Guest Commentary: Attempts at a Technological Solution to Disinformation Will Do More Harm Than Good
Futile “content authentication technologies” are being pushed by companies and others. There is widespread concern today about…
Guest Commentary: AI Generated Police Reports Raise Concerns around Transparency, Bias
AI-generated police reports threaten to exacerbate existing problems in law enforcement, and to create new ones. A…
Guest Commentary: State Legislatures Need to Block Creation of Nightmarish National Identity System
The ACLU has issued legislative recommendations on protecting privacy and accessibility when creating digital IDs. Around the…
ACLU of California Claims Facial Recognition Measure Linked to Project 2025 Anti-Democratic Agenda
SACRAMENTO, CA – The ACLU California last week urged AB 1814 – dealing with facial recognition –…
ACLU Files Amicus Brief in Lawsuit, Decries Police Misuse of ‘Face Recognition’ Technology
By Melinda Kukaj NEWARK, NJ – The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey and ACLU National…
Biden’s Safeguards against Artificial Intelligence
UNITED STATES — Joe Biden, this Monday October 30, has signed an executive order to restrict the…
ACLU Praises SCOTUS for Agreeing Not to Criminalize Immigrant Supportive Speech
By The Vanguard Staff WASHINGTON, DC – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) strongly praised the still-controversial…
ACLU Commends SCOTUS Ruling that Not All Threats Necessarily Criminal
By The Vanguard Staff WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday true threats—not just words…
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to Warrantless Pole Camera Surveillance
Special to the Vanguard Washington, DC – The US Supreme Court this week declined to hear Moore…
SF Supervisors, Despite Opposition from Civil Rights Groups, Approve SF Police Use of Thousands of ‘Spy’ Cameras
By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The San Francisco Board of Supervisors late Tuesday voted…
Guest Commentary: Stop-and-Fingerprint Can’t Become the Next Stop-and-Frisk
The Michigan Supreme Court hears arguments in an ACLU appeal challenging unconstitutional fingerprinting by police on the…
PA Voters, ACLU Fight Back State Senate Republicans’ Subpoena to Obtain Private Information
By Julia Urquizo HARRISBURG, PA – Pennsylvania state Senate Republicans have filed a subpoena to access registered…
Guest Commentary: That Meal May Cost You Your Privacy and Security
By Nicole A. Ozer and Jay Stanley If you’ve been to a restaurant lately and scanned a…
San Francisco Anti-Police Violence Activists Sue City Police for Illegal Surveillance
By Jose Medina SAN FRANCISCO – Activists face constant threats to their movements, and to themselves—anti-racist movements…
Baltimore PD’s Surveillance System Records 300 Hours of Secret Footage
By Shellsea Lomeli BALTIMORE – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit against the…
Letter: Opposition to Surveillance Cameras
(The following are remarks by Francesca Wright at the City Council Meeting) Tonight I am representing Yolo…
Sunday Commentary: Staff Pushing for New Cameras over Objections from Police Accountability Commission
Back in December, I wrote a commentary questioning the sacrifice of privacy in favor of surveillance, the…
Audit Finds that Law Enforcement Violates State Law against License Plate Surveillance Technology
By Linh Nguyen Sacramento – An audit requested by Senator Scott Wiener finds that law enforcement agencies…
ICE and CBP Are Secretly Tracking Us Using Stingrays
The public has a right to know if and how often ICE and CBP are using Stingrays….
California Governor Signs Landmark Bill Halting Facial Recognition on Police Body Cams
AB 1215 will keep inaccurate, biased, and invasive surveillance technology from being used against the public with…
