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Nov 20, 2013

ACLU of Northern California files shareholder proposal with AT&T and Verizon on NSA Data Sharing

Growing up in Iran I know too well the impact of unchecked...

By By Abdi Soltani, Executive Director, ACLU of Northern California

Growing up in Iran I know too well the impact of unchecked...

By By Abdi Soltani, Executive Director, ACLU of Northern California
Nov 19, 2013

The $338,000 Internet Comment

We’ve written before about Section 230 of the Communications Decency...

By By Lee Rowland, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project

We’ve written before about Section 230 of the Communications Decency...

By By Lee Rowland, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project
Nov 19, 2013

Is Law Enforcement Getting Wiser About Its Use of New Technologies?

Some leading police officials around the nation seem to be realizing that high-technology surveillance systems need to be deployed with great care, lest they prompt a public backlash. As the Atlantic...

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

Some leading police officials around the nation seem to be realizing that high-technology surveillance systems need to be deployed with great care, lest they prompt a public backlash. As the Atlantic...

By By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project
Nov 18, 2013

Cops outraged about GPS tracking plans in Boston

Boston Police Department bosses want to install GPS monitoring devices in every patrol car, to enable dispatch to more efficiently process 911 calls. But police officers and their union are outraged,...

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

Boston Police Department bosses want to install GPS monitoring devices in every patrol car, to enable dispatch to more efficiently process 911 calls. But police officers and their union are outraged,...

By By Kade Crockford, Director, ACLU of Massachusetts Technology for Liberty Project
Nov 15, 2013

Government Refusing To Say Whether Phone Tracking Evidence Came From Mass Surveillance

In criminal cases, defendants have a right to know what evidence the government plans to use against them and how the government gathered that evidence. This basic due process principle is essential: it...

By By Nathan Freed Wessler, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project

In criminal cases, defendants have a right to know what evidence the government plans to use against them and how the government gathered that evidence. This basic due process principle is essential: it...

By By Nathan Freed Wessler, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project
Nov 14, 2013

The Hazards of Uncontrolled Data Collection

Leaks of classified and highly secretive information from U.S. government databases by the likes of Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning have naturally garnered massive press attention, exposing some deeply...

By By Joe Silver, Washington Legislative Office, ACLU

Leaks of classified and highly secretive information from U.S. government databases by the likes of Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning have naturally garnered massive press attention, exposing some deeply...

By By Joe Silver, Washington Legislative Office, ACLU