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
![A surveillance camera over a crowd](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web19-blog-robotsurveil-1160x768-v01-400x266.jpg)
Jun 13, 2019
An Army of Robot Surveillance Guards Is Coming
![Person holding cell phone and flyer](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web19-bart-cell-shutdown-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Apr 26, 2019
Social Media Blackouts Are an Authoritarian Power Move
![Amazon Echo Dot](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18-amazonechodotwhitebackground-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Dec 20, 2018
Does Your Shiny New Gadget Come With Privacy Pitfalls?
![Taylor Swift](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18-taylorswift2-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Dec 14, 2018
The Problem With Using Face Recognition on Fans at a Taylor Swift Concert
![Phone Night](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18-phonenight-1160x768_0-400x266.jpg)
Dec 11, 2018
There’s Nothing Inevitable About Apps That Track Your Every Move
![White House Protest](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18-natparkprotest-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Dec 4, 2018
Secret Service Announces Test of Face Recognition System Around White House
![Using Laptop](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18-usinglaptop-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Nov 13, 2018
The Costs of Forcing an Online Haven for Racists Off the Internet
![Rendering of data lock](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-datalock-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Oct 23, 2018
Three Big Battlegrounds in the Coming War Over National Privacy Legislation
![Airport Security Monitor](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-airportsecuritymonitor-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Oct 23, 2018
How the TSA’s Facial Recognition Plan Will Go Far Beyond the Airport