The U.S. Government Is Secretly Using Cell Phone Location Data to Track Us. We’re Suing.

Nathan Freed Wessler, Deputy Director, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project

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Dear Congress: Platform Accountability Should Not Threaten Online Expression

Section 230 protects people’s ability to create, communicate, and build community online. We urge members of Congress to ensure that the internet continues to be a place for self-expression and creation for all.

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Ten Questions College Students Should Ask About Their Schools’ COVID-19 Apps

Some COVID apps may be harmless or even helpful. But many others will create bad precedents while at best doing little to stem the spread of COVID-19.

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Wi-Fi is Another Way We Can Be Tracked 24/7

Courts should require a search warrant to ensure that police do not abuse this power.

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ACLU Calls On Tech Companies to End Their Alliance with ICE and CBP

Tech companies provide access to the sensitive personal information used to destroy communities and undermine the rights that we work every day to protect. Join the #NoTechforICE campaign.

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Stop the Police Surveillance State Too

We can't let cash-strapped police departments shift from racist human policing to racist technology-driven policing.

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Don’t Ban TikTok and WeChat

Selectively banning entire platforms violates the First Amendment and does little to protect our personal data from abuse.

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Dismantle the Department of Homeland Security. Its Tactics are Fearsome.

The very premise of a "homeland security" bureaucracy is chilling. It's a loaded weapon that sits on the proverbial coffee table in the Oval Office.

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Tracking Apps are Unlikely to Help Stop COVID-19

The debate over using apps for contact tracing or exposure warnings to help fight COVID-19 is largely a sideshow to the principal coronavirus health needs.

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