'Not a Good Answer': Privacy Advocates Reject Democratic Proposal for 'Technological Wall' With Expanded Border Surveillance
'More surveillance' has become the default answer to far too many difficult policy questions
Conley, Julia
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/01/11/not-good-answer-privacy-advocates-reject-democratic-proposal-technological-wall
Date Written: 2019-01-11
Publisher: Common Dreams
Year Published: 2019
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX23220
Digital rights advocates called on Democratic lawmakers to expand their fight against the wall into a fight for all human and constitutional rights-instead of suggesting alternative "border security" proposals that would infringe on civil liberties.
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Fight for the Future launched a campaign Friday to fight against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) suggestion on Thursday that a so-called "technological wall" would be an appropriate alternative to Trump's planned concrete or steel wall.
Congressional Democrats are calling for a "technological wall" at the border, meaning increased warrantless surveillance that could impact up to two-thirds of all people in the U.S.
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