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Magistrate Judge in Chicago Sets Stage for Challenging “Geofence” Warrant Constitutionality
Date: September 14, 2020 · Category: Stories, SurveillanceFederal Court Finds NSA Metadata Program Illegal
Date: September 12, 2020 · Category: Stories, Surveillance, UncategorizedCivil Libertarians Forewarn of Breathtaking Surveillance Expansion to Combat COVID-19
Date: June 1, 2020 · Category: Stories, SurveillanceLeading Contact Tracing Initiative Offers Insufficient Assurance Against Abuse
Date: June 1, 2020 · Category: Stories, SurveillanceWatch Daniel Ellsberg and Kevin Gosztola Deftly Elucidate the Assange Extradition’s Imperilment of Press Freedom
Date: March 20, 2020 · Category: StoriesDHS Reportedly Arrested Suspects Pinpointed with Purchased Location Data
Date: March 4, 2020 · Category: Stories, SurveillanceDHS 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: Stories
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!
Date: December 6, 2012 · Category: Stories, Videos