CANCELED: Albany Electeds, Advocates Rally Against Geofence Warrants

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MEDIA ADVISORY CANCELED: Albany Electeds, Advocates Rally Against Geofence Warrants (NEW YORK, NY, 2/5/2024) – Please note that tomorrow's New York State Capitol press conference and rally has been canceled because the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) and fellow civil rights groups will not be traveling to Albany, and instead will hold virtual lobby visits with legislators throughout the day. The civil rights group is still available for comment on the Reverse Location and Reverse Keyword Search Prohibition Act (Solages A3306/Myrie S217) to ban geofence and keyword warrants in New York State. WHAT: CANCELED - Albany Electeds, Advocates Rally Against Geofence Warrants WHO (list in formation): S.T.O.P. Executive Director Albert Fox Cahn; New York State Senator Kristen Gonzalez; NYCLU Senior Privacy & Technology Strategist Daniel Schwarz; New York State Senator Zellnor Myrie; Amnesty International USA Organizer Attiya Latif; Legal Aid Society Digital Forensics Unit Staff Attorney Diane Akerman; New York State Assemblymember Michaelle Solages; Legal Aid Society Digital Forensics Unit Staff Attorney Joel Schmidt; And others. WHEN: CANCELED WHERE: Million Dollar Staircase, New York State Capitol, State St. and Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12224 CONTACT: S.T.O.P. Communications Director William Owen. SEE: The New York State Senate – Senate Bill S217 https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S217 Times Union - New York must ban digital dragnets that use cellphone data https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/commentary-n-y-limit-digital-dragnets-use-18615107.php City Limits - Opinion: Geofence Warrants Violate NY’s Constitution. Let’s Ban Them. https://citylimits.org/2023/05/19/opinion-geofence-warrants-violate-nys-constitution-lets-ban-them/   ### Copyright © 2021 Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, All rights reserved.