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Forcing people to use private ID-verification to access tax accounts or other government services raises serious privacy and equity issues.

Online ad-targeting practices often reflect and replicate existing disparities, effectively locking out marginalized groups from housing, job, and credit opportunities.

Exceptions to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement must be narrowly defined to deter expansive, unjustified searches by law enforcement.

Artificial Intelligence systems are developed in ways that don't adequately take into account existing racism, sexism and other inequities. This results in invisible, but very real discrimination.

In 2006, the FBI sent an informant to pose as a convert and spy on one of the country's largest Muslim communities.

More often than not, the First Amendment traffics in nuance, detail, and government intent. In applying it to the internet, we should expect nothing less. 

How can institutions encourage public trust in AI? Make themselves more trustworthy.

Congress must ensure that the next generation of Americans is able to speak and associate freely, without fear of surveillance.

Getting accessible, affordable broadband would be a victory for all the parents and kids struggling just to get through each day during this painful past year.