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.

Nov 21, 2016

President Obama Will Soon Turn Over the Keys to the Surveillance State to President-Elect Trump

Nov 2, 2016

How Unchecked Spying Corrodes Democracy Around the World

Oct 30, 2016

We Are All Foreigners to Someone

Oct 21, 2016

New UN Report Highlights Freedom of Expression Violations Across the Globe

Oct 19, 2016

The Constitution Leaves No Room for Secret Law

Oct 7, 2016

The Six Key Questions for the Obama Administration and Companies About Yahoo’s Cooperation With the NSA

Sep 23, 2016

Unprecedented and Unlawful: The NSA’s 'Upstream' Surveillance

Sep 19, 2016

Why President Obama Should Pardon Edward Snowden

Sep 14, 2016

Obama Should Pardon Edward Snowden. Today We’re Launching a Campaign to Make It Happen — and We’ve Got a Lot of Help.

Aug 22, 2016

Muslim, American, & Intersectional: The Activism of Linda Sarsour