I Should Not Have to Fight for Fair Treatment in the Workplace

D.K., a Pawnee woman who is Deaf, was denied a promotion after being assessed through biased automated hiring technology.

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Machine Surveillance is Being Super-Charged by Large AI Models

Limits and guardrails are vital to protect our privacy and liberty — as well as our sanity — against omnipresent AI surveillance.

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Can Border Agents Search Your Electronic Devices? It’s Complicated.

We’ve been getting a lot of questions about when border agents can legally conduct searches of travelers’ electronic devices at international airports and other ports of entry. Unfortunately, the answer isn’t simple.

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Singled Out for Speaking Up: How UCSC Seized My Digital Life After I Joined a Lawsuit Against Them

A student is suing UC Santa Cruz to challenge the unconstitutional search and seizure of her phone in retaliation for her participation in a pro-Palestine, anti-war protest last spring.

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Trump's Efforts to Dismantle AI Protections, Explained

President Donald Trump has swiftly removed Artificial Intelligence protections, exposing people to real-world harms.

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Face Recognition Threatens to Replace Tickets, ID at Sports Events – and Beyond

You shouldn't participate in face recognition ticketing schemes.

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State Legislatures Need to Block Creation of Nightmarish National Identity System

The ACLU has issued legislative recommendations on protecting privacy and accessibility when creating digital IDs.

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Police Want to Treat Your Data Privacy Like Garbage. The Courts Shouldn't Let Them.

In a case pending before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, police want unimpeded access to all the information on a cell phone, just because the physical device was lost or left behind. But the doctrine they cite is a poor fit for the digital age.

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How to Protect Consumer Privacy and Free Speech

Consumer privacy laws should strengthen free speech protections online, and vice versa. Here’s how it can be done.

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