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Expert opinions on Surveillance
Quotes, votes and policy statements on Surveillance from AI researchers, executives and policymakers.
59 sourced quotes · 3 policy proposals and claims
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Ban predictive policing
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For (23)Added 11d agoAmnesty InternationalHuman rights NGOvotes For and says:Risk profiling in migration, social security fraud detection and crime control must be banned. Predictive profiling and risk assessment systems, whether data driven or rules-based, should be banned in high stakes contexts even when humans make the fi...
more AI Verified source (Jun 10, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (3)Added 8mo agoDavid O’ConnorCFR Net Politics guest bloggervotes Against and says:That’s not to say that police departments shouldn’t use software to analyze their data. [...] Further development of the technology is inevitable, so local governments and police departments should develop appropriate standards and practices. [...] P...
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For (20)Added 1mo agoRon WydenU.S. Senator from Oregon, Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee; longtime advocate for healthcare and technology policyvotes For and says:
Passing FISA 702 without strong new guardrails, while doing nothing to stop the government from buying Americans' location data and feeding it into AI systems to conduct unprecedented mass surveillance, would be shocking negligence.
AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (1)Added 25d agoShabana MahmoodUK Home Secretary; Labour MP for Birmingham Ladywood; former Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretaryvotes Against and says:When I was in justice, my ultimate vision for that part of the criminal justice system was to achieve, by means of AI and technology, what Jeremy Bentham tried to do with his Panopticon. That is that the eyes of the state can be on you at all times. ...
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Ban the use of AI for mass surveillance
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For (18)Added 1mo agoElissa SlotkinU.S. Senator from Michigan; former CIA analyst and Pentagon official; member of the Senate Armed Services Committeevotes For and says:My bill ensures a human is involved when deadly autonomous weapons are fired, AI cannot be used to spy on the American people, and that a human is on the switch to launch nuclear weapons.
AI Verified source (2026) 1 of 2DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (2)Added 25d agoShabana MahmoodUK Home Secretary; Labour MP for Birmingham Ladywood; former Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretaryvotes Against and says:When I was in justice, my ultimate vision for that part of the criminal justice system was to achieve, by means of AI and technology, what Jeremy Bentham tried to do with his Panopticon. That is that the eyes of the state can be on you at all times. ...
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