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EPIC Again Urges FTC to Regulate Surveillance Companies Using Government Agencies for Endorsements

EPIC filed comments to the FTC on public sector endorsements of surveillance technology products.
- Competition and Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Updates
EPIC Urges CBP Not to Collect Useless Social Media Information From Visa Holders

EPIC urged CBP not to collect social media information from current visa holders because this information is not useful and likely to result in biased denials of entry to the U.S.
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Privacy & Racial Justice
- Surveillance Oversight
- Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
- Updates
EPIC Urges First Circuit to Recognize Legality of State Voter Privacy Law

an amicus brief in the case Public Interest Legal Foundation v. Bellows urging the First Circuit to reverse a lower court opinion that found a Maine voter privacy law to be preempted by the National Voter Registration Act.
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Privacy Laws
- U.S. Privacy Laws
- U.S. State Privacy Laws
- Voter Privacy
- Updates
New EPIC Report Sheds Light on Generative A.I. Harms

EPIC has just released a new report detailing the wide variety of harms that new generative A.I. tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney, and DALL-E pose! While many of these tools have been lauded for their capability to produce new and believable text, images, audio, and videos, the rapid integration of generative AI technology into consumer-facing products has undermined years-long efforts to make AI development transparent and accountable.
- AI Policy
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Big Data
- Commercial AI Use
- Competition and Privacy
- Consumer Privacy
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Online Harassment
- Privacy & Racial Justice
- Updates
Supreme Court Avoids Major Section 230 Ruling in Case About Digital Platforms Recommending Terrorist Content

The Supreme Court has declined to address whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a law that encourages tech companies to moderate content on their platforms, immunizes companies like Google and Twitter from lawsuits alleging that their recommendation algorithms promoted terrorist activity. In a pair of decisions released today—Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh.
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Commercial AI Use
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Online Harassment
- Updates
EPIC, Coalition Urge Congress to Eliminate Funding for Failed “Countering Violent Extremism” Program

A letter from EPIC and a coalition to Congress calling for an end to ineffective and dangerous Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevent grant program.
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Intelligence Surveillance
- Privacy & Racial Justice
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
EPIC Cautions OSTP on Data Transfers, Urges Differential Privacy

On March 30, EPIC submitted comments to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) recommending several resources that might assist OSTP in fulfilling the aims of the "Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety" Executive Order.
- Access to Information
- AI in the Criminal Justice System
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Fourth Amendment
- Freedom of Information Act
- Government Databases
- Open Government
- Privacy & Racial Justice
- Privacy in Public
- Privacy Laws
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
Court Cites EPIC Amicus Brief, Ruling for Plaintiffs in Voter Privacy Case
- Cybersecurity
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Election Security
- Voter Privacy
- Updates
Appeals Court Says Police Can’t Ban Passenger in Traffic Stop from Livestreaming Based on Vague Officer Safety Concerns

The Fourth Circuit ruled today that livestreaming a traffic stop is protected First Amendment speech and that police cannot prevent a passenger in a stopped car from livestreaming a traffic stop based on a vague concern for officer safety.
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Surveillance Oversight
- Updates
D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Agrees with EPIC and EFF: Government Cannot Hide Lethal Injection Company’s Name from Public Based on FOIA Exemption 4
- Access to Information
- Democracy & Free Speech
- Freedom of Information Act
- Open Government
- Updates

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