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May 12, 2020
After ACLU-DC Flags First Amendment Problems With Student Online Speech Rules, D.C. Public Schools Modifies Technology Policy
WASHINGTON – Two weeks after receiving a letter from the ACLU of the District of Columbia identifying several constitutional deficiencies regarding its policy governing studentsâ...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Privacy & Technology
Apr 16, 2020
ACLU of Georgia Says State Intrudes Privacy of COVID-19 Patients, Fails to Protect First Responders
ATLANTA – This week, Governor Kemp announced the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency will divulge to 911 centers the addresses of individuals who are COVI...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Apr 10, 2020
ACLU Comment on Apple/Google COVID-19 Contact Tracing Effort
NEW YORK — Apple and Google today announced a joint contact tracing effort using Bluetooth technology.
Below is comment from Jennifer Granick, ACLU surveillance and cybersecurity...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Apr 09, 2020
Louisiana Supreme Court Upholds Lower Court Ruling Requiring New Orleans to Turn Over Surveillance Camera Locations
NEW ORLEANS – In a win for the city’s public defenders and civil rights groups representing them, the Louisiana Supreme Court has declined to consider the City of New Orleansâ€...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Apr 09, 2020
ACLU Challenges Pilot Aerial Surveillance Program in Baltimore
BALTIMORE — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU of Maryland filed a lawsuit today against the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) to challenge the constitutionality ...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Mar 31, 2020
ACLU-WA Statement on Insufficient Facial Recognition Regulations (SB 6280) Becoming Law
SEATTLE – Today, Gov. Jay Inslee signed SB 6280, permitting the government to use racially biased face surveillance technology, vetoing the workgroup that would have allowed ...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
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