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Jul 7, 2014

What the Bears’ Brandon Marshall’s Struggles With Mental Illness Teach Us About the Criminal Justice System

In a recent article in ESPN the...

By By Ajmel Quereshi, Staff Counsel, ACLU

In a recent article in ESPN the...

By By Ajmel Quereshi, Staff Counsel, ACLU
Jul 7, 2014

Investigating the Imaginary Thought Police

Free Speech and Pluralism

Earlier this year, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Tom Wheeler, abruptly abandoned a survey of...

By By Sarah Harrison, Washington Legislative Office

Earlier this year, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Tom Wheeler, abruptly abandoned a survey of...

By By Sarah Harrison, Washington Legislative Office
Jul 3, 2014

Dear Privacy Board: It’s Us, the 95%

There are seven billion people in the world, and 95 percent of them live outside the United States. We know from dozens of revelations from the last year that few, if any, are immune from the watchful eyes...

By By Naureen Shah, ACLU Legislative Counsel

There are seven billion people in the world, and 95 percent of them live outside the United States. We know from dozens of revelations from the last year that few, if any, are immune from the watchful eyes...

By By Naureen Shah, ACLU Legislative Counsel
Jul 3, 2014

Radar Speed Signs, Machine Monitoring, and Chilling Effects

Free Speech and Pluralism

I’ve always found radar speed signs to be interesting indicators of our relationship with technology, and I think how we relate to these signs can tell us something about privacy and technology.

I’m...

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

I’ve always found radar speed signs to be interesting indicators of our relationship with technology, and I think how we relate to these signs can tell us something about privacy and technology.

I’m...

By By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project
Jul 3, 2014

CCA Continues to Cite Misleading Study It Funded

As an academic, it’s my job to be a skeptic. 

That’s why, when two researchers at Temple University published a study last year claiming that for-profit prison companies can save states lots of...

By By Christopher Petrella, Researcher, U.C. Berkeley

As an academic, it’s my job to be a skeptic. 

That’s why, when two researchers at Temple University published a study last year claiming that for-profit prison companies can save states lots of...

By By Christopher Petrella, Researcher, U.C. Berkeley
Jul 2, 2014

Government Privacy Panel: One Step Behind Congress, the Courts, and the American People

When Congress, the courts, and the American people disagree with you, it's probably time to re-think your position.

Yesterday, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) released its...

By By Neema Singh Guliani, ACLU Washington Legislative Office

When Congress, the courts, and the American people disagree with you, it's probably time to re-think your position.

Yesterday, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) released its...

By By Neema Singh Guliani, ACLU Washington Legislative Office