Despite the guarantee of the Fourth Amendment, U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies have made a habit of spying on the citizenry. But in the 21st century, the internet and the ability of computers to store and process vast amounts of data has allowed the government to collect vast amounts of data about each of us.
Government surveillance goes well beyond the NSA/FBI mass surveillance programs revealed by Edward Snowden in 2013. The Drug Enforcement Agency’s automatic license plate readers have been recording our travel for decades; the FBI’s domain awareness program records where we travel,  record has been recording license plates for decades, Fusion Centers and Joint Terrorism Task Forces (run by DHS and the FBI respectively) gather information.
Related News
Reporter Surveillance and the Espionage Act: The Government’s War on Disclosure
By Cody Bloomfield Earlier this year, ne
A Rose By Any Other Name: Biden Ends TVTP By Renaming It CP3
By Cody Bloomfield On the campaign trail
Snowden, Surveillance and Whistleblowing: Unlearned Lessons and Unfinished Business
By Patrick G. Eddington It’s been the be
DRAD and Others Urge End to Previously Secret Facial Recognition Program Operating in the National Capitol Region (Maryland, DC, and Virginia)
April 28, 2021 Today, Defending Rights
California Activists Challenge Clearview AI on Biometric Surveillance
The lawsuit alleges that the company’s surveillance technology violates privacy rights and facilitates government monitoring of protesters, immigrants, and communities of color. Clearview’s facial recognition tool—which allows instantaneous identification and tracking of people targeted by law enforcement—chills political speech and other protected activities, the suit argued.