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If reform advocates want police in their communities to wear body cameras, they should demand strong policies and institutional practices to make those cameras effective — and protect our privacy.

Given the role that aerial surveillance has played in the George Floyd and other protests, communities should take a hard look at the benefits and costs of police aerial surveillance programs.

Clare Garvie, Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy and Technology

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It is now more urgent than ever for our lawmakers to stop law enforcement use of face recognition technology.

If police are authorized to deploy invasive face surveillance technologies against our communities, these technologies will unquestionably be used to target Black and Brown people merely for existing.

If companies believe that Black Lives Matter, the least they can do is refuse to perpetuate and profit off our racist criminal justice system.

The company’s surveillance activities are a threat to privacy, safety, and security.

We need to continue to think creatively about how new technology can help us fight this disease, but we also need to remain skeptical before we compromise our civil liberties.

A system of immunity passports in the United States threatens to exacerbate racial disparities and harm the civil liberties of all.