Free Press Action’s Jenna Ruddock said that a law targeting one platform violates the First Amendment and limits “essential spaces for people to connect and communicate.”
A federal judge has approved a class-action settlement that requires Google to pay for collecting and storing location data from smartphone users who had attempted to keep that information private.
The bill seeks to close loopholes that have allowed law enforcement and intelligence agencies to purchase personal data from third-party brokers without a warrant.
“The bill would prevent flagrant abuses of our privacy by government authorities in league with unscrupulous third-party data brokers,” said Free Press Action’s Jenna Ruddock.
Intelligence and law enforcement agencies have used Section 702 to unlawfully spy on people in the United States, including protesters and sitting members of Congress.
In March, Free Press staffers protected privacy, explored the impacts of disinformation, confronted the local-journalism crisis and examined the challenges Black media outlets face.