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about Privacy & Technology
Dec 06, 2022
ACLU and Partners Warn Supreme Court About Dangers of Suppressing Free Speech Online
Groups Urge Court to Protect First Amendment-Protected Speech on Twitter and Other Online Platforms From Overbroad Moderation
Nov 22, 2022
ACLU Urges FTC to Address the Many Commercial Surveillance Practices that Disempower and Harm Consumers
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union submitted its comment in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s call for input from the public about “whether new rules ar...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Racial Justice
Nov 21, 2022
Ahead of 20th Anniversary, ACLU Calls for Major Overhaul at the Department of Homeland Security
WASHINGTON — Almost 20 years after President George W. Bush created the Department of Homeland Security, the American Civil Liberties Union has released a new policy brief, outli...
Nov 17, 2022
ACLU Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Warrantless Pole Camera Surveillance
The petition comes in Moore v. United States, a criminal case where police installed a hidden surveillance camera on a utility pole without getting a search warrant and used it to record a Massachusetts home over an uninterrupted eight-month period
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Court case: Moore v. United States
Oct 07, 2022
New Biden Executive Order On EU–US Data Transfers Fails to Adequately Protect Privacy
To Make Real Progress, ACLU Calls on Congress to Enact Meaningful Surveillance Reform
Issue Areas:
National Security
Privacy & Technology
Oct 04, 2022
ACLU Comment on Release of White House Blueprint for an Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights
WASHINGTON — The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released its “Blueprint for an Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights” guidance document today. The docum...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Privacy & Technology
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