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May 12, 2020
After ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥-DC Flags First Amendment Problems With Student Online Speech Rules, D.C. Public Schools Modifies Technology Policy
WASHINGTON – Two weeks after receiving a letter from the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ of the District of Columbia identifying several constitutional deficiencies regarding its policy governing studentsâ...
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Free Speech
Privacy & Technology
Apr 16, 2020
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ of Georgia Says State Intrudes Privacy of COVID-19 Patients, Fails to Protect First Responders
ATLANTA – This week, Governor Kemp announced the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency will divulge to 911 centers the addresses of individuals who are COVI...
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Privacy & Technology
Apr 10, 2020
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Comment on Apple/Google COVID-19 Contact Tracing Effort
NEW YORK — Apple and Google today announced a joint contact tracing effort using Bluetooth technology.
Below is comment from Jennifer Granick, ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ surveillance and cybersecurity...
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Privacy & Technology
Apr 09, 2020
Louisiana Supreme Court Upholds Lower Court Ruling Requiring New Orleans to Turn Over Surveillance Camera Locations
NEW ORLEANS – In a win for the city’s public defenders and civil rights groups representing them, the Louisiana Supreme Court has declined to consider the City of New Orleansâ€...
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Privacy & Technology
Apr 09, 2020
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Challenges Pilot Aerial Surveillance Program in Baltimore
BALTIMORE — The ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ (³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥) and ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ of Maryland filed a lawsuit today against the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) to challenge the constitutionality ...
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Privacy & Technology
Mar 31, 2020
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥-WA Statement on Insufficient Facial Recognition Regulations (SB 6280) Becoming Law
SEATTLE - Today, Gov. Jay Inslee signed SB 6280, permitting the government to use racially biased face surveillance technology, vetoing the workgroup that would have allowed commun...
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Privacy & Technology
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News & CommentaryJul 2025
Privacy & Technology
Civil Liberties
As Ai Gains Power, We Must Push For Guardrails To Protect Civil Liberties. Explore News & Commentary.As AI Gains Power, We Must Push for Guardrails to Protect Civil Liberties
As AI increasingly makes decisions in hiring, policing, and social services, the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥â€™s Civil Rights in the Digital Age Summit focuses on promoting responsible AI design to ensure technology protects rights and serves justice for all. -
PodcastMay 2025
Privacy & Technology
Free Speech
Know Your Digital Privacy Rights With Esha Bhandari And Daniel Kahn Gillmor. Explore Podcast.Know Your Digital Privacy Rights with Esha Bhandari and Daniel Kahn Gillmor
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PodcastMar 2025
Privacy & Technology
+2 Issues
Free Mahmoud Khalil With Ben Wizner And Baher Azmy. Explore Podcast.Free Mahmoud Khalil with Ben Wizner and Baher Azmy
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News & CommentaryMar 2025
Privacy & Technology
Machine Surveillance Is Being Super-charged By Large Ai Models. Explore News & Commentary.Machine Surveillance is Being Super-Charged by Large AI Models
Limits and guardrails are vital to protect our privacy and liberty — as well as our sanity — against omnipresent AI surveillance.