Newsletter: February 2026

The legislative session is well underway. Read our February newsletter for updates on our legislative and legal efforts and more.

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Ring Superbowl Ad Shows Americans How Powerful Surveillance Systems Have Become, Freaks Them Out

Think twice about sending video from your home to companies, and possibly police and hackers

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Into the Black Hole: Navigating the Center of Trump’s Deportation Force in Louisiana

One legal advocate reflects on how she researched the opaque immigration landscape in Louisiana, connected with detained people, and designed a blueprint for immigration work amid the Trump administration’s deportation crackdown.

The exterior of a building at the Jackson Parish Correctional Center.

Kansas Town Uses License Plate Readers to Go After Man Who Wrote Op-Ed

Targeting followed opinion piece critical of town’s police and anonymously posted anti-ICE fliers

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Cómo una ley de la época de COVID que prohíbe las "noticias falsas" en Puerto Rico acecha a la prensa

Dos periodistas desafían una ley que amenaza la libertad de prensa en un intento de prohibir la desinformación

A individual filming a protest in Rincon, Puerto Rico.

Trump Administration Claims Sweeping New Power to Take Down Any Drone it Doesn’t Like

Baffling order is likely a move to block drone photography of DHS operations in violation of First Amendment

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Government-Mandated Software a Looming Threat to Freedom

Trend seen around the world — and potentially in the US — opens the door to inescapable censorship and surveillance

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A phone under a microscope

Remembering Renee Nicole Good

Renee Good stood in solidarity with her immigrant and refugee neighbors. This was her act of courage and care for her neighbors and our country.

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

CEO attacks motives of people who care about privacy, says they are trying to “normalize lawlessness” and “let murderers go free”

City councilmembers in Oak Park Village IL debating ALPR