Resistance Surveillance 4.21.26

Resistance Surveillance 4.21.26

From Resistor Vic Podcast by Resistor Vic getting Main St voices into the political conversation

April 21, 2026 · 3 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of Section 702 surveillance and the need for state legislation to protect citizens' data privacy.

Congress just rushed through another extension of Section 702, a surveillance program that allows the government to collect communications without a warrant. It was designed for foreign intelligence. But in practice, it has already been used to conduct hundreds of thousands of searches on Americans. That’s not a future concern. That’s already happened. The bigger issue isn’t just how the data is collected. It’s what happens once it exists. Because once your information is in a system like this, it doesn’t stay contained. It gets searched, shared, and expanded. That’s why I believe states need to step in where the federal government won’t. I’m committed to introducing legislation in Colorado to stop state and local agencies from collecting bulk data on innocent people and sharing it with the federal government. VicMeyersforDemocracy.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit resistorvic.substack.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Host: Vic Meyers

Topics covered

  • surveillance
  • government data collection
  • privacy
  • legislation
  • civil liberties

Keywords

  • surveillance
  • Section 702
  • data collection
  • privacy
  • legislation
  • Colorado
  • government

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Congress, Section 702, VicMeyersforDemocracy.com

Places: Colorado

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