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Boston residents urge Mayor Walsh to halt Boston Police digital surveillance plan

Over 3,000 Boston residents have taken action to oppose the BPD’s invasive surveillance proposal.

January 12, 2017

ACLU condemns Bristol County Sheriff's proposal to have inmates build border wall

We are prepared to use every tool in our toolbox to stop Sheriff Hodgson from following through with his plan.

January 5, 2017

Getting real about how Boston's dragnet surveillance plan endangers civil liberties

Weeks after the Boston Police Department's plan to acquire expensive, powerful online surveillance technology became public, the ACLU of Massachusetts continues to voice concern over how the program would h

December 23, 2016

Historic context: civil liberties and social media surveillance

The following op-ed was written by Kade Crockford, Technology for Liberty director at the ACLU of Massachusetts, and published in the

December 20, 2016

Advocacy groups call on Boston to drop social media spying plan

Surveilling online speech frustrates the BPD’s mission of community policing, threatens civil liberties, and undermines public safety.

December 13, 2016

SJC stands by decision that Black men have cause to flee police

The state high court has denied a DA’s petition to reconsider its decision in Commonwealth v. Warren.

December 2, 2016