Lawsuit against the Trump administration over alleged surveillance of visa holders and green-card holders’ social-media activity, including use of AI/automated tools
Lawsuit against the Trump administration over alleged surveillance of visa holders and green-card holders’ social-media activity, including use of AI/automated tools
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Our Lawsuit Against the Trump Administration’s Social Media Surveillance Moves Forward. Here’s What the Court Said.
No one should have to choose between speaking freely and protecting their immigration status. Yet that’s precisely the choice the Trump administration’s mass surveillance of online speech forces on no...
- EFF and three labor unions are suing the Trump administration over alleged surveillance of visa holders and green-card holders’ social-media activity, including use of AI/automated tools.
- The lawsuit argues that monitoring and punishing people based on their political views violates the First Amendment and federal administrative law.
- Major development: a federal judge rejected the government’s attempt to dismiss the case, ruling that the court can hear it and that the unions have legal standing to sue.
- Next step: the lawsuit proceeds to discovery, where EFF expects to obtain more information about how the government’s surveillance program operates.