Bio
Jay Stanley 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 edits the ACLU Free Future blog, focused on emerging technology, and has authored and co-authored hundreds of influential ACLU reports, white papers, and blog posts on privacy and technology topics.
Featured work
Jul 23, 2025
Surveillance Company Flock Now Using AI to Report Us to Police if it Thinks Our Movement Patterns Are “Suspicious”
Mar 21, 2025
Machine Surveillance is Being Super-Charged by Large AI Models
Dec 24, 2024
Attempts at a Technological Solution to Disinformation Will Do More Harm Than Good
Dec 17, 2024
Face Recognition Threatens to Replace Tickets, ID at Sports Events – and Beyond
Dec 10, 2024
AI Generated Police Reports Raise Concerns Around Transparency, Bias
Oct 24, 2024
DHS Focus on "Soft Targets" Risks Out-of-Control Surveillance
Oct 10, 2024
State Legislatures Need to Block Creation of Nightmarish National Identity System
May 15, 2024
States Dust Off Obscure Anti-Mask Laws to Target Pro-Palestine Protesters
Mar 6, 2024
Communities Should Reject Surveillance Products Whose Makers Won't Allow Them to be Independently Evaluated
Dec 6, 2023
New Point-and-Shoot Chemical Detectors Raise Privacy and Constitutional Issues