The ACLU of Massachusetts occasionally produces original reports and briefing papers, predominately based off of government documents obtained through the public records process. The following are in-depth examinations of issues relating to policing, privacy, and surveillance.

Surveillance law

• “Inside Orders: Secrecy and Warrantless Surveillance in Massachusetts,” 2017.

Student privacy

• “Back to the Drawing Board: The State of Student Privacy in K-12 Massachusetts Schools,” 2015.

Police surveillance and racial profiling

• “Black, Brown, and Targeted,” 2015.

Police militarization

• “Our Homes are Not Battlefields: Reversing the Militarization and Federalization of Local Police in Massachusetts,” 2014.

 State monitoring of protest and activists

• “Policing Dissent: Police Surveillance of Lawful Political Activity in Boston,” 2012.
• “Social Media Monitoring in Boston: Free Speech in the Crosshairs,” 2018.

Historical context

• “Surveillance in the Age of Total Information Awareness,” 2010. 

 

To view more reports from the ACLU of Massachusetts, visit aclum.org/reports.