On
Friday the MCLU testified in support of LD 1561, An Act to Regulate the use of
Traffic Surveillance Cameras. The
traffic surveillance cameras are a concerning technology because they can spy
on people and create databases and maps of innocent people’s travel. At the Public Hearing Legislators
heard from concerned citizens, the Maine Sportsman’s Alliance and the Maine Civil Liberties Union.
Last
year Maine’s legislature supported privacy by banning other
types of traffic cameras. Now they need to hear from you about this new
technology
Please
join us tomorrow at the State House in Augusta from 9am
– Noon. You will get briefings from MCLU issue
experts on two of our priority bills – a bill to limit the use of solitary
confinement in Maine prisons and a bill to ban the use of surveillance
cameras in South
Portland. You'll
get tips on communicating effectively with elected officials and then a guided
opportunity to have a meaningful conversation with your legislators about the
importance of civil liberties in these two bills.
The
Facebook event is here.
RSVP
to Katy Jayne at 774-5444