Publication
Jun 24, 2019
Surveillance Camera Stock
  • Privacy and Surveillance

Major face surveillance company releases dystopian tracking tool

The worst case scenario? The ability for governments to keep a persistent record of everyone's public movements. New tech makes it possible.
Publication
Jun 24, 2019
Two young girls watch a World Cup soccer match on a television from their holding area where hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant children are being processed and held
  • Immigrants' Rights

Children are dying in government custody, and DHS is dodging accountability

The death toll continues to climb as the government argues against following legal guidelines.
Publication
Jun 18, 2019
Antron McCray
  • Racial Justice|
  • +1 Issue

Black boys aren’t “wolf packs” and abusive prosecutors aren’t “lone wolves”

Ava Duvernay’s “When They See Us” brings to light the racism that turned five innocent boys into the so-called “Central Park Five.”
Publication
Jun 10, 2019
View of people from afar with human recognition markers around them
  • Privacy and Surveillance

The FBI has access to over 640 million photos of us through its facial recognition database

That’s about double the total U.S. population.
Publication
Jun 7, 2019
Surveillance cameras mounted on a concrete wall
  • Privacy and Surveillance

Face surveillance technology gives government unprecedented power

In tech hubs from San Francisco to Somerville, the ACLU is fighting back—and winning.
Publication
May 29, 2019
Stethoscope Medical Records Stock
  • Privacy and Surveillance

The government needs to get a warrant if it wants access to our private health information

Choosing between obtaining health care and giving up one’s privacy rights is no choice at all.
Publication
May 28, 2019
Scales of justice with green and purple color effect
  • Criminal Law Reform

District attorneys can help end mass incarceration

This country has the highest incarceration rate in the world, and Massachusetts is not immune.
Publication
May 17, 2019
A slide from NYPD FIS describing "removal of facial expression" technique
  • Privacy and Surveillance|
  • +1 Issue

Police are copying and pasting body parts in face recognition searches

New reports from Georgetown show police are using face surveillance tech in highly subjective, often bizarre ways. We need a moratorium now.
Publication
May 15, 2019
Surveillance Camera Stock by Rama
  • Privacy and Surveillance

Who is watching your face? Absent regulation, it's hard to know.

Companies and government agencies big and small are making plans to track us by our physical characteristics. Absent law, we may never know it's happening.