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WASHINGTON — The Leadership Conference’s Center for Civil Rights and Technology today released new findings from a survey on state data privacy laws and civil rights protections and a legislative brief on the current landscape of data privacy and artificial intelligence (AI) safeguards. The survey examines comprehensive state data privacy laws, whether they include explicit civil rights protections, and state demographics on race and ethnicity. The legislative brief explores the status of AI and civil rights safeguards in federal policymaking.

WASHINGTON — Leslie Proll, senior director of the voting rights program at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the inclusion of voter registration information in the HealthCare.gov application process:

WASHINGTON — Lena Zwarensteyn, senior director of the fair courts program at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Judge Michelle Williams Court to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California:

WASHINGTON — Following bomb threats, school closures, and other threats in Springfield, Ohio, which were all prompted by disgraceful lies, Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement:

WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after the racist remarks directed at Maya Berry, executive director of the Arab American Institute and co-chair of The Leadership Conference Hate Crimes Task Force, at today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on hate crimes:

WASHINGTON — The Leadership Conference released a series of radio ads ahead of National Voter Registration Day (September 17) featuring Georgia native and Chicago Sky assistant coach Ty Young and Las Vegas Aces star Sydney Colson of the WNBA. As part of the “And Still I Vote” campaign, the ads aim to mobilize voters of color to shape the future of their communities through their vote in the November general election. Young will voice the ads airing in Georgia, and Colson will voice the ads airing in Nevada. In addition, the ads will air in Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement on the rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric:

WASHINGTON — Koustubh “K.J.” Bagchi, vice president of the Center for Civil Rights and Technology, issued the following statement about the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology’s markup of the bipartisan Expanding AI Voices Act , H.R.9403, which invests in AI research at Minority Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Tribal Colleges and Universities (MSIs, HBCUs, and TCUs):