Articles about ACLU

Judge removes ‘Compassion Seattle’ charter amendment from ballot; initiative aimed to curb homelessness crisis

A state judge removed the “Compassion Seattle” measure from the November ballot on Friday, saying the proposal to change the… Read More

Is Amazon’s facial recognition moratorium a victory for police reformers or just good PR?

Amazon’s surprise reversal on selling facial recognition software to police this week helped the company earn some goodwill at a… Read More

Amazon adds new features to Rekognition software amid ongoing debate over facial recognition tech

Amazon is rolling out new features that make it easier for customers to search for specific items in large databases… Read More

Civil rights activists up in arms over Amazon update adding fear detection to facial recognition tech

Amazon’s latest update to its Rekognition software is renewing an outcry from civil rights groups over facial recognition technology. Amazon… Read More

ACLU’s Shankar Narayan brings transparency to tech — with help from poetry and a giant dog

After Shankar Narayan graduated from Yale with a law degree, he needed a job that would help pay off his… Read More

ACLU slams Washington lawmakers for ‘closed-door’ privacy bill negotiations with Big Tech

Consumer and civil rights advocates are up in arms over the status of a data privacy bill in Washington state.… Read More

ACLU and Washington state lawmaker clash over data privacy bill backed by Microsoft

Washington is poised to become the second state in the nation to enact data privacy regulations, following the lead of… Read More

Amazon challenges ACLU study on facial recognition tech and police

Amazon defended the law enforcement use cases for its facial recognition technology Friday in an effort to throw water on… Read More

Shareholders, ACLU urge Amazon to stop selling facial recognition software to police ahead of event at tech giant’s HQ

Amazon is taking more heat for selling its facial recognition software to local law enforcement agencies. The American Civil Liberties… Read More

‘Amazon Rekognition is primed for abuse’: ACLU asks Amazon to stop selling facial recognition tech to local governments

Concerned about the use of facial recognition technology to detect and identify Americans walking down the street, the American Civil… Read More

ACLU urges local governments to offer public internet as a utility after FCC’s net neutrality rollback

The nation’s leading civil rights group is urging local governments to treat internet like a public utility as concern over… Read More

As Congress considers the tech-backed CLOUD Act, privacy and human rights groups raise concerns

The modern world of cloud computing, where data can moves seamlessly across most borders, presents challenges for law enforcement agencies… Read More

This ‘tinkerer’ made an Amazon Dash button to send $5 to the ACLU each time Trump ticks him off

Re-stocking the pantry has certainly been made easier with the advent of Amazon Dash buttons. But now one guy, with more… Read More

Apple, ACLU join partnership to research artificial intelligence, create best practices

When industry leaders launched a non-profit organization in September to create best practices for artificial intelligence, one company was notably missing.… Read More

GeekWire at the Movies: ‘Snowden’ rallies defenders of fugitive whistleblower

Whether you see him as a patriot or a traitor, it’s a big week for Edward Snowden, who was forced to… Read More

ACLU to join Microsoft lawsuit against Justice Department over secret surveillance requests

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a motion today to join Microsoft’s lawsuit against the U.S. Justice Department. Microsoft… Read More

ACLU calls on Amazon employees to talk to them ‘to explore the possibility of legal representation’

The American Civil Liberties Union took out a full page ad in Friday’s Seattle Times, asking Amazon employees “who believe… Read More