Bio
Jay Stanley () is senior policy analyst with the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ 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 ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥'s Free Future blog and has authored and co-authored a variety of influential ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ reports on privacy and technology topics. Before joining the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥, 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
Mar 21, 2025
Machine Surveillance is Being Super-Charged by Large AI Models
Dec 24, 2024
Attempts at a Technological Solution to Disinformation Will Do More Harm Than Good
Dec 17, 2024
Face Recognition Threatens to Replace Tickets, ID at Sports Events – and Beyond
Dec 10, 2024
AI Generated Police Reports Raise Concerns Around Transparency, Bias
Oct 24, 2024
DHS Focus on "Soft Targets" Risks Out-of-Control Surveillance
Oct 10, 2024
State Legislatures Need to Block Creation of Nightmarish National Identity System
May 15, 2024
States Dust Off Obscure Anti-Mask Laws to Target Pro-Palestine Protesters
Mar 6, 2024
Communities Should Reject Surveillance Products Whose Makers Won't Allow Them to be Independently Evaluated
Dec 6, 2023
New Point-and-Shoot Chemical Detectors Raise Privacy and Constitutional Issues
Nov 30, 2023
Some Steps to Defend Against Online Doxxing and Harassment