Privacy and civil rights groups urge US colleges to end campus surveillance to protect protesters
More than 30 rights groups demand universities end invasive data collection to protect free speech and prevent targeting of vulnerable campus communities amid federal pressure.
- A coalition of over 30 privacy and civil rights groups called on US universities to dismantle campus surveillance and data collection to protect student protesters.
- The groups demanded that universities resist government pressure and threats of cutting federal research grants to preserve academic freedom and rights of expression.
- The letter asked universities to refuse cooperating with law enforcement seeking to surveil or deport students, secure and delete sensitive data, and reject restrictions on protesters wearing masks.
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Colleges urged to end surveillance
NEW YORK — A coalition of more than 30 privacy and civil rights groups called on U.S. universities Thursday to dismantle campus surveillance and data collection to protect student protesters and others from government retaliation.
Groups urge colleges to end surveillance
NEW YORK — A coalition of more than 30 privacy and civil rights groups called on U.S. universities Thursday to dismantle campus surveillance and data collection to protect student protesters and others from government retaliation.

Privacy and civil rights groups urge US colleges to end campus surveillance to protect protesters
A coalition of more than 30 privacy and civil rights groups is calling on U.S. universities to dismantle campus surveillance and data collection in order to protect student protesters from government retaliation.
Breaking: 30+ human rights groups demand universities dismantle surveillance & protect free speech
Rights groups call on university leaders to defend their communities against the Trump administration’s ongoing attacks by rolling back surveillance. Today Fight for the Future sent a joint letter to the administrators and trustees of 60 top universities in the U.S. demanding they roll back surveillance and invasive data collection on their campuses. The letter […]
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