Research & Publications

The ACLU of Massachusetts is part of a growing coalition calling on the state legislature to take bold action to protect our privacy and give ordinary people control over how corporations access and use their information.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the Massachusetts state constitution prohibits police from conducting continuous, long-term pole camera surveillance targeted at a private home without a warrant.

Qualified immunity in Massachusetts allows police to get away with appalling rights violations. Lawmakers must swiftly pass legislation that includes strong qualified immunity reform.

We can’t let COVID-19 threaten our democracy.

The ACLU is proud to work with the Boston City Council to pass much-needed ordinances to ban face surveillance and assume democratic control over the city’s rapidly expanding surveillance apparatus.