The Constitution Project

Over 20 years defending rights, especially when threatened by the govt's nat sec and police powers. Now at the Project On Government Oversight (@POGOwatchdog).

[Project On Government Oversight @POGOwatchdog]

"Congress must step up and pass legislation that stops dragnet surveillance in all of its forms, not just Flock cameras."
-@DonBellCT https://t.co/1VKTyrMudx

[Project On Government Oversight @POGOwatchdog]

A surveillance reckoning has arrived.

That's why we've called on Congress to protect privacy and dismantle the surveillance state. https://t.co/gy49Jj94t0

[Mark Pazniokas @CTMirrorPaz]

How opposition to Flock cameras took flight in CT https://t.co/igHrai3MU4

[Project On Government Oversight @POGOwatchdog]

"Congress must step up and pass legislation that stops dragnet surveillance in all of its forms, not just Flock cameras."

Read @donbellct in @fulcrum_us on why the surveillance state is bigger than just Flock cameras & what must be done to dismantle it:
https://t.co/1VKTyrMudx

[Joseph Cox @josephfcox]

This is huge: a judge ruled a Flock search was 'indiscriminate mass surveillance' and unconstitutional. Says the search by a cop violated the driver's Fourth Amendment rights. Meaning, Flock should require a warrant https://t.co/DVVvGDMRsU

[Project On Government Oversight @POGOwatchdog]

We must chart a new path forward that protects our privacy.

As people across the country rise up against cameras tracking their every move, Congress must act to protect privacy and dismantle the surveillance state.

Read more from @DonBellCT: https://t.co/9F6JHljUTG

[Project On Government Oversight @POGOwatchdog]

The latest from surveillance expert @DonBellCT:

Congress must act to protect privacy and dismantle the surveillance state.

Why? Because if the federal government can use unrestrained AI to spy on the public, the right to privacy will be obliterated. https://t.co/gy49Jj94t0

[Project On Government Oversight @POGOwatchdog]

Today is #ConstitutionDay.

There's no better way to honor the Constitution than to reach out to your members of Congress and demand they protect the rights it guarantees.

We need real limits on surveillance technology. Now.
https://t.co/3gm6wInexI

[Project On Government Oversight @POGOwatchdog]

The Fourth Amendment isn't optional. https://t.co/ic8aDWbPu0

[Project On Government Oversight @POGOwatchdog]

ICYMI: last week, we demanded an investigation of DHS exploiting its administrative subpoena authority to secretly obtain records of journalists, labor unions, and nonprofits. https://t.co/DAISFx33Ka

[Joseph Cox @josephfcox]

New: a secretive DHS predictive policing unit is analyzing Americans' financial activity, feeding those names to police, then having cops pull them over. Not suspected of specific crime. We're revealing unit name: Predictive Intelligence Targeting Team https://t.co/rJjrVSlPei

[The Constitution Project @ConPro]

Billions of license plates scanned. Little to no accountability over how ALPRs are used. Well over 100,000 ALPRs nationwide. AI powered dragnet surveillance.

This is exactly the kind of thing the Fourth Amendment exists to prevent.

[Project On Government Oversight @POGOwatchdog]

There is no democracy without privacy.

Flock cameras are being used by law enforcement agencies across the country to collect information on you as you drive by.

This is textbook mass surveillance.

[The Constitution Project @ConPro]

These briefings were instrumental in pulling Congress back from the brink of handing over a blank check for surveillance. Now Congress needs to wake up and close the data broker loophole.

Government has no right to buy its way around the Fourth Amendment to surveil us.

[POLITICO @politico]

‘Wake-up call for Congress’: Lawmakers get a Big Brother warning on AI https://t.co/sVEGYPKqAs

[🙃 Jake Laperruque 🤔 @JakeLaperruque]

The current dangers of Flock and other ALPR networks are just the tip of the iceberg:
AI monitoring of driving patterns that flag you to be pulled over for “suspicions” driving, facial recognition, and scanning videos to track people are being built in:
https://t.co/Q7YahKPYaG

[Project On Government Oversight @POGOwatchdog]

"If you are driving down the street and you see a Flock camera or an automated license plate reader, you immediately start asking questions like how did it get here?" -@DonBellCT quoted in @insider_ct about serious concerns with Flock cameras https://t.co/gDGbqHB0T7

[Elizabeth Goitein @LizaGoitein]

Jay Clayton has been confirmed as Director of National Intelligence (DNI). What’s next for Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act? 1/17

[The Constitution Project @ConPro]

https://t.co/6nMGmqYOtb

[Project On Government Oversight @POGOwatchdog]

Massive loopholes in FISA allow the gov't to collect YOUR personal data w/o a warrant.

It doesn't matter who is in power. This is unconstitutional.

The confirmation of Jay Clayton to become Director of Nat'l Intelligence does nothing to change the urgent need for FISA reform.

[Andrew Desiderio @AndrewDesiderio]

Folks, we have a new DNI. Senate confirms Jay Clayton on party-line vote

[Andrew Desiderio @AndrewDesiderio]

One thing that’s notably absent from this list: FISA Section 702 reauthorization

With the House gone, FISA wouldn’t reach Trump’s desk until September anyway

Senators also note that the telecom companies are still providing data to the intel community for the time being

[Project On Government Oversight @POGOwatchdog]

POGO is hiring! We're looking for a Fact Checker/Editor to help ensure our written products advance our mission to expose corruption and abuse of power in the federal government.

Submit your application here by Aug 5th! ⬇️ https://t.co/v1Lut8J58z