Telecom companies should retain everyone’s connection records for six months so police can investigate crimes later

Platform regulation, artificial intelligence, surveillance, data privacy and the antitrust scrutiny of large firms, as they are argued in American politics. A domain where federal law lags well behind deployment, leaving states and the courts to set the boundaries instead.

Individual freedoms that constrain what the state may do, including speech, assembly, religion, privacy and protection from arbitrary search or detention. Distinct from civil rights, which concern equal treatment, these limit government power rather than extend entitlement, and are usually enforced through the courts.

Policing, prosecution and the agencies that carry them out, from patrol and arrest through detention and the courts. Covers oversight, accountability and the conduct of officers as much as crime itself, and the legal limits placed on the use of state force.

Ongoing and systematic collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of information for planning, decision-making, and action.