Bio
Jay Stanley (@JayCStanley) is senior policy analyst with the ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, where he researches, writes and speaks about technology-related privacy and civil liberties issues and their future. He is the editor of the ACLU's Free Future blog and has authored and co-authored a variety of influential ACLU reports on privacy and technology topics. Before joining the ACLU, he was an analyst at the technology research firm Forrester, served as American politics editor of Facts on File’s World News Digest, and as national newswire editor at Medialink. He is a graduate of Williams College and holds an M.A. in American History from the University of Virginia.
Featured work
Apr 7, 2023
Catholic Group Buying Data to Out Gay Priests is Tip of Location-Tracking Iceberg
Apr 6, 2023
Tesla Camera Scandal is the Latest Lesson in Dangers of Letting Companies Record You
Feb 27, 2023
Firestorm Over Green Bay City Hall Surveillance Microphones is a Reminder of Country We Don’t Want to Live In
Feb 15, 2023
New Mobile Phone Service Shows We Can Have Both Privacy and Nice Things
Feb 13, 2023
How to Pump the Brakes on Your Police Department’s Use of Flock’s Mass Surveillance License Plate Readers
Nov 2, 2022
Are Gun Detectors the Answer to Mass Shootings?
Jul 15, 2022
Six Questions to Ask Before Accepting a Surveillance Technology
Mar 28, 2022
We Need Digital Cash That is Actually Like Cash