Press releases
September 9, 2020
Thousands of Portlanders Call for Facial Recognition Ban
June 15, 2021
22 Rights Groups Tell PayPal and Venmo to Shape Up Account Freezes and Closures
Public testimony
June 19, 2019
Letter of support for Portland’s Privacy and Information Protection Resolution
Coalitions
Coalitions we organized
September 8, 2020
Letter of support for a ban of face recognition technology use by public agencies in Portland
September 8, 2020
Letter of support for a ban of face recognition technology use by private entities in Portland
Coalitions we joined
- Privacy N.Y.: https://www.stopspying.org/privacy-ny
- Save the Open Technology Fund: https://saveinternetfreedom.tech
- Defending Rights And Dissent & National Coalition Against Censorship joint statement on reports of unidentified federal officers in Portland, OR: https://rightsanddissent.org/news/drad-ncac-joint-statement-on-reports-of-unidentified-federal-officers-in-portland/
- Ban the Scan: https://www.stopspying.org/ban-the-scan-letter
- Fight for the Future – ban private use of facial recognition technology: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2021-04-13-open-letter-banning-government-use-of-facial
- PayPal/Venmo transparency: https://www.eff.org/document/letter-paypal-and-venmo-eff-and-others
- EFF open letter to PayPal and Venmo: https://www.eff.org/document/letter-paypal-and-venmo-eff-and-others
- Fight for the Future – ban eProctoring: https://www.baneproctoring.com/
- Fight for the Future – ban facial recognition use in stores: https://www.banfacialrecognition.com/stores/
- Joint open letter by civil society organizations and independent experts calling on states to implement an immediate moratorium on the sale, transfer and use of surveillance technology: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/doc10/4516/2021/en
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