For Immediate Release
S.T.O.P., NYU Law School Report Show NY’s Weak Protections for Civilian Who Record Police Encounters
[NEW YORK, NY, 5/13/2020] -- Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy group, and the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at New York University School of Law, released Turning the Camera Around, a white paper detailing New York’s weak protections for civilians who record police officers using cellphone cameras and other devices. The report details the limits of existing court rulings and statutes, as well as outlining new safeguards that New York and other states can implement to protect bystanders who exercise their right to record officers
SEE: Turning the Camera Around Report
https://www.stopspying.org/record
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“The NYPD is constantly expanding the ways it watches New Yorkers, using tools ranging from facial recognition to phone tracking and social media monitoring,” said Surveillance Technology Oversight Project Executive Director Albert Fox Cahn. “But at the very moment the NYPD is watching the public more than ever, they are fighting against the public's right to record officers. New York claims to defend bystanders who record officers, but these legal protections are often more theory than reality.”
The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project is a non-profit advocacy organization and legal services provider hosted by the Urban Justice Center. S.T.O.P. litigates and advocates for privacy, fighting excessive local and state-level surveillance. Our work highlights the discriminatory impact of surveillance on Muslim Americans, immigrants, and communities of color.
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CONTACT: S.T.O.P. Executive Director Albert Fox Cahn;
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