Publication
Jan 25, 2019
Person's eye with bars around it to represent face surveillance
  • Privacy and Surveillance

Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are at odds on the dangers of face recognition. One of them is on the right path.

There’s a clear rift among the tech giants over how to protect Americans from unchecked face surveillance.
Publication
Jan 23, 2019
1964 photo of Martin Luther King Jr. leaning on a lectern
  • Racial Justice|
  • +1 Issue

Martin Luther King Jr. offers a lesson on why we should be worried about Amazon and the FBI

Imagine if the FBI’s surveillance of the civil rights leader had used today’s technology.
Publication
Jan 22, 2019
Protester holding "I Love Repro Rights" sign
  • Reproductive Freedom

46 years after Roe v. Wade, the future of reproductive freedom is still undecided.

On its 46th anniversary, Roe v. Wade is in danger like never before.
Publication
Jan 11, 2019
Protestor stands with "stop the shutdown" sign
  • Free Speech and Expression

What are federal employees’ rights to protest the government shutdown?

People don’t lose their First Amendment rights if they work for the government.
Publication
Jan 9, 2019
Massachusetts State House

Building the future of freedom on Beacon Hill

As we face threats from the federal government, Massachusetts must exercise leadership to shape the future of freedom for our generation and those to come.
Publication
Jan 9, 2019
Blue circular digital matrix
  • Privacy and Surveillance

William Barr helped build America’s surveillance state

Senators should ask Barr about his support for unconstitutional spying that endangers our rights.
Publication
Dec 14, 2018
Police officer leaning against police car
  • Police Accountability|
  • +1 Issue

The right to record police doesn’t disappear when you put your phone in your pocket

In Massachusetts, a federal court affirmed that the First Amendment protects secret recording of police performing their duties in public.
Publication
Dec 12, 2018
Cell phone Stock
  • Privacy and Surveillance

There’s nothing inevitable about apps that track your every move

The advertising industry shouts that real protections for American consumers will break the ad-supported internet. They won't.
Publication
Dec 12, 2018
Amazon Doorbell
  • Privacy and Surveillance

Amazon’s disturbing plan to add face surveillance to your front door

Amazon’s patent application for doorbell cameras provides a roadmap for the company’s vision of a surveillance-heavy future.