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Drive public campaigns about “algorithmic rights” and surveillance harms to build support for reforms.
In the long run, cultivating a public demand for transparency (“You have a right to know when AI is making decisions about you”) will make it easier to pass and enforce these rules. Media campaigns can highlight stories of AI-caused injustices – such as the wrongfully arrested individuals – to galvanize outrage and call for change.
Why this works
- In the long run, cultivating a public demand for transparency (“You have a right to know when AI is making decisions about you”) will make it easier to pass and enforce these rules.
- Media campaigns can highlight stories of AI-caused injustices – such as the wrongfully arrested individuals – to galvanize outrage and call for change.
- This not only pressures lawmakers to act but also educates citizens to assert their rights (for example, insisting on human review or asking how a decision was made).
- Public pressure already stopped some anti-transparency moves – when a provision to preempt state AI laws was floated, public interest groups helped defeat it.
Electronic Privacy Information Center
Tax-deductibleDefending privacy, transparency, and digital civil liberties
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) is an independent nonprofit research center established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging privacy and civil liberties issues in the digital world. EPIC uses litigation, policy analysis, and advocacy to safeguard privacy rights, open government, and algorithmic accountability:. It frequently files lawsuits (including FOIA cases) to expose surveillance practices, challenges unlawful data collection, and advocates for regulations that protect individuals from AI abuses and invasive technologies.
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How Electronic Privacy Information Center uses funding
- Define the objective and the decision-maker for each campaign moment, including agency rulemaking windows.
- Build narrative proof points around real harms from opaque AI and surveillance tools.
- Produce shareable content and earned media that translates technical issues into clear rights.
- Mobilize public engagement so comments, calls, and local pressure align to specific asks.
- Close the loop by documenting wins, defeats, and the next pressure target.
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