SB 121-03: Internal Robot Service Act - Passed

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

INTERNAL ROBOT SERVICE ACT

1. As used in this act:

A. Robot spy means any artificial intelligence or algorithim that is programmed, designed, or intended to identify, catelogue, monitor, gain access to, obtain information from, or make any changes to any banking, credit, debit, investment, payment processing, or other financial services account.

2. No federal department, agency, employee, agent, or contractor shall use, purchase, or obtain the benefits of any robot spy or any information obtained by a robot spy.

3. No federal funds appropriated to the Regions shall be used for the purchase, repair, maintenance, or operation of any robot spy or to acquire any information obtained by a robot spy.

4. Any information possessed by a federal department, agency, employee, agent, or contractor that was obtained by a robot spy shall be immediately destroyed or otherwise disposed of.

5. No court in Atlasia shall admit as evidence any information possessed by a federal department, agency, employee, agent, or contractor that was obtained by a robot spy.

6. This act shall take effect immediately.

Sponsor: Mr. Reactionary
Occupying: Slot 5

[Mr. Reactionary]

Evil robots are spying on your bank accounts at the direction of federal bureaucrats such as the IRS. Spying without a warrant violates search and seizure protections, yet the evil robots and the NPC swamp people who control them appear to be doing it anyway. This law expressly prohibits the practice without a warrant to protect our rights.


Background:

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jim-jordan-opens-investigation-accusations-irs-using-ai-spy-taxpayers-en-masse.amp

https://mrctv.org/blog/nick-kangadis/bombshell-report-okeefe-media-group-uncovers-irss-use-ai-spy-americans-bank

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Amendment adding narrow exceptions for Warrants and emergency situations:

INTERNAL ROBOT SERVICE ACT

1. As used in this act:

A. Robot spy means any artificial intelligence or algorithim that is programmed, designed, or intended to identify, catelogue, monitor, gain access to, obtain information from, or make any changes to any banking, credit, debit, investment, payment processing, or other financial services account.

2. No federal department, agency, employee, agent, or contractor shall use, purchase, or obtain the benefits of any robot spy or any information obtained by a robot spy.

3. No federal funds appropriated to the Regions shall be used for the purchase, repair, maintenance, or operation of any robot spy or to acquire any information obtained by a robot spy.

4. Any information possessed by a federal department, agency, employee, agent, or contractor that was obtained by a robot spy shall be immediately destroyed or otherwise disposed of.

5. No court in Atlasia shall admit as evidence any information possessed by a federal department, agency, employee, agent, or contractor that was obtained by a robot spy.

6. Exceptions:

Sections 2-5 shall not apply if:

- An Appropriate Warrant under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution exists for a specific felony criminal investigation, or
- The Robot Spy's operations are limited to a simple search for a known cybersecurity threat with no modification to or retention of information found except for the deletion of software known to be malicious and the retention of foreign intelligence information, and such an operation is reported to the President, or
- The Robot Spy is being operated by a federal employee or agent (NOT a Contractor) who has a reasonable belief that a bona fide emergency exists involving an imminent threat of death or serious bodily harm; and in order to prevent or mitigate the threat, action must be conducted before a warrant can be obtained. Such action must be narrowly tailored to fit the emergency and achieve it through the least intrusive means. A warrant must still be obtained when possible to do so, and a description of all action taken is to be provided to the President, the Vice President, the Attorney General, and the President Pro Tempore and their deputies in a timely fashion.

To qualify under any of the above exceptions, the Robot Spy may not be purchased or otherwise obtained until such a time that a reasonable person would believe one of the above exceptions exists or will imminently exist, and shall be destroyed once such a matter has concluded.
                                       
67. This act shall take effect immediately.

[Mr. Reactionary]

I object to the amendment.

If a warrant is issued there is no need to use a robot as the bank must comply with the information request. This would only encourage secret warrants like those of the often abused FISA Court, where very often the government refuses to inform the third party record keeper that it even has a warrant. That limits the ability to challenge abusive practices and gives free reign to federal robots to trawl private financial data effectively without limit. The magistrate or judge issuing the warrant isnt going to verify what ultimately gets catalogued or changed. The traditional warrant process already exists and remains available without need for secret robot spies. And the definition of robot spy applies to private accounts, not general software, so mere systemwide software scans for viruses wouldnt be inherently prohibited.

I also do not see the need of an exception for "imminent threats of death". We are talking about robots spying on bank account data. In what scenario will the hour it takes to get a traditional search warrant have a life or death impact? As worded in the amendment, the feds cannot even have a robot spy ready to go until the emergency exists. This wouldnt really save much time and again, its just to peep in bank accounts. Not every situation needs to have a "except in a super cereal emergency" carve out.

The IRS does not need robot spies. It already has too many tools in its belt to spy on us. The door shouldnt even be left open a crack. Weve existed fine enough without robot spies.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Based on the feedback, I withdraw the earlier amendment and replace it as follows. I do believe it is important that our agencies have all the tools needed to expeditiously respond to certain situations.

Amendment adding narrow exceptions for Warrants and emergency situations:

INTERNAL ROBOT SERVICE ACT

1. As used in this act:

A. Robot spy means any artificial intelligence or algorithim that is programmed, designed, or intended to identify, catelogue, monitor, gain access to, obtain information from, or make any changes to any banking, credit, debit, investment, payment processing, or other financial services account.

2. No federal department, agency, employee, agent, or contractor shall use, purchase, or obtain the benefits of any robot spy or any information obtained by a robot spy.

3. No federal funds appropriated to the Regions shall be used for the purchase, repair, maintenance, or operation of any robot spy or to acquire any information obtained by a robot spy.

4. Any information possessed by a federal department, agency, employee, agent, or contractor that was obtained by a robot spy shall be immediately destroyed or otherwise disposed of.

5. No court in Atlasia shall admit as evidence any information possessed by a federal department, agency, employee, agent, or contractor that was obtained by a robot spy.

6. Exceptions:

Sections 2-5 shall not apply if:

- An Appropriate Warrant under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution exists for a specific felony criminal investigation, or
- The Robot Spy's operations are limited to the retention of foreign intelligence information, and such an operation is reported to the President, or
- The Robot Spy is being operated by a federal employee or agent (NOT a Contractor) who has a reasonable belief that a bona fide emergency exists involving an imminent threat of death or serious bodily harm; and in order to prevent or mitigate the threat, action must be conducted before a warrant can be obtained. Such action must be narrowly tailored to fit the emergency and achieve it through the least intrusive means. A warrant must still be obtained when possible to do so, and a description of all action taken is to be provided to the President, the Vice President, the Attorney General, and the President Pro Tempore and their deputies in a timely fashion.
                                       
67. This act shall take effect immediately.

[Mr. Reactionary]

I object to the amendment as I still do not believe it is necessary to use robot spies to scoop up bank account info when more traditional methods of obtaining such information remain available and no information has been presented alleging that these traditional methods are inadequate. I do not wish to open up pandora's box on the issue of government-run robot bank spies even a crack.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

A vote is open on the amendment.

Aye

[West_Midlander]

Nay

[Mr. Reactionary]

Nay

[Blair]

Aye

[ReallySuper]

ʻAʻole

[Senator Spark]

Nay

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Nay

[YE]

Nay..

[GM Team Member and Deputy PPT WB]

Nay, mostly for concerns about privacy violations. The surveillance state is bad enough as is.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

As the amendment Sponsor I concede its failure and waive any remaining vote time.

Amendment fails 2-7-0-9

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Motion for a final vote

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

A final vote is beginning

Aye

[Senator Spark]

Aye

[OSR stands with Israel]

Aye

[GM Team Member and Deputy PPT WB]

Aye

[West_Midlander]

Aye

[reagente]

Aye

[YE]

Aye

[Senator Spiral]

Aye