National Security Surveillance and Human Rights in a Digital Age
CDT and a number of other civil society groups led by the Brennan Center, submitted a “shadow report” to the Human Rights Council to assist the Council in its quadrennial review of the human rights record of the United States. The report called on the Council to urge the U.S. to recognize its duty to respect the human rights of people outside the U.S., limit its surveillance to that necessary for the protection of specific national security interests, make public its legal interpretations of surveillance laws and create remedies for people whose rights are violated by unlawful surveillance. CDT and ACLU also submitted a separate report to the Council making similar recommendations, focusing on certain large scale surveillance programs.
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.
