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Vera Eidelman

Senior Staff Attorney

桃子视频Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project

Bio

Vera Eidelman is a senior staff attorney with the ACLU鈥檚 Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, where she works on the rights to free speech and privacy in the digital age. She focuses on the free speech rights of protesters and young people, online speech, and genetic privacy. She has litigated cases including Dakota Rural Action v. Noem, a constitutional challenge to 鈥渞iot boosting鈥 laws that chilled protest, In re Gender Queer and A Court of Mist and Fury, in defense of the right to write, publish, and distribute books others sought to ban as 鈥渙bscene,鈥 and 桃子视频v. Clearview AI, a state privacy law challenge to nonconsensual faceprinting. She has also represented a racial justice protester, in Mckesson v. Doe, and a high school cheerleader, in Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L., before the Supreme Court.

Vera was previously a William J. Brennan fellow with the ACLU, and is a graduate of Stanford University and Yale Law School. Before joining the ACLU, she served as a law clerk to the Hon. Beth Labson Freeman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.


Featured work

Sep 18, 2025

Protecting Free Speech in the Face of Government Retaliation

Protecting Free Speech in the Face of Government Retaliation

Jan 14, 2025

Supreme Court May Decide if the Government Can Childproof the Internet

Supreme Court May Decide if the Government Can Childproof the Internet

Apr 22, 2024

The Supreme Court Declined a Protestors' Rights Case. Here's What You Need to Know.

The Supreme Court Declined a Protestors' Rights Case. Here's What You Need to Know.

Mar 11, 2024

How to Protect Consumer Privacy and Free Speech

How to Protect Consumer Privacy and Free Speech

Oct 19, 2023

The Supreme Court Will Set an Important Precedent for Free Speech Online

The Supreme Court Will Set an Important Precedent for Free Speech Online

Aug 1, 2023

Arkansas Wants to Unconstitutionally 鈥淐ard鈥 People Before They Use Social Media

Arkansas Wants to Unconstitutionally 鈥淐ard鈥 People Before They Use Social Media

Jun 13, 2023

Donated Blood or an Organ? Police Shouldn鈥檛 Have Easy Access to Your DNA

Donated Blood or an Organ? Police Shouldn鈥檛 Have Easy Access to Your DNA

Jun 29, 2022

It鈥檚 2022 and Two Books Are on Trial for 鈥極bscenity鈥

It鈥檚 2022 and Two Books Are on Trial for 鈥極bscenity鈥

Jun 15, 2021

The Problem With Censoring Political Speech Online 鈥 Including Trump鈥檚

The Problem With Censoring Political Speech Online 鈥 Including Trump鈥檚

May 17, 2021

Time and Again, Social Media Giants Get Content Moderation Wrong: Silencing Speech about Al-Aqsa Mosque is Just the Latest Example

Time and Again, Social Media Giants Get Content Moderation Wrong: Silencing Speech about Al-Aqsa Mosque is Just the Latest Example