Surveillance
Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) is introducing legislation to repeal the 2001 USA PATRIOT Act. Named the American Privacy Restoration Act, Rep. Luna's bill fully repeals the Patriot Act, which passed into law a month after the 9/11 attacks of 2001, citing the massive expansion of Federal surveillance on Americans and numerous instances of Fourth […]
Representative Laurel Lee (R-FL) emphasized the need to reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) without dismantling it entirely in a recent House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing. "This committee remains committed to restoring public trust in our federal law enforcement agencies, and a critical part of that involves holding open, informed conversations with experts like [the […]
Representatives Cory Mills (R-FL) and Mike McCaul (R-TX) have introduced legislation authorizing the State Department to implement countermeasures against drones and other forms of surveillance used by America's enemies. Rep. Mills named the legislation the Department of State Domestic Protection Mission Act, which includes provisions for when the State Department encounters an unmanned aerial system […]
Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) recently joined Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) in promoting the Saving Privacy Act, a bill that aims to “end government abuse of Americans’ financial information.” The senators claim the federal government unreasonably collects too much of its citizen’s data without proper cause. For instance, the legislation would strengthen the protections of the […]
China is facing new political pressure from conservatives following reports it is employing draconian surveillance tactics to monitor Tibetans. According to Radio Free Asia (RFA), China is persecuting Tibetan dissidents by increasing its police presence in Tibet, suppressing social media use, and employing surreptitious civilian surveillance officers. US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) publicly lamented Tibetans’ […]
January saw an explosive revelation of the Biden Administration ordering banks to track purchases of firearms, religious texts, and Donald Trump paraphernalia as potential "domestic extremists" through the FBI. In a recent appearance on Fox Business's Bottom Line, Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) called to "defund those positions," and the incident demonstrated why "we need new leadership in […]
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has floored legislation in the US House of Representatives that would ban any apps controlled or owned by ByteDance Ltd, TikTok’s parent company. ByteDance is a company founded by Chinese entrepreneurs and partially owned by international investors and company employees. In recent months, ByteDance’s manipulation by the Chinese government has […]
