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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

May 6, 2021

The Oversight Board鈥檚 Trump Decision Highlights Problems with Facebook鈥檚 Practices

The Oversight Board鈥檚 Trump Decision Highlights Problems with Facebook鈥檚 Practices

Mar 24, 2021

Punished for a Snapchat: Why Schools Shouldn鈥檛 Police Students鈥 Speech Outside of School

Punished for a Snapchat: Why Schools Shouldn鈥檛 Police Students鈥 Speech Outside of School

Feb 5, 2021

The Streets Belong to the People 鈥 Always Have, Always Will

The Streets Belong to the People 鈥 Always Have, Always Will

Jan 7, 2021

Clearview's Dangerous Misreading of the First Amendment Could Spell the End of Privacy Laws

Clearview's Dangerous Misreading of the First Amendment Could Spell the End of Privacy Laws

Jun 3, 2020

The Response to Protests Against Police Brutality is Not More Brutality

The Response to Protests Against Police Brutality is Not More Brutality

Mar 5, 2020

Will SCOTUS Protect the Right to Protest?

Will SCOTUS Protect the Right to Protest?

Oct 24, 2019

South Dakota Governor Caves on Attempted Efforts to Silence Pipeline Protesters

South Dakota Governor Caves on Attempted Efforts to Silence Pipeline Protesters

Oct 2, 2019

Rapid DNA Machines in Police Departments Need Regulation

Rapid DNA Machines in Police Departments Need Regulation

Apr 17, 2019

There鈥檚 No Such Thing as a Right Not to Be Called a Nazi

There鈥檚 No Such Thing as a Right Not to Be Called a Nazi

Apr 2, 2019

The Government鈥檚 System of Censoring Its Former Employees Is Unconstitutional

The Government鈥檚 System of Censoring Its Former Employees Is Unconstitutional