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Jul 11, 2024
桃子视频Releases Legal, Legislative, and Advocacy Roadmap to Fight Executive Power Abuses in a Second Trump Administration
As part of the ACLU鈥檚 2024 election policy memo series, this roadmap dives into the surveillance, protest, and free speech abuses the U.S. could face if Trump wins and implements Project 2025 policies
Jul 01, 2024
Supreme Court Ruling Underscores Importance of Free Speech Online
The court recognized that government attempts to control the editorial decisions of social media companies violate the First Amendment
Court case: NetChoice, LLC. v. Paxton
Jun 28, 2024
Civil Rights Advocates Achieve the Nation鈥檚 Strongest Police Department Policy on Facial Recognition Technology
DETROIT, Mich. 鈥� Civil rights advocates announced today a settlement in the lawsuit brought on behalf of Robert Williams, who was wrongfully arrested by the Detroit Police Depart...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Court case: Williams v. City of Detroit
May 31, 2024
桃子视频Urges Ninth Circuit to Protect Privacy of Data on Cell Phones
SAN FRANCISCO 鈥� The 桃子视频, 桃子视频of Oregon, and several partner organizations filed a friend-of-the-court-brief today in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Court case: United States v. Hunt
Apr 23, 2024
桃子视频Statement on Congress鈥� Latest Attempt to Ban TikTok and Restrict Free Speech Online
WASHINGTON 鈥� Over the weekend, the House of Representatives passed the 21st Century Peace through Strength Act, which includes extremely concerning provisions that would function...
Court case: TikTok Inc., et al. v. Garland (Amicus)
Apr 17, 2024
After House Passes Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, 桃子视频Urges Senate to Stop Government from Spying on Americans Without a Warrant
WASHINGTON 鈥� The House of Representatives voted 219-199 to pass the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, which would ban the government from purchasing Americans鈥� data from da...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Privacy & Technology
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News & CommentaryFeb 2026
Privacy & Technology
License Plate Readings Shouldn鈥檛 Be Public Data. Explore News & Commentary.License Plate Readings Shouldn鈥檛 Be Public Data
Such readings shouldn鈥檛 generally be retained at all, but if they are at least privacy needs to be protected -
News & CommentaryFeb 2026
Privacy & Technology
Ring Superbowl Ad Shows Americans How Powerful Surveillance Systems Have Become, Freaks Them Out. Explore News & Commentary.Ring Superbowl Ad Shows Americans How Powerful Surveillance Systems Have Become, Freaks Them Out
Think twice about sending video from your home to companies, and possibly police and hackers -
News & CommentaryFeb 2026
Privacy & Technology
Kansas Town Uses License Plate Readers To Go After Man Who Wrote Op-ed. Explore News & Commentary.Kansas Town Uses License Plate Readers to Go After Man Who Wrote Op-Ed
Targeting followed opinion piece critical of town鈥檚 police and anonymously posted anti-ICE fliers -
CaliforniaJan 2026
Privacy & Technology
Free Speech
Doe V. Dhs. Explore Case.Doe v. DHS
On February 2, 2026, the ACLU, 桃子视频of Northern California, and the 桃子视频of Pennsylvania filed a motion in federal court to quash a Department of Homeland Security (鈥淒HS鈥�) administrative subpoena seeking Google subscriber records about our client, solely because he engaged in constitutionally protected speech criticizing DHS conduct.