AI Audit Removal From Bill Draft Sparks Civil Rights Worries (1)

Civil and internet rights groups are calling on lawmakers to restore provisions of federal privacy legislation they say are paramount to protecting American’s civil liberties.

The 56 groups say that, at a minimum, lawmakers must postpone a markup of the discussion draft scheduled for the full House Energy and Commerce Committee Thursday.

“A privacy bill that does not include civil rights protections will not meaningfully protect us from the most serious abuses of our data,” the groups wrote in a letter led by the American Civil Liberties Union, Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and Leadership Conference on ...