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Dec 12, 2013

The NSA's Winter of Discontent

Originally posted on The Huffington Post.

The summer of Snowden is fast becoming...

By By Laura W. Murphy, Director, ACLU Washington Legislative Office & Sandra Fulton, ACLU Washington Legislative Office

Originally posted on The Huffington Post.

The summer of Snowden is fast becoming...

By By Laura W. Murphy, Director, ACLU Washington Legislative Office & Sandra Fulton, ACLU Washington Legislative Office
Dec 12, 2013

Even Your Avatar Can't Escape NSA Surveillance

It seems that literally no one is safe from the NSA. Even digital alter egos living in fantasy realms in the online gaming world are being caught up in the NSA's surveillance dragnet.

A newly leaked...

By By Robyn Greene, ACLU Washington Legislative Office

It seems that literally no one is safe from the NSA. Even digital alter egos living in fantasy realms in the online gaming world are being caught up in the NSA's surveillance dragnet.

A newly leaked...

By By Robyn Greene, ACLU Washington Legislative Office
Dec 12, 2013

New Documents Show Lopsided Reliance on Secret Subpoenas

Free Speech and Pluralism

What happens when legislatures pass laws enabling law enforcement to obtain sensitive, private information about people without requiring any evidence of criminal activity, and without any outside...

By By Kade Crockford, Director, ACLU of Massachusetts Technology for Liberty Project

What happens when legislatures pass laws enabling law enforcement to obtain sensitive, private information about people without requiring any evidence of criminal activity, and without any outside...

By By Kade Crockford, Director, ACLU of Massachusetts Technology for Liberty Project
Dec 12, 2013

Mass Location Tracking: It’s Not Just For the NSA

Free Speech and Pluralism

Thanks to Edward Snowden we now understand that the NSA runs many dragnet surveillance programs, some of...

By By Catherine Crump, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy and Technology Project

Thanks to Edward Snowden we now understand that the NSA runs many dragnet surveillance programs, some of...

By By Catherine Crump, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy and Technology Project
Dec 11, 2013

Should LGBT Activists in India Just Give Up?

Late last night, like many LGBT South Asian Americans, I waited anxiously to see how India's Supreme Court would rule on a colonial-era law that criminalized homosexuality. The ruling came in just after...

By By Shawn Jain, ACLU

Late last night, like many LGBT South Asian Americans, I waited anxiously to see how India's Supreme Court would rule on a colonial-era law that criminalized homosexuality. The ruling came in just after...

By By Shawn Jain, ACLU
Dec 11, 2013

"One Man, One Vote": Nelson Mandela on Voting Rights

Last week, the world lost a great man, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.

Madiba's uncompromising commitment to self-determination was a first principle of his struggle against apartheid and toward racial...

By By Julie Ebenstein, Staff Attorney, Voting Rights Project, ACLU

Last week, the world lost a great man, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.

Madiba's uncompromising commitment to self-determination was a first principle of his struggle against apartheid and toward racial...

By By Julie Ebenstein, Staff Attorney, Voting Rights Project, ACLU