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Hakeem Jeffries

U.S. Representative from New York and House Democratic Leader.

Mass surveillance of American citizens is unacceptable.

AI Verified (Feb 27, 2026)

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Hakeem Jeffries, “Leader Jeffries Statement on Trump Administration's Attack on Civil Liberties and American AI Leadership,” February 27, 2026.

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Ban governments from using AI to conduct mass surveillance of citizens

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AI Verified Jeffries calls AI mass surveillance unacceptable and pledges privacy protection, directly supporting the ban. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Recorded answer for matches Jeffries’s rejection of AI mass surveillance. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Verified verbatim in Hakeem Jeffries’s Feb. 27, 2026 statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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Pausing AI at human-genius level to solve alignment is safer than either racing to superintelligence or halting entirely

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Ban the use of AI for mass surveillance

Donald Trump and the Department of Defense want to use powerful artificial intelligence technology to spy on American citizens through mass surveillance. Anthropic, a leading American company, has courageously pushed back against this shocking invasi...

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