Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights President and Executive Director Addresses AI Threats to Civil Rights at Senate Forum on Elections and Democracy

by Press | Nov 8, 2023 | Press Releases

Washington, D.C.– Today, Damon Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, provided testimony for the AI Insight Forum on Elections & Democracy convened by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senators Mike...

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Statement on FCC’s Anti-Discrimination Rules

by Press | Oct 26, 2023 | Press Releases

WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission unveiled new regulations protecting equal access to broadband internet service on Wednesday. These new rules implement a new anti-discrimination statute enacted as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs...

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Partners with Sen. Cory Booker, Leading Advocates to Discuss AI Civil Rights Challenges

by Press | Sep 28, 2023 | Press Releases

WASHINGTON– Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, alongside Senator Cory Booker and other leading advocates, convened for a briefing to discuss the civil rights challenges tied to artificial intelligence and the solutions needed to...

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Endorses the Stop Discrimination by Algorithms Act

by Press | Nov 14, 2022 | Press Releases

The Stop Discrimination by Algorithms Act would be the most advanced civil rights law in the country in protecting people from automated discrimination. WASHINGTON–  The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law endorses...

Lawyers’ Committee Applauds the Nomination of Bedoya to FTC

by Press | Oct 4, 2021 | Press Releases

(Washington, D.C.) — President Joe Biden nominated law professor Alvaro Bedoya to the Federal Trade Commission. Bedoya is the founder of Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy & Technology, which focuses on privacy and surveillance law and policy, especially the...