Bio
Sonia Roubini (@sonia_roubini) is the Paralegal with the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project. Prior to joining SPT, she worked for Personal Democracy Media coordinating Personal Democracy Forum 2014 and wrote for techPresident.com. Sonia was a 2012 Fulbright Fellow in Albania, she then moved to Kosovo and managed a project for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on post-conflict interfaith reconciliation. During this time, she also contributed to Global Voices Advocacy’s Netizen Report, a weekly newsletter on surveillance, privacy, and digital rights issues. She is a 2012 graduate of Oberlin College.
Featured work
Aug 31, 2015
Here’s How Law Enforcement Agencies Impersonate Your Friends
![Woman in a mask](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/mask_by_knockout_photographs_crop-credit-400x400.jpg)
Jul 24, 2015
Some Towns Are Videotaping Residents’ Garbage Streams
![Big orange garbage truck](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/garbage_truck_by_tim_hamilton_credit-400x400.jpg)
Apr 16, 2015
ACLU Study: Federal Agencies Fail to Protect Whistleblower Communications, Terrorist Tip Line
![Whistle by Steven Depolo via Flickr](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/whistle_by_steven_depolo_crop-400x400.jpg)
Apr 9, 2015
Police Chief: Surveillance Cameras Don’t Help Fight Crime
![Photo of two domed cameras against a gray sky](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/camera_by_straightedge217_500x280_1-400x280.jpg)
Mar 3, 2015
Feds Refuse to Release Documents on “Zero-Day” Security Exploits
![Burglar "cracking" computer-screen "safe"](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/computer_burglar_by_elhombredenegro_crop_credit_500x280-400x280.jpg)
Feb 5, 2015
License Plate Scanners Also Taking Photos of Drivers and Passengers
![Painting of family riding in 1962 Chevrolet Corvair Monza](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/1962_chevrolet_corvair_monza_-_posted_by_alden_jewell_-_clean_500x280-400x280.jpg)
Dec 18, 2014
Police Need to Make Body-Camera Policies Transparent
![Photo of police standing with batons](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/oakland_police_by_thomas_hawk_500x280-400x280.jpg)
Nov 4, 2014
Ferguson's No-Media Zone Extended to the Skies
![](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/blog-fergusonphotogarrest-500x280-400x280.png)