COMING SOON
Citizen Docket is preparing to launch an independent public platform dedicated to documenting citizen concerns, encouraging transparency, and promoting accountability involving government, corporations, social media, artificial intelligence, surveillance, privacy, and emerging technologies.
As technology becomes increasingly integrated into everyday life, citizens deserve to know how their personal information is collected, analyzed, stored, shared, and used by corporations, government agencies, and automated artificial intelligence systems.
Issues That Matter
Government Accountability
Government oversight, transparency, public records, individual rights, surveillance practices, and accountability for decisions affecting citizens.
Social Media Platforms
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and other social media services. Concerns include personal data collection, content moderation, algorithmic influence, misinformation, account restrictions, and privacy.
Google, Gmail & Privacy
Concerns involving Google services, Gmail, online tracking, advertising profiles, data retention, account security, automated analysis, and the use of personal information within artificial intelligence systems.
Artificial Intelligence Systems
AI-driven monitoring, automated profiling, decision-making, algorithmic bias, information filtering, facial recognition, and the potential misuse of artificial intelligence technologies.
Surveillance & Civil Liberties
Digital surveillance, biometric identification, location tracking, facial recognition, communications monitoring, and the protection of individual privacy rights.
Corporate Accountability
Consumer protection, responsible technology development, corporate transparency, data protection, and accountability for practices that affect the public.
The Dangers of Social Media and Artificial Intelligence
Social media companies and major technology providers operate sophisticated systems capable of collecting, processing, and analyzing substantial amounts of information about individuals and their activities.
Platforms and services operated by companies such as Meta and Google raise important questions about personal privacy, digital surveillance, algorithmic influence, data retention, and the use of artificial intelligence.
Artificial intelligence introduces additional risks when automated systems analyze communications, influence what information users encounter, classify personal information, or make decisions affecting individuals without adequate transparency or human oversight.
Important areas of concern include:
- Extensive collection and retention of personal and behavioral information.
- AI processing of communications, uploaded content, and online activity.
- Algorithmic manipulation, targeted advertising, and behavioral profiling.
- Content restrictions, censorship concerns, and freedom of expression.
- Facial recognition, biometric surveillance, and location tracking.
- AI-generated misinformation, deepfakes, impersonation, and identity-related threats.
- Automated account restrictions and decisions without sufficient explanation or human review.
- Data breaches, unauthorized access, identity theft, and misuse of sensitive personal information.
- Lack of transparency concerning how AI models are trained, what information they process, and how automated decisions are made.
These risks do not establish that every technology provider engages in improper conduct. They demonstrate why informed consent, meaningful privacy safeguards, transparency, independent scrutiny, and accountability are essential.
A Voice for the Public
Citizen Docket is being developed around a simple principle: individuals should have the opportunity to raise legitimate concerns, document their experiences, and participate in informed public discussion about the institutions, corporations, and technologies that affect their lives.
Our mission is to encourage factual documentation, responsible public discussion, transparency, and accountability.