Jeramie D. Scott on Ban the use of AI for mass surveillance

Jeramie D. Scott

Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center's Surveillance Oversight Program.

The government wants to use AI to analyze Americans’ information obtained without a warrant through purchases from data brokers and “incidental” collection from foreign intelligence surveillance. Congress must act now and demand closures to these loopholes that undermine our Constitutional and statutory rights before any renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Authority.

AI Verified (Apr 14, 2026)

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Jeramie D. Scott, “Government AI Is Coming for Your Data,” Electronic Privacy Information Center, April 14, 2026.

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AI Verified Scott urges Congress to close AI-enabled warrantless-surveillance loopholes, supporting a ban on mass surveillance. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Recorded answer 'for' matches Scott's call to close AI-enabled surveillance loopholes. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified EPIC's 2026-04-14 article by Jeramie D. Scott contains the stored sentence verbatim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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