News & Commentary written by Jay Stanley

Jay Stanley

Senior Policy Analyst

ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project

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

A Soviet-era photo with the white outline of a disfavored person erased

Jan 5, 2026

How to Give the Government New Power to “Un-Person” Someone, in Three Easy Steps

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Dec 2, 2025

The AI Trapdoor Lying in Wait for Workers

A close up of a person in a police uniform with a phone in their hands

Dec 1, 2025

Another Police Use of AI

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

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Nov 7, 2025

There’s Only One State That is Asking the Right Questions About Digital Identity

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

Oct 29, 2025

Biometric bracelets for prisoners

Chips aisle in a store with a box around a bag of doritos as if it's been identified by AI

Oct 27, 2025

Gun-Toting Police Swarm, Handcuff Young Black Man After AI Mistakes Doritos Bag For a Gun