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
![Photo of small aircraft](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/cessna_by_d._miller_credit-400x266.jpg)
Jun 2, 2015
What’s Spooky About the FBI’s Fleet of Spy Planes?
![Image of flight path over Baltimore](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/baltimore_flight_screenshot_by_pete_cimbolic-400x266.jpg)
May 6, 2015
Mysterious Planes Over Baltimore Spark Surveillance Suspicions
![Photo of microphone on street pole next to house](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/shotspotter_mike_by_private_property_edit-400x266.jpg)
May 5, 2015
Shotspotter CEO Answers Questions on Gunshot Detectors in Cities
![Vintage postcard of DOJ building](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/doj_building_postcard-400x266.jpg)
May 1, 2015
Justice Department to Tie Police Body Camera Funding to Good Policies
![The Rubin's Vase figure-ground illusion](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/rubins_vase-400x266.jpg)
May 1, 2015
The TSA's PreCheck Program: A Whitelist or a Blacklist?
![Still from Bridgeton, NJ Police dashcam video](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/still_from_bridgeton_nj_police_dashcam_video-400x266.png)
Apr 10, 2015
How Soon Should Police Turn Off Their Cameras After a Critical Incident?