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Jun 18, 2019
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.”
Jun 10, 2019
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.
Jun 7, 2019
Face surveillance technology gives government unprecedented power
In tech hubs from San Francisco to Somerville, the ACLU is fighting back—and winning.
May 29, 2019
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.
May 28, 2019
District attorneys can help end mass incarceration
This country has the highest incarceration rate in the world, and Massachusetts is not immune.
May 17, 2019
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.
May 15, 2019
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.
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