We need your help to advance A.B. 793, a bill authored by Assemblymember Mia Bonta to protect people seeking abortion and gender-affirming care from dragnet-style digital surveillance. It’s facing law enforcement opposition as it heads to the Assembly floor for a vote. California’s Assemblymembers need to hear from you to stand up for what’s right.
Tell Your Assemblymember to Support aB 793
EFF is a proud co-sponsor of A.B. 793, which targets law enforcement demands that can compel tech companies to reveal the identities of people in their records who have been near a specific place or looked up particular keywords online. These demands, known as “reverse demands”, “geofence warrants,” or “keyword warrants,” are shadowy tools with questionable effectiveness, that have also falsely led police to arrest people simply going about their daily lives. Hundreds (sometimes thousands) of people can be caught up in a single demand without cause.
Following the recent Dobbs decision and an increase in state law criminalizing gender-affirming care, these broad warrants pose an even greater threat. People are coming to California to get care they can no longer get at home. But law enforcement officials from other states can ask for data on who’s been around certain clinics or searched for information on how to seek care in California. Companies such as Google—which also supports the bill—have recently seen a sharp increase in such requests.
Law enforcement officials in California want to stop this bill. Your Assemblymembers need to hear these
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