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
Sep 30, 2020
Ten Questions College Students Should Ask About Their Schools’ COVID-19 Apps
Aug 6, 2020
Tracking Apps are Unlikely to Help Stop COVID-19
Aug 4, 2020
ACLU Seeks Information on Government’s Aerial Surveillance of Protesters
Jun 24, 2020
Protests, Aerial Surveillance, and Police Defunding
May 19, 2020
Technology and Liberties in the Fight Against Coronavirus
Apr 9, 2020
ACLU Lawsuit Over Baltimore Spy Planes Sets Up Historic Surveillance Battle
Mar 30, 2020
Is Location Tracking Technology the Magic Pill to Stemming the Coronavirus?
Mar 2, 2020
Can We Trust the Government to Respond to the Coronavirus in a Fair and Effective Manner?
Feb 6, 2020
The Government's Nightmare Vision for Face Recognition at Airports and Beyond