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Human Rights Reports: Tech Surveillance and Privacy Accountability

This new act requires annual human rights reports to include information on excessive surveillance and the use of advanced technology to violate privacy and other fundamental rights. This means the U.S. government will monitor how other countries use technology for citizen tracking, internet censorship, or biometric data collection, potentially influencing international policy and relations.
Key points
Annual human rights reports will now detail technological surveillance in other countries.
Reports will assess if governments use technology (e.g., facial recognition, location tracking) to unduly infringe on privacy or free speech.
The act aims to increase accountability for human rights violations through advanced technologies.
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Additional Information
Foreign Advanced Technology Surveillance Accountability Act
Print number: HR 2075
Sponsor: Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3]
Process start date: 2021-03-19