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ACLU of Connecticut Statement on AI Caucus and AI Legislation

The ACLU of Connecticut applauds the creation of the Artificial Intelligence Caucus to study and forward legislative priorities relating to artificial intelligence.
Issue Areas: Privacy

Records Reveal Eight Connecticut Law Enforcement Agencies Sharing Residents’ Location Information With ICE

Connecticut residents' information fed into mass surveillance database ICE is using to track people.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights, Privacy

Hartford City Councilmembers, Advocates Announce Support for Proposed City Ordinance to Create Community Oversight of Police Surveillance

Hartford City Councilmembers, joined by statewide and local civil liberties organizations, immigrants’ rights organizations, youth and children’s rights organizations, and an LGBTQ rights organization, spoke out in favor of a proposed ordinance to create democratic controls to city surveillance.
Issue Areas: Privacy

ACLU of Connecticut Reacts to Hartford City Council Approval of Funding for Police Drones, Predictive Policing, and Surveillance Camera Expansion

On December 11, the Hartford City Council voted 7-2 to use state funding to expand video surveillance and drone use by the Hartford Police Department.
Issue Areas: Privacy