Commercial Spyware, Civil Liberties, & the Expanding Surveillance State
📅 Thursday, June 11, 2026
🕰️2:00 pm ET
Join Carrie DeCell & Maria Villegas as they discuss commercial spyware's impact on privacy, free expression & civil liberties
📺 WATCH HERE ➡️ https://ow.ly/kJFk50Z87tQ
ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice
This week, the U.S. House is set to vote on three bills that would permanently formalize the DOGE playbook, risking the privacy and liberty of every American for the sake of unproven fraud prevention methods.
New York’s Legislature passed a surveillance pricing ban, strengthening its transparency bill from last year. EPIC urges Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign this important legislation.
Maryland enacted the nation’s first surveillance pricing ban, a step in the right direction that, unfortunately, includes some concerning carveouts and loopholes.