Bio
Gabe Rottman (@GRottman) is a legislative counsel and policy advisor in the ACLU’s Washington Legislative Office. He advocates in Congress and the federal agencies on an array of issues at the intersection of technology and civil liberties, including privacy, cybersecurity, free expression, telecommunications and internet policy, and intellectual property. He previously served as a litigation associate in private practice, with a focus on antitrust and foreign investment regulation, and as a media relations staffer and senior writer at the ACLU. Rottman has a B.A. from McGill University and a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center, both with honors.
Featured work
Aug 12, 2013
The Business of Financing Hate Groups: Legal to Censor, but Unwise
Aug 1, 2013
New Proposal Could Singlehandedly Cripple Free Speech Online
Aug 1, 2013
ACLU in Defense One: Obama's Whistleblower Witchhunt Won't Work at DOD
Jul 19, 2013
The Biggest Reform in the New DOJ Media Guidelines
Jul 18, 2013
Far More than a Half-Measure on News Media Investigations
May 31, 2013
Responding to The Washington Post's Walter Pincus on Leaks and Shield Laws
May 21, 2013
Justice Department's Overreaching on Leaks Threatens Freedom of the Press
May 15, 2013
DOJ's AP Phone Logs Grab Highlights Renewed Need for Shield Law