Over the objections of civil libertarians including the ACLU, President Trump last week signed the Preventing Emerging Threats Act, a dangerous law enabling the federal government to disable and wiretap drones whenever officials deem a device a “credible threat.” The provision on...
A few weeks ago, on Thursday September 13th, 2018, a series of violent explosions and billowing fires tore through Lawrence, Andover and North Andover, Massachusetts. The explosions, which have since been connected to gas line problems, have impacted at least 8,000 people...
After spending years attacking cell phone privacy and encryption in the courts and in Congress, the FBI has used an Ohio man’s face to unlock his phone after obtaining a warrant to search his home. Since Apple announced its face recognition unlocking...
Last week, tech industry giants testified before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation about how the federal government should safeguard consumer privacy—and not a single consumer advocate was invited. Apparently fearful of meaningful state action that could tie the hands...
In recent months the ACLU, Amazon shareholders, Microsoft, activists, scholars, and legislators have raised concerns about the use of facial recognition technologies in the United States. Today, despite a total lack of regulation, law enforcement uses face surveillance to identify and track...
Are you a woman in a male-dominated field? Did you know that Facebook’s advertising algorithms are making it harder for you to find a job? Today, the ACLU, the private law firm Outten & Golden LLP, and the Communications Workers of America...
A través de el país, departamentos de policía local y estatal están poniendo en peligro a las comunidades inmigrantes, porque estos departamentos juntan y comparten información con las autoridades federales de inmigración sobre residentes de estas comunidades. Frecuentemente esta información es recopilada...
Across the country, state and local police departments endanger immigrant communities by collecting and sharing information about residents with federal immigration authorities. Oftentimes this information is captured using high-tech surveillance equipment like license plate trackers and biometric fingerprint readers. But communities across...
The ACLU, Digital Fourth, Cambridge residents, and other advocates have been organizing to pass a strong surveillance oversight ordinance in Cambridge, Massachusetts since the fall of 2016. This summer, we are close to crossing the finish line. On August 13, 2018, the...
Last week, the ACLU of Northern California revealed that Amazon’s Rekognition face surveillance software identified 28 members of Congress as people who have been previously arrested for a crime. The only problem? They were false matches. Unsurprisingly, the 28 members of Congress...