Zach Lampell on Ban the use of AI for mass surveillance

Zach Lampell

Senior Legal Advisor and Coordinator for Digital Programs at the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law.

Governments should adopt clear prohibitions or moratoria on AI systems and uses that pose unacceptable risks to human rights.

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Zach Lampell, remarks at the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance, published July 2026.

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Ban the use of AI for mass surveillance

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AI Verified Lampell explicitly calls for prohibitions or moratoria on unacceptable human-rights-risk AI and identifies mass surveillance as such a risk. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Recorded for matches Lampell’s call for prohibitions or moratoria and rejection of mass surveillance AI. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified ICNL’s July 2026 transcript attributes this exact statement to Zach Lampell. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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