For Immediate Release
S.T.O.P. Condemns Trump AI Action Plan as ‘Big Tech Bailout’
(New York, NY, 7/24/2025) – Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy and civil rights group, condemns the Trump administration’s AI Action Plan, which attempts to broadly immunize AI firms from federal and state regulation, as nothing more than a “Big Tech Bailout.” The plan comes after the Senate overwhelmingly rejected a similar moratorium on state AI regulations part of Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill.” The civil rights group warned that AI immunity and preemption would fuel AI discrimination in employment, housing, and policing.
SEE: The Verge - Trump is bringing back the AI law moratorium
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/712537/trump-ai-action-plan-white-house-ai-law-moratorium
The New York Times - Defeat of a 10-Year Ban on State A.I. Laws Is a Blow to Tech Industry
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/politics/state-ai-laws.html
“We should be protecting human rights, not AI models,” said Surveillance Technology Oversight Project Executive Director Albert Fox Cahn. “This unconstitutional end-run around Congress and the states is yet another attack on the checks and balances of our democracy. But it’s also a blank check for AI firms to steal our data, harm our communities, and violate state law. This is a moment when we urgently need new protections from untested and error-prone AI systems, not a bailout.”
In 2022, S.T.O.P. expressed concern that the Biden administration’s Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights normalized AI surveillance abuses at a time the country needed broad bans on technologies like facial recognition. Developed by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the blueprint proposed that all AI should be built with consideration for the preservation of civil rights and democratic values, but endorsed use of artificial intelligence for law enforcement surveillance.
SEE: The Hill – White House releases ‘AI Bill of Rights’ blueprint
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3673308-white-house-releases-ai-bill-of-rights-blueprint/
The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project is a non-profit advocacy organization and legal services provider. 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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