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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

Apr 1, 2019

The South Dakota Legislature Has Invented a New Legal Term to Target Pipeline Protesters

The South Dakota Legislature Has Invented a New Legal Term to Target Pipeline Protesters

Feb 7, 2019

When Colleges Confine Free Speech to a 鈥榋one,鈥 It Isn鈥檛 Free

When Colleges Confine Free Speech to a 鈥榋one,鈥 It Isn鈥檛 Free

Jan 9, 2019

Court Rules Public Officials Can鈥檛 Block Critics on Facebook

Court Rules Public Officials Can鈥檛 Block Critics on Facebook

Dec 26, 2018

When Portland Tried to Dictate Favorable News Coverage of Its Protest Crackdowns

When Portland Tried to Dictate Favorable News Coverage of Its Protest Crackdowns

Nov 13, 2018

The Costs of Forcing an Online Haven for Racists Off the Internet

The Costs of Forcing an Online Haven for Racists Off the Internet

Oct 22, 2018

Court Tells Georgia It Can鈥檛 Charge People to Read the Law

Court Tells Georgia It Can鈥檛 Charge People to Read the Law

Sep 18, 2018

Some Schools Need a Lesson on Students鈥 Free Speech Rights

Some Schools Need a Lesson on Students鈥 Free Speech Rights

Jul 20, 2018

Facebook Shouldn't Censor Offensive Speech

Facebook Shouldn't Censor Offensive Speech

May 11, 2018

Why the Golden State Killer Investigation Is Cause for Concern

Why the Golden State Killer Investigation Is Cause for Concern

Mar 16, 2018

The Assault on Environmental Protest

The Assault on Environmental Protest