Press Releases

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May 18, 2021

Amazon extends its face recognition technology moratorium

The threats posed last year by police use of face recognition technology are identical today. We are glad that Amazon will extend its moratorium on law enforcement use of the company’s face recognition technology, but policymakers must do more to further protect communities from this technology.
Issue Areas: Privacy and Surveillance
Apr 23, 2021

ACLU and EFF ask Supreme Court to review case against warrantless searches of travelers’ devices

When border officers search travelers' phones and laptops, they can access massive amounts of sensitive personal information. We are asking the Supreme Court to ensure that we don’t lose our privacy rights when we travel.
Issue Areas: Privacy and Surveillance
Mar 01, 2021

ACLU releases public records showing widespread use of face recognition in Massachusetts

These records make clear that government officials have been using face recognition technology for years, in secret and without any democratic oversight. Massachusetts must do more to ensure all residents are free from the threat of pervasive government tracking every time we leave our homes.
Issue Areas: Privacy and Surveillance
Aug 06, 2020

ACLU comment on Supreme Judicial Court decision on pole camera case

Freedom from surveillance is not just for those who can afford to build tall fences, live in a gated community, or buy acres of land on which to live in secluded homes.
Issue Areas: Privacy and Surveillance
Jul 01, 2020

Easthampton passes municipal ban on face surveillance technology

Easthampton now joins six other Massachusetts municipalities—Boston, Springfield, Cambridge, Northampton, Brookline, and Somerville—which passed bans over the past year.
Issue Areas: Privacy and Surveillance
Jun 24, 2020

Boston becomes largest city on East Coast to ban face surveillance

The Boston City Council voted unanimously to pass a ban on city government use of face surveillance technology, becoming the second largest city in the world to do so.
Issue Areas: Privacy and Surveillance
May 06, 2020

Boston introduces municipal ban on face surveillance technology

Boston City Council has introduced an ordinance banning city government use of face surveillance technology.
Issue Areas: Privacy and Surveillance
Mar 11, 2020

Keep face surveillance technology out of Massachusetts schools

Face surveillance technology has no place in our classrooms, but companies are nonetheless pushing their often-untested systems on schools nationwide.
Issue Areas: Privacy and Surveillance