News & Commentary about Surveillance Technologies

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Reporter in front of police car at police activity scene

Sep 22, 2016

Charlotte Shooting Shows Why Video Transparency Is Vital

Sep 21, 2016

Let There Be Light: Cities Across America Are Pushing Back Against Secret Surveillance by Police

Sep 13, 2016

Local Police Using and Abusing DNA and Other Biometric Technologies

Sep 1, 2016

FCC Needs to Impose Strong Protections Around Stingray Use

Aug 24, 2016

Baltimore Police Secretly Running Aerial Mass-Surveillance Eye in the Sky

Aug 4, 2016

FBI Releases Secret Spy Plane Footage From Freddie Gray Protests

Front of police car with lights at night

Jul 20, 2016

Good Police Body Camera Laws and Policies? They Do Exist!

Drawing of old reel-to-reel tape equipment

Jul 15, 2016

ACLU FOIA Seeks Information About How Government Launders Evidence

Jul 1, 2016

FBI Cameras in Seattle Need to Be Regulated by the Public — Not Secretly Imposed on the Public

Jun 29, 2016

ACLU Challenges Computer Crimes Law That is Thwarting Research on Discrimination Online