CDT Joins HRW, Other Civil Rights Orgs in Urging India to Investigate Illegal Use of Spyware, Push Reforms
The Center for Democracy & Technology has joined Human Rights Watch, Access Now, International Commission of Jurists, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Electronic Frontier Foundation, PEN America, Privacy International, Freedom House, the Association for Progressive Communications, and Civicus, in calling on Indian authorities to credibly and promptly investigate the government’s alleged use of advanced spyware to target activists and apparent opponents.
Our call was prompted by reports that Pegasus spyware, developed by the NSO Group, was being used to surveil Indian human rights defenders, journalists, lawyers, and opposition politicians. Use of such spyware is illegal in India.
We also called on the Indian government to reform surveillance law in India by establishing proper judicial and parliamentary oversight of surveillance, consistent with international human rights standards and the landmark digital rights case in India, Puttaswamy v. Union of India.
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.
