Constitutional Law,
Administrative/Regulatory
Mar. 29, 2017
Modern surveillance is mass surveillance
Because modern surveillance is mass surveillance, Congress should pass laws that will preserve civil liberties.
Jennifer Stisa Granick
director of Civil Liberties
Stanford Law School CIS
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford , CA 94305
Phone: (415) 684-8111
Email: jgranick@stanford.edu
UC Hastings
Jennifer Stisa Granick is director of Civil Liberties at Stanford Center for Internet and Society and author of "American Spies: Modern Surveillance, Why You Should Care, And What to Do About It," winner of the 2016 Palmer Prize
In the past few years, experts have learned eye-opening information about surveillance practices inside the United States. Documents revealed by Edward Snowden illuminated serious privacy and security concerns, and subsequent investigations, court hearings and voluntary disclosures by the intelligence community have further enhanced public understanding of government spying in America. Ultimately, the idea most people have of what surveillance looks like - an officer wiretapping a drug kin...
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