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Mar 1, 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 6, 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 1, 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 6, 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
Jan 13, 2020

Cambridge passes municipal ban on face surveillance technology

Cambridge joins a growing movement of municipalities banning face surveillance technology.
Issue Areas: Privacy and Surveillance
Dec 19, 2019

Northampton bans government face surveillance

Northampton now joins two other municipalities in Massachusetts—Brookline and Somerville—which passed bans earlier this year.
Issue Areas: Privacy and Surveillance