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DHS Announces Plan to Collect DNA of Immigrants During Border Searches
Date: February 15, 2020 · Category: StoriesFacial Recognition Adoption Remains Unchecked Even as Government Warns of Anti-Minority Bias
Date: January 3, 2020 · Category: Stories, SurveillanceCalifornia Legislature Passes Three-Year Ban on Facial Recognition Use with Police Body Cameras
Date: December 11, 2019 · Category: Police Accountability, Stories, SurveillanceFederal Court Affirms Constitutional Protection Against Suspicionless Searches of Devices at US Border
Date: November 23, 2019 · Category: StoriesCoalition of Civil Liberties Groups Campaign for Ban on Police Facial Recognition
Date: September 7, 2019 · Category: Stories, SurveillanceLaw and Technology Quickly Converging to Allow Unblinking Aerial Surveillance
Date: September 5, 2019 · Category: Stories, SurveillanceDigital Rights Activist Contributes Eloquent Essay Perfectly Encapsulating Today’s Struggle for Privacy
Date: June 21, 2019 · Category: Stories, SurveillanceSan Francisco Debuts Nation’s First Facial Recognition Regulation with Ban on Government Use
Date: May 28, 2019 · Category: Stories, SurveillanceDHS Fusion Centers with History of Civil Liberties Infringement Tracked Family Separation Protests
Date: May 5, 2019 · Category: Stories, SurveillanceResearch Shows Poor Americans More Severely Harmed By Surveillance
Date: May 1, 2019 · Category: COINTELPRO 2.0, Stories, Surveillance
Invisible Institute Sheds Light on Youth/Police Relations in Chicago
Date: April 22, 2015 · Category: Police Accountability, Police Accountability Videos, Stories, VideosChicago Citizens, Lawyers Gather Outside Mayor Emanuel’s Office to Call for CPD Reforms
Date: March 31, 2015 · Category: Police Accountability, Police Accountability Videos, Prisoners, Prisoners, VideosSolitary Confinement Coming to Federal Supermax Prison at Thomson
Date: March 8, 2015 · Category: Prisoners, Prisoners, Torture, Torture Videos, Videos“Prison labor booms in US as low-cost inmates bring billions” @ Russia Today
Date: December 12, 2012 · Category: Stories, VideosWatch Panels from 12/1 ACLU:ENGAGE Conference Online!
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