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Comments of EPIC to PCLOB AI in Counterterrorism July 2024

July 3, 2024

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (“EPIC”) submits these comments in response to the 2024 Request for Public Comment on the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Counterterrorism released by the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (“PCLOB”) on May 23, 2024.

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EPIC Urges PCLOB to Take Deep Dive on Intelligence Community’s Use of AI in Counterterrorism.

July 2, 2024

On July 1, EPIC submitted comments to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB)’s request for written submission on the role of artificial intelligence in counterterrorism.

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Face Surveillance & Biometrics
Government AI Use
Intelligence Surveillance
Surveillance Oversight
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EPIC, Coalition Statement on PCLOB 702 Report

September 28, 2023

Today, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) issued its long-awaited report on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The report, endorsed by a majority of the Board’s members, sheds new light on abuses over the past few years, revealing that, “[i]n the reporting period covering November 2020 to December 2021, non-compliant queries related to civil unrest numbered in the tens of thousands.”

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PCLOB Recommends Individualized Judicial Approval for Accessing Americans’ Communications under Section 702

September 28, 2023

Today, as part of its new oversight report on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the majority of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) recommended that agencies be required to obtain individualized judicial approval before accessing the results of searches of Americans’ communications, otherwise known as “backdoor searches,” except with the consent of that person or under exigent circumstances.