News & Commentary about Surveillance Technologies

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.

Mar 15, 2021

Major Hack of Camera Company Offers Four Key Lessons on Surveillance

People standing at a crosswalk with face recognition software boxes superimposed over their faces.

Feb 17, 2021

Biden Must Halt Face Recognition Technology to Advance Racial Equity

A civilian UAV, or drone, flying outdoors.

Feb 9, 2021

New Government Tracking System Paves the Way for Expanded Role of Drones

A face recognition camera with a CBP agent in the background.

Dec 21, 2020

CBP’s Plan to Expand Face Surveillance at Airports is a Civil Liberties Disaster in the Making

Aug 19, 2020

Stop the Police Surveillance State Too

Aug 4, 2020

ACLU Seeks Information on Government’s Aerial Surveillance of Protesters

Close up of a police officer's body camera

Jun 25, 2020

Body Cameras and the George Floyd Protests

Protestors react to a low flying helicopter during a march in Brooklyn, New York.

Jun 24, 2020

Protests, Aerial Surveillance, and Police Defunding

Jun 24, 2020

Wrongfully Arrested Because Face Recognition Can’t Tell Black People Apart

Facial recognition software scanning a crowd.

Jun 24, 2020

The Untold Number of People Implicated in Crimes They Didn’t Commit Because of Face Recognition