FBI is asking #HouseJudiciary to renew Sect 215 of the sweeping & deeply problematic PATRIOT Act while actively stonewalling Congressional oversight into racist programs like #BIE and #IRONFIST https://t.co/KhbgnoWv4N
Think what you want about Snowden and Russia. He did an immense public service by exposing mass surveillance programs that multiple courts later found to be unconstitutional. The newspapers that happily collected prizes for their reporting on the abuses should say this clearly.
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In recognition of the 20th anniversary of the Patriot Act, the Fourth Amendment Advisory Committee hosted a panel on the state of surveillance in the US.
Listen as @radsandy explains why warrantless mass surveillance is racist. #BurnthePatriotAct.
SIGN: https://t.co/wW5IV8K8TD
Great piece from @Suntimes about The Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act.
TY @TammyDuckworth for supporting this critical legislation. Hey, @DickDurbin, where you at? Please support and move the 4th Amendment is Not for Sale Act! cc: @JudiciaryDems
https://t.co/w1cQz3MWJg
Today: More than 30 civil-liberties and racial-justice groups call on the Judiciary Committees in the House and Senate to support the Fourth Amendment Is Not for Sale Act. c/o @radsandy
https://t.co/Pi6NhLN8Fu
Reminder from @mediajustice that Amazon’s moratorium on selling facial recognition software to law enforcement is up in a month and it hasn’t committed to extending
"Loopholes in the law allow shady and discriminatory data brokers to sell our private information," says @RadSandy. This new legislation "would close these loopholes and stop federal agencies from doing an end-run around our constitutional rights.” https://t.co/eph6MVm0C4
In response to mounting evidence that DHS & other federal agencies are buying massive amounts of sensitive info from unregulated data brokers & targeting vulnerable communities, @RonWyden & @RepJerryNadler introduced the #4thAmendmentIsNotForSale Act
https://t.co/IZIktD3qwz
"To protect our communities from racist attacks, the Biden administration needs to root out the bigotry at the heart of law enforcement’s failure on Jan. 6."
Check out this powerful Op-Ed from @MyaishaAyanna & @radsandy
https://t.co/4eBUb1ZhyI
Our law enforcement agencies were founded on white supremacy. Until @JoeBiden deals with this culture, surveillance laws & tools will be used to harm our communities. @MyaishaAyanna & @radsandy in @prismreports on why we must #ProtectBlackDissent.
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Tomorrow, we'll join @mediajustice@ACLU@ColorOfChange and @RepRashida in urging Congress and the Biden administration to root out white supremacy in law enforcement and end the criminalization of Black and Brown dissent. #ProtectBlackDissent
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You can't fight fascism with authoritarianism. You can't fight white supremacist violence with policies that uphold white supremacy. We wrote about the dangers of responding to this crisis with domestic terrorism laws or expanding surveillance and policing
https://t.co/AQbE89kpcy
In the next @NewYorker, I look at a culture of retribution against whistleblowers under Trump—and a new complaint implicating CIA director Gina Haspel and Donald Trump’s nominee for the top legal job in the intelligence community in a retaliation campaign. https://t.co/Sec3dMG8y9
.@freepress government relations director @radsandy: "Amazon and other massive corporations claim tech that monitors workers improves productivity. In reality these invasive systems are punitive." https://t.co/3akZUV7pOW