Police are using DNA evidence in the Idaho case. Here are the potential pitfalls.
NBC

Federal Updates

6/25/24
Civil Society Letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee Leadership on Privacy Legislation
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

6/5/24
The FISA Expansion Turning Cable Installers Into Spies Cannot Stand
Brennan Center

6/4/24
EPIC Pushes NIST to Focus its Approach to Generative AI Risks Around Who and How AI Harms
EPIC

5/30/24
The Nuts and Bolts of Enforcing AI Guardrails
Brennan Center

5/29/24
Could be 25 years before TSA gets facial recognition in all US airports
Biometric Update

5/28/24
EPIC Calls on the National Institute of Justice to Center Harm Prevention and Agency Oversight in Forthcoming Criminal Justice AI Report
EPIC

5/22/24
As DHS Implements New AI Technologies, It Must Overcome Old Shortcomings
Brennan Center

5/21/24
Migrant DNA Flooding Criminal Investigation Database
Newsweek

5/21/24
Feds collected DNA from 1.5 million migrants in less than four years
LATimes

5/14/24
Wyden, Colleagues Urge DHS to to Investigate Federal Funding of ShotSpotter Gunshot Detection System
Ron Wyden

5/17/24
Senator Markey, Colleagues Urge DHS to Investigate Federal Funding of ShotSpotter Gunshot Detection System
Ed Markey News

5/15/24
Senators Propose $32 Billion in Annual A.I. Spending but Defer Regulation
NYTimes

5/15/24
LDF Expresses Disappointment in Senate Roadmap on AI Policy
LDF

5/13/24
Victory! FCC Closes Loopholes and Restores Net Neutrality
EFF

5/10/24
The FBI is Playing Politics With Your Privacy
EFF

5/7/24
Senators Seek to Curb Facial Recognition at Airports, Citing Privacy Concerns
NYTimes

5/3/24
Airport facial recognition battle echoes pushback against Real ID program
Biometric Update

5/3/24
Here's the letter from 14 senators slamming TSA facial recognition in airports
The Verge

4/29/24
Congress Should Just Say No to NO FAKES
EFF

4/26/24
Proposed FAA Amendment Would Handcuff TSA's Use of Biometrics
Find Biometric

4/25/24
TSA rolls out new screening technology using facial recognition
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

4/22/24
U.S. Senate and Biden Administration Shamefully Renew and Expand FISA Section 702, Ushering in a Two Year Expansion of Unconstitutional Mass Surveillance,
EFF

4/16/24
Americans Deserve More Than the Current American Privacy Act
EFF

4/2/24
Congress has a chance to rein in police use of surveillance tech
The Intercept

3/28/24
Federal Government Announces New Rules on Artificial Intelligence; Brennan Center Reacts
Brennan Center for Justice

3/28/24
FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Announces OMB Policy to Advance Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management in Federal Agencies' Use of Artificial Intelligence
WhiteHouse.Gov

3/22/24
Feds Ordered Google to Unmask Certain YouTube Users. Critics Say It's 'Terrifying'
Forbes

3/22/24
Why the Pentagon wants to build thousands of easily replaceable, AI-enabled drones
Vox

3/22/24
The Future of Border Patrol: AI Is Always Watching
The Markup

3/19/24
Facial recognition now required for migrants traveling domestically
Wink News

3/17/24
Once Again, Arguments Supporting Warrantless Surveillance Wither When Exposed to Sunlight
EFF

3/12/24
US government assailed for its facial recognition policies
Biometric Update

3/18/24
The Department of Homeland Security is Embracing AI
NYTimes

3/11/24
Report highlights civil liberties concerns with facial recognition technology
KIRO 7

3/8/24
Overview of EPIC's Comments to DOJ and DHS on the use of facial recognition, other technologies using biometric information, and predictive algorithms
EPIC

3/8/24
Civil Rights Implications of the Federal Use of Facial Recognition Technology
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

3/7/24
Testimony of K.J. Bagchi Before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on the Use of Facial Recognition Technologies
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

2/28/24
The House Intelligence Committee Blocks Crucial Surveillance Reforms
Brennan Center for Justice

2/27/24
EFF to D.C. Circuit: The U.S. Government's Forced Disclosure of Visa Applicants' Social Media Identifiers Harms Free Speech and Privacy
EFF

2/13/24
Closing the Data Broker Loophole
Brennan Center for Justice

2/7/24
Bipartisan bills extending FOIA to the governor and state lawmakers gets Senate Hearing
Michigan Advance

2/7/24
DOJ funding pipeline subsidizes questionable big data surveillance technologies
The Conversation

2/2/24
What's Next for Reforming Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Brennan Center for Justice

2/2/4
TSA facial recognition tech is latest security theater absurdity
New York Post

2/1/24
Bodycam Maker Axon Is on a Mission to Surveil America with AI
VICE

1/29/24
Senators Demand Justice Department Halt Funding to Predictive Policing Programs
The Markup

1/29/24
TSA uses 'minimum' data to fine-tune its facial recognition, but some experts still worry
Next Gov

1/24/24
Letter to DOJ from Senator Wyden on Predictive Policing
US Congress

1/18/24
Letter to DOJ from Senator Warnock on Facial Recognition and Title VI
Roll Call

1/23/24
Congress pits privacy against intelligence as it ponders surveillance renewal
Roll Call

1/19/24
Washington takes aim at facial recognition
POLITICO

1/16/24
ICE to begin rolling out body cameras to agents & officers
Tucson Sentinel

1/11/24
Abortion rights vs. Big Tech: A major privacy win against "corporate surveillance"
Salon

1/11/24
Federal Trade Commission Sanctions Location Data Broker X-Mode
The Markup

1/10/24
5 year facial recognition ban for US drugstore as FTC cracks down
Identity Week

1/4/24
Advances in AI Increase Risks of Government Social Media Monitoring
Brennan Center for Justice

1/3/24
California senator files bill prohibiting agencies from working with unethical AI companies
The Verge

1/3/24
Social Media Surveillance by Law Enforcement Raises Concerns
BNN Correspondents

1/2/24
How the Federal Government Can Rein in A.I. in Law Enforcement
The NYTimes

12/29/23
FBI Has Massive 15-Month Backlog on DNA Testing for Migrants, Unearthed Emails Show
The Daily Signal

12/20/23
Advocates push to bring the Civil Rights Act into the AI age
The Washington Post

12/19/23
FTC bans Rite Aid from using facial recognition surveillance for five years
Venture Beat

12/12/23
Civil Rights Organizations Call on FTC to Investigate Meta, X, for Allowing Companies to Mine User Data for Government Surveillance on Platforms
ACLU NorCal

12/12/23
The Federal Trade Commission Must Investigate Meta and X for Complicity with Government Surveillance
ACLU

11/21/23
EPIC, Coalition Call on Key Lawmakers to Not Allow Section 702 Reauthorization to Slip into NDAA
EPIC

11/20/23
Senator Markey demands answers from Clearview AI on facial recognition technology
Ed Markey

11/17/23
Are US border officers using LexisNexis facial recognition service? Washington's not saying
Biometric Update

Request for Written Comments (Submission Deadline: 1/8/2024) Regarding Executive Order on Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Safety
The White House

11/7/23
Lawmakers Say FBI Can Keep Its Prized Surveillance Tool, but It'll Need a Warrant
Gizmodo

11/7/23
Congress Has a Critical Opportunity to Protect Americans by Passing the Government Surveillance Reform Act
EPIC

11/2/23
Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management for Agency Use of Artificial Intelligence (Memo); and Request for Comments (Submission Deadline: 12/05/2023)
Office of Management and Budget

11/1/23
The Problems Biden's AI Order Must Address
The Markup

11/1/23
Biden's Executive order on AI Gives Sweeping Mandate to DHS
Just Security

10/30/23
FACT SHEET: President Biden Issues Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence; and Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence
The White House

10/30/23
Biden Issues Executive Order to Create A.I. Safeguards
The NYTimes

10/27/23
Visa applicants face AI monitoring of social media by U.S. Ice
ReadWrite

10/18/23
GSA to add facial recognition option to Login.gov in 2024
Fedscoop

10/13/23
Your Face May Soon Be Your Ticket. Not Everyone is Smiling.
NYTimes

10/12/23
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Embraces Surveillance Reform
Brennan Center for Justice

10/10/23
The FBI Claims to Have Learned From Its Surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. – But It Keeps Doing the Same Things
TIME

10/10/23
Report: Feds need rules for using facial recognition tech
Axios

9/28/23
US Justice Department Urged to Investigate Gunshot Detector Program
Wired

9/14/23
US Homeland Security Department reveals new AI guardrails as it deploys technology across agency
Reuters

7/31/23
Who Paid for a Mysterious Spy Tool? The F.B.I., an F.B.I. Inquiry Found.
NYTimes

7/31/23
What is Section 702? Congress is debating the controversial surveillance power
NBC News

7/31/23
Intelligence Board Recommends Curbing F.B.I.’s Power to Use Surveillance Program
NYTimes

7/28/23
EPIC urges CBP Not to Collect Useless Social Media Information from Visa Holders
Electronic Privacy Information Center

7/25/23
EPIC, Coalition Oppose Overbroad Counter-Drone Bill
Electronic Privacy Information Center

7/19/23
Surveillance Reforms Do Not Endanger Americans
Brennan Center for Justice

7/18/23
Rival US Lawmakers Mobilize to Stop Police From Buying Phone Data
Wired

7/12/23
Targeted for Tyranny: We're All Suspects Under the Government's Pre-crime Program
Dissident Voice

7/6/23
FBI hired social media surveillance firm that labeled Black Lives Matter organizers "Threat Actors"
The Intercept

7/5/23
US Spies Are Buying Americans' Private Data. Congress Has a New Chance to Stop It
Wired

7/4/23
Exclusive: TSA to expand its facial recognition program to over 400 airports
Fast Company

7/3/23
G.O.P. Threatens Spy Agencies' Surveillance Tool
NYTimes

6/29/23
Why Congress and Biden Must Rein In ICE's 'Homeland Security Investigations' Division
Brennan Center

6/27/23
Racial bias concerns prompts lawmakers to ask HUD to ban biometric surveillance, including facial recognition
BDC Network

6/23/23
Veterans slam Pentagon's reported social media surveillance push
New York Post

6/17/23
Pentagon's Secret Service Trawls Social Media for Mean Tweets About Generals
The Intercept

6/15/23
TSA's Plans to Expand Facial Recognition at Airports: A Privacy Perspective
ISACA Now Blog

6/13/23
Surveillance has caught hackers and fentanyl smugglers, White House says in promoting spying law
AP News

6/13/23
Renewal of US surveillance program faces resistance from both parties
Reuters

6/12/23
Coalition Statement Urges Congress to Reform Section 702
Brennan Center for Justice

5/24/23
Using surveillance to punish and evict public housing tenants is not new
The Washington Post

5/22/23
'Chilling': Rights Advocates Blast FBI for Abusing Surveillance Tool 278,000+ Times
The Real News Network

5/18/23
Police Facial Recognition Technology Can't Tell Black People Apart
Scientific American

5/18/23
FTC: Biometric Surveillance Could Threaten Civil Rights
PYMNTS

5/17/23
Homeland Security Uses AI Tool to Analyze Social Media of U.S. Citizens and Refugees
Vice

5/17/23
The possibly-unstoppable march of facial recognition
Politico

5/15/23
U.S. Marshals Spied on Abortion Protesters Using Dataminr
The intercept

5/15/23
TSA tests facial recognition to boost airport security
ABC News

5/5/23
Rights group criticise announcement on facial recognition technology at coronation events
The Justice Gap

5/2/23
Congress' anger at FBI shapes surveillance program's future
Waco Tribune-Herald

4/28/23
Reversing Trend, 2022 Saw Small Uptick in National Security Surveillance in U.S.
NYTimes

4/25/23
Internal Documents Show How Little the FBI Did to Correct Misuse of Section 702 Database
EFF

4/24/23
Is the Government Tracking Your Social Media Activity?
ACLU

4/23/23
House GOP warns FBI to stay out of controversial surveillance talks
Politico

4/19/23
Widespread Newborn DNA Sequencing Will Worsen Risks to Genetic Privacy
ACLU

4/17/23
The US is pouring money into surveillance tech at the southern border
MIT Technology Review

4/11/23
Five Things to Know About NSA Mass Surveillance and the Coming Fight in Congress
ACLU

4/4/23
Enough is Enough. Tell Congress to Ban Federal Use of Face Recognition
The Hill

3/30/23
Homeland Security’s domestic surveillance program needs thorough overhaul
The Hill

3/22/23
House Intel panel launches bipartisan effort to renew surveillance program
NBC News

3/13/23
Surveillance reform: The FISA reauthorization ‘debate’ distraction
The Hill

3/13/23
Pentagon’s historic R&D request has billions for advanced networks, AI
C4ISRNET

3/8/23
US allegedly developing domestic biometric surveillance; opposition mounts
Biometric Update

3/8/23
US Lawmakers Reintroduce Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act
Executive Gov

3/7/23
The FBI Just Admitted It Bought US Location Data
Wired

3/7/23
FBI, Pentagon helped research facial recognition for street cameras, drones
Washington Post

2/28/23
White House wants info from state law enforcement on data and practices
Statescoop

2/28/23
Biden Administration Asks Congress to Reauthorize Warrantless Surveillance Laws
The New York Times

2/27/23
US Military Signs Contract to Put Facial Recognition on Drones
The New York Times

2/13/23
The Year of Section 702 Reform, Part 1: Backdoor Searches
Just Security

2/3/23
ACLU files lawsuit to uncover possible FISA surveillance abuses
Axis

1/23/23
Reps. Adam Schiff and Jim Jordan Killed Mass Surveillance Reform in 2020. Will They Do It Again?
The Intercept

1/17/23
Biden is Right: US Congress Should Protect People from Tech Abuse
Human Rights Watch

1/12/23
Security Agency Director Pushes Congress to Renew Surveillance Powers
VOA

1/3/23
Congress gears up for fight over key surveillance program
Politico

General News Updates

6/27/24
Drone As First Responder Programs Are Swarmign Across the United States
EFF

6/26/24
Hack of Age Verification Comany Shows Privacy Danger of Social Media Laws
EFF

6/26/24
Google is testing facial recognition for campus security, starting at site near Seattle
CNBC

6/25/24
Two Years Post-Dobbs: A commercial Surveillance Landscape That is Confusing, Complicated, and Harmful to Abortion Seekers
EPIC

6/13/24
The Role of Digital Privacy is Ensuring Access to Abortion and Reproductive Health Care In Post-Dobbs America
ABC 7

6/6/24
TJ Maxx and Marshalls workers are wearing police-like body cameras | Here's how it's going
ABC 7

6/5/24
The Age of Drone Police Is Here
Wired

5/25/24
'I was misidentified by facial recognition tech'
BBC

5/16/24
How to Detect and Guard Against Deceptive AI-Generated Election Information
Brennan Center

5/8/24
What Can Go Wrong When Police Use AI to Write Reports?
EFF

5/6/24
S.T.O.P. Report Shows Surveillance Firms' Deceptive Advertising
S.T.O.P.

5/2/24
Microsoft bans US police departments from using enterprise AI tool for facial recognition
Tech Crunch

4/25/24
Facial recognition on Tinder is stalkerware
S.T.O.P.

4/25/24
Cities are ending their ShotSpotter contracts, but the sensors themselves are staying
The Verge

4/24/24
Local law enforcement surveillance policy in question amid expansion of federal intelligence program
Program City Daily

4/24/24
ShotSpotter Keeps Listening After Contracts Expire
South Side Weekly

4/18/24
Two Years Post-Roe: A Better Understanding of Digital Threats
EFF

4/3/24
S.T.O.P Report Shows Internet Age Surveillance Censors LGBTQ+ Youth
S.T.O.P.

4/2/24
Intrusive new digital tools in the criminal legal system transfer 'one concern for another'
Prism Report

3/22/24
Responding to ShotSpotter, Police Shoot at Child Lighting Fireworks
EFF

3/20/24
Some of the Most Popular Websites Share Your Date With Over 1,500 Companies
Wired

3/15/24
Thousands of Young People Told Us Why the Kids Online Safety Act Will Be Harmful to Minors
EFF

3/14/24
Curbs Needed on Police Drone Surveillance of Public Gatherings
ACLU

3/13/24
Whistleblowing While Black: How Truth-Telling Changes the Careers of Black Women in Tech
The Markup

3/10/24
Do Americans still have a right to privacy?
Vox

3/8/24
The Atlas of Surveillance Removes Ring, Adds Third-Party Investigative Platforms
EFF

3/6/24
Communities Should Reject Surveillance Products Whose Makers Won't Allow Them to be Independently Evaluated
ACLU

3/6/24
Privacy First and Competition
EFF

3/4/24
Large language models can do jaw-dropping things. But nobody knows exactly why.
MIT Technology Review

2/23/24
Biometric sensors that can be papered on a wall? It would seem so
Biometric Update

2/23/24
Facial Recognition Technology, Explained
NYTimes

2/22/24
Here Are the Secret Locations of ShotSpotter Gunfire Sensations
Wired

2/20/24
When Eyes in the Sky Start Looking Right at You
NYTimes

2/18/24
Facial Recognition: Coming Soon to an Airport Near You
NYTimes

2/14/24
Artificial Intelligence is Putting Innocent People at Risk of Being Incarcerated
Innocence Project

2/13/24
Study Reveals Inadequacy of Police Departments' Social Media Surveillance Policies
Brennan Center for Justice

2/7/24
When It Comes to Facial Recognition, There is No Such Thing as a Magic Number
ACLU

2/6/24
Police Turn to AI to Review Bodycam Footage
Undark

1/31/24
Google's Location Data Policy Update: Why Users Need More Than Pinkie Promises to Protect Their Most Sensitive Information
Electronic Privacy Information Center

1/30/24
There are 3 types of face recognition technology. This is what to know about them (and your privacy)
Fast Company

1/26/24
Amazon of 2 minds with law enforcement deals - fleeing locally, selling federally
Biometric Update

1/24/24
Amazon Ring Will Stop Letting Police Call On Its Users for Surveillance Footage
HuffPost

1/24/24
How to Run a Public Records Audit with a Team of Students
The Markup

1/24/24
Ring steps back from sharing video with police - mostly
The Verge

1/22/24
Facial recognition used after Sunglass Hut robbery led to man's wrongful jailing, says suit
The Guardian

1/22/24
Facial recognition technology is just the latest form of surveillance based on identifying physical features
Fast Company

1/17/24
Each Facebook User is Monitored by Thousands of Companies
The Markup

1/17/24
Advances in Facial Recognition Technology Have Outpaced Laws, Regulations; New Report Recommends Federal Government Take Action on Privacy, Equity, and Civil Liberties concerns
National Academies

1/10/24
EFF Unveils Its New Street Level Surveillance Hub
EFF

11/22/23
A.I. Belongs to the Capitalists Now
NYTimes

11/20/23
Genetic Privacy: Should Law Enforcement Have Access to Your Newborn's Blood?
Florida Catholic

11/7/23
A wrongful arrest. A "racist robot." A call for new laws.
News Channel 21

11/5/23
Bias in AI Puts Black Americans in legal peril
Yahoo News

11/5/23
Unmasking Artificial Intelligence: The Battle for Ethical Innovation and Accountability
Michigan Chronicle

10/23/23
Massive facial recognition search engine now blocks searches for children’s faces
The Verge

10/20/23
Advocates say people think of biometric identification all wrong
Biometric Update

10/19/23
An Industry Insider Drives an Open Alternative to Big Tech's A.I.
NYTimes

10/17/23
Can Drones Offer More to Police, Firefighters and EMS?
Government Technology

10/13/23
Worried about the 23andMe hack? Here’s what you can do
The Washington Post

10/11/23
‘Too dangerous’: Why even Google was afraid to release this technology
NPR

10/2/23
Cities Should Act NOW to Ban Predictive Policing…and Stop Using ShotSpotter, Too
The Marshall Project

9/28/23
DNA Drives Help Identify Missing People. It’s a Privacy Nightmare
Wired

9/27/23
The Maker of ShotSpotter is Buying the World’s Most Infamous Predictive Policing Tech
Wired

9/26/23
This New Autonomous Drone for Cops Can Track You In the Dark
Wired

7/29/23
It’s a Bird. It’s a Plane. It’s the Police Responding to a 911 Call.
The Marshall Project

7/21/23
The metaverse holds promises for digital IDs, risks for biometric data
Biometric Update

7/11/23
Why new facial-recognition airport screenings are raising concerns
CU Boulder Today

7/6/23
Think hard about what you give up by sharing your DNA
Boston Globe

6/30/23
How We Did It: Peering Into the Black Box
Pulitzer Center

6/28/23
Innovatrics launches DNA search capability for law enforcement
Biometric Update

6/20/23
The Wiretap: Apple AirPods Location Tracking Helps Cop Chase Suspected Government Property Thieves
Forbes

6/14/23
In the name of security, France plans to monitor crowds using AI and algorithms during the Paris Olympics
Equal Times

6/13/23
Donated Blood or an Organ? Police Shouldn't Have Easy Access to Your DNA
ACLU

6/12/23
The Treat of Surveillance for Activists in the Public Eye
Psychology Today

6/9/23
Living My Life as the "Muslim Ron Swanson" in the Age of Digital Surveillance: Aisha Abdel Gawad on the Fear of Being Watched in a Post-9/11 World
Literary Hub

5/21/23
Surveillance Technologies Don't Create Safety. They Intensify State Violence.
Truthout

5/17/23
Techniques to recover environmental DNA are 'like catnip' for law enforcement, law prof says
ABA Journal

5/17/23
Racial Recognition Used to Evict Single Mother for Taking Night Classes
Futurism

5/15/23
Your DNA Can Now Be Pulled From Thin Air. Privacy Experts Are Worried.
NYTimes

5/7/23
The War on Terror Has Not Waned. It's Used Against Black and Brown Communities.
Truthout

5/4/23
Approaches to Regulating Government Use of Facial Recognition Technology
Harvard Journal of Law and Technology

5/2/23
What to Do If the Police Ask for Your Security Camera of Video Doorbell Recordings
Consumer Reports

5/1/23
The Use of AI in Law Enforcement: Balancing Public Safety and Civil Liberties
TS2 Space

4/24/23
The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Criminal Defense
TS2 Space

4/16/23
Here’s how to find the surveillance tools police use in your city
KTAR News

4/13/23
Gov Tech Firm ShotSpotter Rebrands as SoundThinking
GovTech Biz

4/11/23
AI Now 2023 Landscape: Confronting Tech Power
AI Now Institute

4/8/23
What Happens When Your Social Media Photos End Up in the Hands of Police
The Marshall Project

4/7/23
Policing software blamed in at least 3 states for errors, including losing a criminal case and crashing during 911 calls
NBC News

3/13/23
Advice from the Field: Requesting Data from the Criminal Legal System
Urban Institute

3/9/23
Migrants must overcome a new barrier at the border: The U.S. government’s terrible app
Rest of World

2/28/23
Face Recognition Software Led to His Arrest. It Was Dead Wrong
Wired

2/24/23
Algorithms were supposed to reduce bias in criminal justice, but do they?
Phys.org

2/24/23
As crime-solving goes hi-tech public defenders scramble to keep up
The Nation

2/23/23
The Supreme Court Needs to Rein in the Surveillance State
The Nation

2/23/23
Know It All AI, facial recognition, and police surveillance
1A WAMU NPR

2/21/23
In search of better criminal justice data
GCN

2/14/23
Racial Minorities ‘More At Risk’ Of Being Spied On By New York City’s Massive Facial Recognition Surveillance Machine
Forbes

2/9/23
How AI and Facial Recognition Can Chill Access to Justice
Bloomberg Law

2/7/23
Developers Created AI to Generate Police Sketches
Vice

2/1/23
ShotSpotter Employees Not Only Have The Power To Alter Gunshot Reports, But Do It Nearly 10% Of The Time
TechDirt

2/1/23
Police Surveillance Firms Are Just Data-Brokers by Another Name
The Appeal

1/26/23
Meta Sues Surveillance Firm That Worked with Police
Brennan Center

1/26/23
If protests are now “terrorism,” what is state brutality and surveillance?
USC Annenberg Media

1/25/23
Men imprisoned for murder say police illegally used Google to find their location data
NBC

1/24/23
Taser-Drone Developer Axon Faces Newly Published Criticism From Ethics Advisors
Forbes

1/23/23
‘Big Tech’ Regulation Must Address Data Use in Criminal Investigations
Innocence Project

1/23/23
Leak of police biometric data won’t change America’s regulation debate
BiometricUpdate

1/21/23
She was denied entry to a Rockettes show — then the facial recognition debate ignited
NPR

1/20/23
Confidential document reveals key human role in gunshot tech
Washington Post

Global Updates

7/4/24
Vietnam requires facial recognition for digital payments
Nikkei

7/1/24
Now the EU Council Should Finally Understand, No One Wants "Chat Control"
EFF

6/7/24
The UN Cybercrime Draft Convention Remains Too Flawed to Adopt
EFF

6/6/24
Security, Surveillance, and Government Overreach - the United States set the Path but Canada Shouldn't Follow It
EFF

6/4/24
EU Council Presidency's Last-Ditch Effort for Mass Scanning Must Be Rejected
EFF

6/2/24
Virtual reality training scenarios put police officers in shoes of people having their worst day
Burnaby Now

5/22/24
Europe sets benchmark for rest of the world with landmark AI laws
Reuters

5/15/24
PSNI to publish report on surveillance of journalists
AOL

5/13/24
Biometric surveillance testing data sparks ethics concern in Germany
Biometric Update

5/10/24
Paris police deploys controversial AI-powered video surveillance ahead of Taylor Swift concerts
EU News

5/8/24
Police in Germany using live facial recognition
Biometric Update

5/2/24
The Breach of a Face Recognition Firm Reveals a Hidden Danger of Biometrics
Wired

4/24/24
Paris Olympics 2024: A New Era of AI and Biometric Surveillance
Reclaim The Net

4/21/24
Supermarket facial recognition failure: why automated systems must put the human factor first
The Conversation

4/19/24
UN says law enforcement should not use biometrics to surveil protestors,
Biometric Update

4/3/24
In Historic Victory for Human Rights in Colombia, Inter-American Court Finds State Agencies Violated Human Rights of Lawyers Defending Activists
EFF

3/22/24
Responding to ShotSpotter, Police Shoot at Child Lighting Fireworks
EFF

3/20/24
Some of the Most Popular Websites Share Your Data With Over 1.500 Companies
WIRED

3/15/24
Thousands of Young People Told Us Why the Kids Online Safety Act Will Be Harmful to Minors
EFF

3/19/24
European Union's AI Act Gets Mixed Reception
Forbes

3/19/24
The AI Act is done. Here's what will (and won't change)
MIT Technology Review

3/7/24
PSNI chief denies 'industrial' use of surveillance powers against journalists
Computer Weekly

3/7/24
UK's 230 million plan to implement police facial recognition and drones
Biometric Update

3/6/24
Hunt announces funds for police to use drones as 'first responders'
The Guardian

3/1/24
Online platforms and biometric surveillance: How the UK government weaponizes safety
Open Global Rights

2/23/24
Serco ordered to stop using facial recognition technology to monitor staff
The Guardian

2/13/24
Academics warn of facial recognition technology's 'chilling effect' and potential social harm
The Irish Times

2/7/24
Draft UN Cybercrime Treaty Could Make Security Research a Crime, Leading 124 Experts to Call on UN Delegates to Fix Flawed Provisions that Weaken Everyone's Security
EFF

2/5/24
EU reaches deal on technical details of AI Act, biometric surveillance criticism remains
Biometric Update

2/2/24
Bahamas, Guyana eye facial recognition surveillance projects to fight crime
Biometric Update

1/23/24
French regulator fines Amazon $5M over its surveillance system of warehouse workers
Tech Crunch

1/22/24
To shush AI Act critics, the EU fine-tunes innovation pitch
POLITICO

1/19/24
EU's AI Act slammed by human rights groups
Cyber News

1/9/24
Broadside from Scotland: UK is undemocratic with biometric surveillance
Biometric Update

1/3/24
Spread of biometric devices spark fears over surveillance in Serbia, Kosovo
Biometric Update

1/1/24
Facial recognition could replace passports at UK airport e-gates
The Guardian

12/11/23
EU agrees tough limits on police use of AI biometric surveillance
The Guardian

11/9/23
UN rights chief: Remote biometric surveillance of protests brings 'unacceptable risks'
Biometric Update

11/1/23
Privacy bill fails to address dangers of facial recognition technology: coalition
Moose Jaw Today

10/30/23
Face instead of passport: Frankfurt Airport firs tot try biometric check-ins for all
The Mayor

10/28/23
Police urged to double use of facial recognition software
The Guardian

10/26/23
CRISP report underlines fear that UK is heading into a biometric safety vacuum
Biometric Update

10/25/23
Growth stymied on all sides of biometric surveillance firm SenseTime
Biometric Update

10/23/23
Australian federal police tested controversial facial recognition search engine, FOI documents reveal
The Guardian

10/18/23
An AI firm harvested billions of photos without consent. Britain is powerless to act
POLITICO

10/13/23
Watchdog cries foul over Scotland Police biometrics-sharing pilot storing data in US
Biometric Update

10/6/23
MPs and peers call for ‘immediate stop’ to live facial recognition surveillance
The Guardian

10/5/23
British lawmakers call for pause in live facial recognition surveillance
Reuters

10/3/23
The State of Chihuaha Is Building a 20-Story Tower in Ciudad Juarez to Surveil 13 Cities–and Texas Will Also Be Watching
Electronic Frontier Foundation

9/29/23
Time to Ban Facial Recognition from Public Spaces and Borders
Human Rights Watch

9/29/23
Body cams coming to Vancouver police by the end of the year?
Daily Hive

7/29/23
Home Office secretly backs facial recognition technology to curb shoplifting
The Guardian

7/29/23
BIhar’s Darbhanga District Imposes Social Media Suspension Amid Religious Flag Clash
Outlook India

7/26/23
More reports that Hikvision, Nvidia still involved in China ethnic surveillance
Biometric Update

7/24/23
From Napoleon to Macron: How France learned to love Big Brother
Politico

7/18/23
Lawmakers approve bill allowing French police to locate suspects by tapping their bills
AP News

7/17/23
Global spike in predictive policing draws on AI and biometrics
Biometric Update

7/15/23
AI facial recognition tech brings 'airport-style security' to UK stores, says human rights group
KRDO

7/13/23
Prisons from Hong Kong to Chennai to Georgia are setting up biometric surveillance
Biometric Update

7/13/23
Facial recognition surveillance in Sao Paulo could worsen racism
Al Jazeera

7/8/23
Police using live facial recognition at British Grand Prix
The Guardian

7/7/23
EU police biometric databases will grow with new data exchange policy, says rights group
Biometric Update

6/26/23
Even accurate and unbiased facial recognition brings privacy, cost harms, groups say
Biometric Update

6/22/23
Cops scan social media to curb wheelie menace
Deccan Herald

6/20/23
In San Francisco, Biden says AI has 'enormous promise' but comes with risks
LATimes

6/20/23
Cameroon launches video surveillance with live facial recognition in largest city
Biometric Update

6/20/23
Discredited biometric surveillance project in Malta closed, but is it?
Biometric Update

6/15/23
Biometric Surveillance Ban Upheld as EU Parliament Adopts AI Act
The European Conservative

6/15/23
EU votes to ban AI in biometric surveillance, require disclosure from AI systems
ARS Technica

6/14/23
Forget ChatGPT: Facial Recognition emerges as AI rulebook's make-or-break issue
Politico

5/22/23
Scottish commissioner urges police to review risks of biometric surveillance
Biometric Update

5/21/23
Ministers look to enhance policing with body-worn facial recognition technology
Interesting Engineering

5/17/23
Police to use live facial recognition in Cardiff during Beyoncé concert
The Guardian

5/11/23
EU draft legislation will ban AI for mass biometric surveillance and predictive policing
The Verge

5/10/23
UK Government is Offering £600,000 To Contractors For Social Media Surveillance of 'Misinformation Narratives'
Reclaim the Net

5/5/23
Rights groups criticise announcement on facial recognition technology at coronation events
The Justice Gap

5/5/23
State surveillance deepens as Met police announce the use of facial recognition at the coronation
The Canary

5/2/23
Iran Resorts to Security Cameras, Ostracism to Deter Unveiled Women
Reuters

5/1/23
Facial Recognition Powers 'Automated Apartheid' in Israel, Report Says
NYTimes

4/19/23
Cape Town turns to surveillance tech to stop a tide of violence
Reuters

4/18/23
Privacy advocates upset at back-door tactics for Irish facial recognition law
Biometric Update

4/18/23
UK regulator reprimands police for secretly recording phone calls
Reuters

4/6/23
Ukrainian groups learn about DNA use to identify war victims
Forbes

4/6/23
UK Police Forces To Resume Use Of Live Facial Recognition
AP News

4/5/23
Live facial recognition labelled ‘Orwellian’ as Met police push ahead with use
The Guardian

2/28/23
Zimbabwe govt faces criticism over biometric surveillance project for new smart city
BiometricUpdate

2/27/23
More CCTV, more of crime; India's most-surveilled cities are the least safe
Rest of World

2/24/23
UK police have 'culture of retention' around biometric data
Computer Weekly

2/22/23
Predictive policing project shows even EU lawmakers can be targets
TNW

2/16/23
German court rules police use of crime-fighting software is unlawful
Yahoo News

2/16/23
Biometric surveillance doubts in Frace, UK. US city puts rule on it
Biometric Update

2/13/23
There Is No 'Going Dark:' Dutch Law Enforcement Spent Months Intercepting Reading Encrypted Messages
TechDirt

1/31/23
How surveillance tech helped protect power — and the drug trade — in Honduras
Coda Story

1/25/23
How China outsells everyone on facial recognition surveillance
Biometric Update

1/25/23
How ‘Digital India’ Has Transformed the Landscape of Policing and Criminal Justice in Delhi
The Wire

1/20/23
How China's AI is automating the legal system
DW

1/10/23
Iran Says Face Recognition Will ID Women Breaking Hijab Laws
Wired