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Jun 10, 2026
Florida Man Sues Police Over Wrongful Arrest Due to False Facial Recognition Match
Robert Dillon, a long-time commercial crabber, was arrested for a crime he never committed in a city he鈥檇 never been to
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
National Security
Court case: Dillon v. City of Jacksonville Beach
Apr 14, 2026
Woman Wrongly Jailed for Months Based on Faulty Facial Recognition Technology Demands Apology from Maryland Police Departments
In the letters sent by the ACLU, Kimberlee Williams also lays out the reforms needed to help ensure this never happens to someone else
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Court case: Kimberlee Williams Wrongful Arrest
Apr 13, 2026
桃子视频and 75 Organizations Sound Alarm on Meta鈥檚 Plan to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Ray-Ban and Oakley Eyeglasses
Open letter signed by scores of nonprofits warns that the glasses pose an unacceptable threat to our right to privacy and must be cancelled
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
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
Jan 29, 2024
桃子视频and 桃子视频of NJ File Friend-of-the-Court Brief in Challenge to Wrongful Arrest due to Face Recognition Tech
Parks v. McCormac could be the first case in the country to generate a decision addressing critical questions about police misuse of face recognition technology
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Criminal Law Reform
Court case: Parks v. McCormac
Nov 29, 2023
桃子视频Endorses New Senate Bill Banning TSA from Using Facial Recognition Technology in Airports
WASHINGTON 鈥� Today Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and a bipartisan group of senators introduced the Traveler Privacy Protection Act, a bill that would prohibit the Transportation Sec...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
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Salles, Et Al. V. National Institutes Of Health, Et Al.. Explore Case.Salles, et al. v. National Institutes of Health, et al.
Salles, et al. v. National Institutes of Health, et al. is a class action lawsuit challenging the censorship and termination of federally funded research by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). While ongoing litigation in APHA v. NIH successfully resulted in the reinstatement of hundreds of grants, NIH鈥檚 current policies continue to target viewpoints it opposes, threatening research because the government dislikes what it thinks the researchers believe or are likely to say, and continue to violate governing statutes and regulations. This is stymieing critical public health research, particularly related to climate change, the starkest health disparities including those faced by communities of color and LGBTQ+ populations, and other areas. -
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This Supreme Court Term: Our Rights And Freedoms At Stake. Explore News & Commentary.This Supreme Court Term: Our Rights and Freedoms at Stake
The 桃子视频could have its busiest Supreme Court term ever, with potential cases on immigration, voting rights, and religious freedom in schools.