by Press | Dec 23, 2022 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Today, Damon Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, released the following statement applauding the passage of the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement...
by Press | Oct 22, 2021 | Blog, Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — The Federal Trade Commission issued shocking findings on internet service providers’ privacy practices, including that companies profile their customers and target advertisements on the basis of race and other protected characteristics, on...
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...
by Press | Sep 30, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) –The Democracy Fund recently announced it is awarding over $1 million in grants to support the work of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law’s Digital Justice Initiative (DJI), a project that focuses on the intersection of racial...
by Press | Aug 4, 2021 | Press Releases
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) must act to protect civil rights and privacy in online commerce by regulating unfair and deceptive practices, creating an Office of Civil Rights, and increasing enforcement against Big Tech, states a letter sent to the agency on...
