CDT warns AI will make constitutionally ‘questionable’ speech-monitoring worse

The Center for Democracy and Technology outlined technical reasons why the Trump administration’s use of artificial intelligence to monitor social media in targeting noncitizens for removal from the country will be ineffective, in addition to furthering potential violations of the First Amendment.

“The current Administration’s broad definitions of speech that could lead to visa revocation or application denial, and the questionable constitutionality of making immigration decisions based on viewpoint, raise concerns that will only be exacerbated by the use of...