News & Commentary about Privacy and Surveillance

The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.

Jun 17, 2026

The Downsides of "Deterrence"

Chad Marlow, ACLU, Allie Bohm, NYCLU, and Matthew Libby, playwright from the Data the Play x ACLU talkback on March 18, 2026

Mar 26, 2026

How One Playwright is Using Theatre to Expose the Surveillance State

Jan 22, 2026

Government-Mandated Software a Looming Threat to Freedom

City councilmembers in Oak Park Village IL debating ALPR

Jan 16, 2026

Flock CEO Goes Ballistic on Critics as More Americans Question Mass Driver Surveillance

Dec 22, 2025

Secure Messaging and AI Don’t Mix

A police car behind a car it has pulled over alongside a highway

Nov 24, 2025

New Report Highlights How CBP and Border Patrol are Becoming a Repressive Internal Intelligence Agency

Nov 13, 2025

Face Recognition and the ‘Trump Terror’: A Marriage Made in Hell

Nov 4, 2025

Digital Driver’s Licenses Threaten to Create a “Great Internet Lockdown”

A computer screen with a box reading "Please enter a reason for this search"

Oct 31, 2025

Surveillance Supporters Tout Police Audit Logs But They’re Not an Effective Check and Balance

Man looking in car rear-view mirror, warily

Oct 24, 2025

Flock Can Share Driver-Surveillance Data Even When Police Departments Opt Out, And Other Flock Developments