Now Is The Time: Tell Congress to Ban Federal Use of Face Recognition
By Matthew Guariglia Cities and states across the country have banned government use of face surveillance technology, and many more are weighing proposals to do…
Civil Liberties
Democrat Senators Propose Bill To Ban Facial Recognition From Federal Law Enforcement
By Aaron Kesel Sens. Ed Markey, D-Mass. and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., introduced a bill that seeks to ban the use of facial recognition and biometric…
Tone-Deaf Spokane Police Want To Buy A $300K Social Distance Enforcing Helicopter
By MassPrivateI With protests across the country demanding an end to police racial abuse and militarization; a tone-deaf announcement in Spokane, Washington shows how hard…
Colorado Passes Historic Bill Ending Qualified Immunity for Cops
By Matt Agorist When George Floyd was killed last month, the nation was shaken out of its slumber in regard to police brutality in this…
Victory! New York’s City Council Passes the POST Act
By Nathan Sheard After three years of organizing by a broad coalition of civil society organizations and community members, New York’s City Council has passed…
How Federal Courts Gave us Qualified Immunity and Forced it on All 50 States
By Michael Boldin A legal doctrine first created out of thin air by judicial fiat went unchallenged – and the court did what it does…
IBM, Amazon Agree to Step Back From Face Recognition. Where Is Microsoft?
By Matthew Guariglia Activism is working. Both on the streets as people protest to end racist and violent policing, and among civil liberties organizations who…
Amazon Halts Use Of “Racist” Facial Recognition Software By Police
By Tyler Durden As we have detailed numerous times over the past few years (here, here, here, and here), facial recognition systems are becoming more…
You Can Be Against Police Brutality & Looting and Rioting At The Same Time
By Mac Slavo It is possible for people to condemn all violence. Just because someone says they don’t support the looting and rioting, does not…
I’m a Journalist – I Was Arrested While Covering a George Floyd Protest In Houston
By Derrick Broze, The Last American Vagabond On Tuesday June 2nd, I attended a #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd protest in downtown Houston, Texas. I was there to document…
EFF Offering Assistance with Attorney Referrals for Protesters
By Haley Pederson In light of the current protests across the country against racism and police brutality, we want to call attention to EFF’s attorney…
Border Patrol Drone Used to Spy on Minneapolis Protests
By Michael Maharrey MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (June 4, 2020) – United States Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) flew an unarmed Predator drone over the streets of…
Five Solutions You Won’t Hear from Politicians on How to End Police Violence Now
By Matt Agorist Since the George Floyd protests began last week, they have since morphed into a much broader movement which is now exposing a…
Police Use Contact Tracing And Big Tech To Identify Protesters
By MassPrivateI Countless warnings about how law enforcement could use contact tracing apps to monitor people have gone unheeded. As BGR.com revealed, police are using…