Press Releases | American Civil Liberties Union

Feb 14, 2024

ACLU, ACLU of Northern California Urge Court to Continue to Block Unconstitutional Restriction on Online Publication, Recognize Importance of Consumer Privacy Laws

The California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act was framed as a law to protect children’s privacy online, but it is actually a content-based regulation of free speech.

Issue Areas: Free Speech Privacy & Technology

Court case: Netchoice, LLC v. Bonta

Jan 29, 2024

ACLU and ACLU of NJ File Friend-of-the-Court Brief in Challenge to Wrongful Arrest due to Face Recognition Tech

Parks v. McCormac could be the first case in the country to generate a decision addressing critical questions about police misuse of face recognition technology

Issue Areas: Privacy & Technology Criminal Law Reform

Court case: Parks v. McCormac

Jan 10, 2024

ACLU Urges Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Protect Right to Privacy in Internet Searches

ACLU and librarians file amicus in Pennsylvania v. Kurtz, asking the state Supreme Court to protect people seeking information online

Issue Areas: Privacy & Technology National Security

Court case: Commonwealth v. Kurtz

Dec 05, 2023

ACLU and RCFP Urge Supreme Court to Block Two State Laws that Would Allow the Government to Regulate Editorial Discretion on Social Media

Private platforms’ decisions about what speech to host, publish, and distribute on the internet are protected by the First Amendment and cannot be mandated by the government.

Issue Areas: Free Speech Privacy & Technology

Court case: NetChoice, LLC. v. Paxton

Nov 29, 2023

ACLU Endorses New Senate Bill Banning TSA from Using Facial Recognition Technology in Airports

WASHINGTON — Today Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and a bipartisan group of senators introduced the Traveler Privacy Protection Act, a bill that would prohibit the Transportation Sec...

Issue Areas: Privacy & Technology

Nov 27, 2023

ACLU and Digital Rights Groups Support Nonprofit in Lawsuit Over Its Reports Critical of Content on X

SAN FRANCISCO — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Northern California, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia Univ...

Issue Areas: Free Speech Privacy & Technology

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