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Sep 3, 2014

Nude Celebs and the NSA

Free Speech and Pluralism

Writing in the New Republic, Yishai Schwartz notes the confluence of two privacy stories yesterday: the...

By By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project

Writing in the New Republic, Yishai Schwartz notes the confluence of two privacy stories yesterday: the...

By By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project
Sep 2, 2014

The U.S. Government Can Brand You a Terrorist Based on a Facebook Post. We Can't Let Them Make up the Rules.

This piece originally appeared at the Guardian's Comment is Free. 

The US...

By By Arjun Sethi, ACLU

This piece originally appeared at the Guardian's Comment is Free. 

The US...

By By Arjun Sethi, ACLU
Sep 2, 2014

Lessons From the Celebrity iCloud Photo Breach

Free Speech and Pluralism

Based on initial media reports, it seems that intimate, private photographs from several celebrities' online accounts have been accessed without their consent and widely shared on the Internet. For now,...

By By Chris Soghoian, Principal Technologist and Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy and Technology Project

Based on initial media reports, it seems that intimate, private photographs from several celebrities' online accounts have been accessed without their consent and widely shared on the Internet. For now,...

By By Chris Soghoian, Principal Technologist and Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy and Technology Project
Sep 1, 2014

Challenge to NSA’s Mass Surveillance Inches Way Up Court System

This morning, we're heading back to court to challenge the NSA's phone-records program, this time in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York.

Several district courts have already ruled on the...

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

This morning, we're heading back to court to challenge the NSA's phone-records program, this time in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York.

Several district courts have already ruled on the...

By By Alex Abdo, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project
Aug 29, 2014

After Ferguson, U.N. Calls on U.S. to Get Its Act Together on Race Discrimination

In the last several weeks, the state of Missouri has captured news headlines around the globe: first, with reports coming out of Ferguson of yet...

By By Jamil Dakwar, Director, ACLU Human Rights Program

In the last several weeks, the state of Missouri has captured news headlines around the globe: first, with reports coming out of Ferguson of yet...

By By Jamil Dakwar, Director, ACLU Human Rights Program
Aug 29, 2014

Body-Worn Cameras Should Not Expand Beyond Law Enforcement

Free Speech and Pluralism

The Guardian reported last week that Miami Beach is planning on expanding the use of body cameras...

By By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project

The Guardian reported last week that Miami Beach is planning on expanding the use of body cameras...

By By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project