News & Commentary
Aug 18, 2025
Flock’s Aggressive Expansions Go Far Beyond Simple Driver Surveillance
Build it (an authoritarian tracking infrastructure) and they (expanded uses) will come
Aug 14, 2025
Many Are Focused on the Wrong Questions When it Comes to AI
Do large language models have an inherent politics?
Jul 23, 2025
Surveillance Company Flock Now Using AI to Report Us to Police if it Thinks Our Movement Patterns Are “Suspicious”
Company crosses a dangerous line by beginning to offer AI suspicion-generation functions
Jul 02, 2025
As AI Gains Power, We Must Push for Guardrails to Protect Civil Liberties
As AI increasingly makes decisions in hiring, policing, and social services, the ACLU’s Civil Rights in the Digital Age Summit focuses on promoting responsible AI design to ensure technology protects rights and serves justice for all.
Mar 21, 2025
Machine Surveillance is Being Super-Charged by Large AI Models
Limits and guardrails are vital to protect our privacy and liberty — as well as our sanity — against omnipresent AI surveillance.
Jan 30, 2025
We Don’t Need a Surveillance State to Protect Kids Online
Is there harmful content on the internet for young viewers? Undoubtedly. But not every societal ill requires a solution from the government.
By Samantha Chapman
Jan 14, 2025
Supreme Court May Decide if the Government Can Childproof the Internet
In Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, the court will hear arguments about whether a law that requires age-verification before accessing sexual speech online is constitutional. We are in court to protect free speech on and offline.
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