CDT Spearheads Letter to Congress with Civil Rights Group Warning about Counter-Drone Bill
This morning, more than a dozen civil rights and civil liberties advocates led by CDT sent a letter to the Senate Homeland Security and Judiciary Committees urging them to fix problems with the Administration’s proposed counter-drone legislation.
The bill renews and expands authority for agencies to identify, monitor, and bring down potentially hostile drones. But, as the letter highlights, the proposal dramatically expands the power to do so beyond legitimate safety needs and removes the sunset system that ensures ongoing oversight of the still-evolving technology. Absent reforms, the proposal could open the door to drones being used by investigative reporters and protesters being brought down by law enforcement without any recourse.
CDT-led Coalition Calls for Transparency for White House AI Framework
CDT and Americans for Responsible Innovation led a broad, bipartisan coalition of over two dozen civil society groups in calling on the White House to release its Framework for review of frontier AI models.
CDT Amicus Brief Calls on Fourth Circuit to Rein In Geofence Warrants
Earlier this year the Supreme Court ruled in Chatrie v United States that the Fourth Amendment protected all cell phone location information, which CDT lauded as a landmark decision, but sent the case back down to the Fourth Circuit to assess the propriety of the geofence warrant at issue.
CDT and Partners Post Floor Alert Opposing CA SB 1013 Automated License Plate Readers Bill
The best way to ensure that Automated License Plate Readers are not abused is to limit the retention of stored data and to keep loopholes to lawful process closed. CA SB 1013 is a step in the wrong direction, and we urge the California legislature to reject this approach.
British Public Oppose Secret Surveillance Powers and Want Strong Protections for Encrypted Communications
CDT released nationally representative polling data revealing that a the British public are broadly concerned about the security, privacy, and free speech consequences of allowing law enforcement to access encrypted communications.
