Despite the chorus of opposition to other similar initiatives, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a proposed rule to collect social media identifiers from an estimated 33 million people annually who seek permission to enter or stay in the United States, or become citizens. DHS plans to demand this information from a host of immigrants:...

This is the October 2019 issue of CDT’s monthly EU Tech Policy Brief. It highlights some of the most pressing technology and internet policy issues under debate in Europe, the U.S., and internationally, and gives CDT’s perspective on them. CJEU ruling troubling for free expression  In a crucial Austrian court case concerning defamatory statements...

Tomorrow, the Senate Judiciary Committee will conduct a hearing on reauthorization of the USA FREEDOM Act, the 2015 legislation that extended and amended expiring provisions of the 2001 USA PATRIOT Act, including Section 215. Unless Congress obtains from the intelligence community clearer, public answers about the information that can be obtained with...

Earlier this month, CDT and the Cato Institute filed an amicus brief in the case Georgia v. PublicResource.org. In this case, the Supreme Court will consider whether annotations included in the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (OCGA) are “edicts of government” and therefore not subject to copyright. CDT also filed in the lower court and still believes...

Earlier this week, the Center for Democracy & Technology filed an amicus brief in the First Circuit Court of Appeals in United States v. Moore-Bush arguing that persistent, warrantless law enforcement video surveillance of a home constitutes an unreasonable search. For eight months, without a warrant, law enforcement placed a home under persistent...

Hannah Bloch-Wehba is an Assistant Professor of Law at Drexel University Kline School of Law. She is also one of CDT’s non-resident Fellows, engaging with our policy teams to provide valuable insights. In this Q & A we get to learn more about Hannah and her current work.  Why did you become a CDT fellow?  I became a fellow to engage with CDT on...