Posts by Jeramie Scott

Government AI Is Coming for Your Data

April 14, 2026

The government wants to use AI to analyze Americans’ information obtained without a warrant though purchases from data brokers and “incidental” collection from foreign intelligence surveillance. Congress must act now and demand closures these loopholes around our rights before any renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Authority.

• Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights

• FISA Section 702

• Government AI Use

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

• Analysis

Coming to America: The Government Wants to See Your Emails

February 12, 2026

At a time when foreign travelers to the United States are already (understandably) nervous about the government's treatment of non-citizens, a new surveillance initiative is likely to raise even more alarms for travelers.

• FISA Section 702

• Surveillance Oversight

• Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

• Analysis

EPIC, Coalition Urge Congress to Include Critical Reforms in Any Extension of FISA Section 702

January 28, 2026

• FISA Section 702

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC, Coalition Urge Congress to Include Critical Reforms in Any Extension of FISA Section 702

December 11, 2025

• FISA Section 702

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC, Coalition Call on ICE To End Its Use of Facial Recognition in the Field

November 26, 2025

In a letter directed to the Chief Privacy Officer for DHS, an EPIC-lead coalition argued that ICE’s use of facial recognition in the field through the Mobile Fortify App is reckless and should cease immediately.

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC & ACLU Respond to FAA’s Proposed Rule for Beyond Visual Line of Sight Drone Operations; Urge Agency to Implement Privacy Protections

October 9, 2025

EPIC and the ACLU submitted a joint comment to the FAA regarding the agency’s proposed rule to normalize Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations.

• Drones & Aerial Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC Joins Call for Universities to Dismantle Harmful Campus Surveillance to Defend Free Expression

September 3, 2025

• Privacy in Public

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

Project Dystopia: How a Little-Known Non-Profit Has New Orleans Considering Mass, Real-Time Facial Recognition Surveillance

July 31, 2025

The New Orleans City Council is considering Ordinance 35,137 that would authorize the continued use of the live facial recognition system implemented by Project NOLA. Project NOLA, a non-profit organization, runs a centralized surveillance system that has equipped New Orleans with more than 200 facial recognition cameras at various establishments and residential locations.

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Surveillance Oversight

• Analysis

EPIC et al. Call on Congress to Codify Protections for Travelers From TSA Facial Recognition

July 30, 2025

EPIC, ACLU, Fight for the Future, and Project on Government Oversight put their support behind S. 1691, the Traveler Privacy Protection Act (TPPA), which is due for markup today by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Surveillance Oversight

• Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

• Updates

PCLOB Staff Report Recommends TSA’s Facial Recognition Program Remain Voluntary, Improve Transparency and Oversight

May 10, 2025

• Face Surveillance & Biometrics

• Surveillance Oversight

• Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance

• Updates