Bio
Jay Stanley (@JayCStanley) is senior policy analyst with the ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, where he researches, writes and speaks about technology-related privacy and civil liberties issues and their future. He is the editor of the ACLU's Free Future blog and has authored and co-authored a variety of influential ACLU reports on privacy and technology topics. Before joining the ACLU, he was an analyst at the technology research firm Forrester, served as American politics editor of Facts on File’s World News Digest, and as national newswire editor at Medialink. He is a graduate of Williams College and holds an M.A. in American History from the University of Virginia.
Featured work
![Stills from Derrick Price beating videos](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/stills_from_derrick_price_video-400x266.jpg)
Mar 11, 2016
A Video That Every Potential Juror Should See
![Ethernet cables going into router](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/internet_cables_by_brevity_isnt_funny_credit-400x266.jpg)
Mar 3, 2016
Carriers Pushing Weak Arguments Against FCC Privacy Protection
![Old rotary desk telephone](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/telephone_by_lensletter_credit-400x266.jpg)
Feb 29, 2016
Internet Privacy May Be About to Get a Big Boost From FCC
![Closeup of an Apple iPhone chip](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/iphone_chip_by_tua_ulamac_credit-400x266.jpg)
Feb 25, 2016
Does the FBI Really Even Need Apple’s Help?
![Photo of outside of oval office](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/oval_office_by_afagen_-_filter-400x266.jpg)
Feb 9, 2016
Obama Order on Privacy A Small But Positive Step Toward Better Privacy Oversight
![Police attempt to control a crowd in 1927 labor action](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/protest_1927_via_kheel_center_credit-400x266.jpg)
Dec 15, 2015
Economic Stagnation and Political Turmoil Test Our Civil Liberties
![Picture of a gun in a man's hands](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/handgun_by_u.s._pacific_fleet2_credit-400x266.jpg)
Dec 4, 2015
Why 'Active Investigations' Don’t Justify Keeping Police Video Secret
![Chinese kids looking at camera](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/chinese_kids_by_peter_morgan_credit-400x266.jpg)
Oct 5, 2015
China’s Nightmarish Citizen Scores Are a Warning For Americans