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By Alex Abdo, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project

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  • Free Speech and Pluralism

ACLU to UN: Encryption is Not A Problem to be Solved, But a Crucial Tool For Freedom and Security

A few weeks ago, a U.N. Special Rapporteur solicited comments for a report on the relationship between free expression and the use of encryption and anonymity online. The report that he is writing will be submitted to the Human Rights Council in June and could help shape the international discussion surrounding the role of encryption and anonymity today.
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VIDEO: Yes, Mass Collection of U.S. Phone Records Violates the Constitution

EDITOR'S NOTE: A resounding win! A Philadelphia audience sided squarely with team civil liberties in a debate hosted yesterday by Intelligence Squared. Arguing for the motion, "Mass Collection of U.S. Phone Records Violates the Constitution," were ACLU staff attorney Alex Abdo and Elizabeth Wydra, chief counsel of the Constitutional Accountability Center. They faced off against John Yoo, a former Justice Department attorney known for authoring the Bush-era torture memos, and Stewart Baker, former NSA general counsel.