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26 Jul 2018, 5:00 am
Enlarge (credit: American Civil Liberties Union) The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California said Thursday that in its new test of Amazon’s facial recognition system known as Rekognition, the software erroneously identified 28 members of Congress as people who have been arrested for a crime. [read post]
13 Jul 2018, 12:30 pm
” In 2016, the ACLU of Northern California published a report outlining how Geofeedia advertised that its location-based, social media surveillance system could be used by government offices and the police to monitor the protest activities of activists, including specifically of color, raising core First Amendment concerns. [read post]
2 Jul 2018, 11:45 am
That’s why the ACLU, the ACLU of Southern California, the ACLU of Northern California, the ACLU of San Diego, the National Center for Youth Law, and Sheppard Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP have sued to address the fundamentally unfair processes used by the YAT probation program. [read post]
4 Jun 2018, 2:25 pm
In 2017, the ACLU, the Northern California Innocence Project and the Innocence Project advocated for a bill that sought to limit the payment of an informant to $100 per case. [read post]
22 May 2018, 2:50 pm
The Verge: “Documents obtained by the ACLU of Northern California have shed new light on Rekognition, Amazon’s little-known facial recognition project. [read post]
8 May 2018, 4:58 pm
“EFF, ACLU of Northern California, Center for Democracy & Technology, New America’s Open Technology Institute, and a group of academic experts and free expression advocates today released the Santa Clara Principles, a set of minimum standards for tech companies to augment and strengthen their content moderation policies. [read post]
7 May 2018, 2:20 am
EFF, ACLU of Northern California, Center for Democracy & Technology, New America’s Open Technology Institute, and a group of academic experts and free expression advocates today released the Santa Clara Principles, a set of minimum standards for tech companies to augment and strengthen their content moderation policies. [read post]
13 Mar 2018, 5:35 am
"The federal government’s policies on searching the phones, laptops, and tablets of domestic air passengers remain shrouded in secrecy," said Vasudha Talla, staff attorney with the ACLU Foundation of Northern California, in a Monday statement. [read post]
15 Feb 2018, 5:21 pm
Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Privacy Office, and Office of Field Operations recently invited privacy stakeholders—including EFF and the ACLU of Northern California—to participate in a briefing and update on how the CBP is implementing its Biometric Entry/Exit Program. [read post]
8 Feb 2018, 9:45 am
The BPD stopped using Geofeedia in 2016 after the ACLU of Northern California revealed that the company marketed itself to law enforcement as a tool to keep track of protesters. [read post]
5 Dec 2017, 10:45 am
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Northern California, Cooley LLP, and the law offices of Holly S. [read post]
1 Dec 2017, 1:12 pm
A federal judge in Northern California granted immigration judges temporary authority to release unaccompanied minors from detention if they are convinced they do not pose a danger. *** The Department of Justice declined to comment on the judge’s decision. [read post]
8 Nov 2017, 7:17 am
You are not authorized to publish this letter in whole or in part absent our express written authorization.[2] The ACLU of Northern California took interest in the blog author’s case and issued a pointed response to the cease-and-desist letter. [read post]
7 Nov 2017, 11:50 am
The back-and-forth was revealed yesterday by the ACLU's Northern California branch, which published the retraction demand letter (PDF). [read post]
19 Oct 2017, 10:45 am
As wildfires raged across Northern California last week, Sen. [read post]
7 Oct 2017, 7:06 am
The ACLU filed suit yesterday in the Northern District of California challenging the Trump Administration's roll-back of the contraception benefit under the Affordable Care Act. [read post]
5 Oct 2017, 9:30 pm
District Court for the Northern District of California reportedly ruled that the Bureau of Land Management cannot use a provision of the Administrative Procedure Act to delay implementation of an Obama-era methane rule. [read post]
11 Sep 2017, 11:49 am
Outside the location at which he’ll meet with tech executives, EFF and a number of allied organizations (including the Center for Media Justice, ACLU of Northern California, The Greenlining Institute, CREDO, 18 Million Rising, the Media Alliance, Tech Workers Coalition, and more) will host a rally to which all are welcome. [read post]
16 Aug 2017, 5:54 pm
” Of course, violence of any sort isn’t free speech, but I’m wondering what the ACLU’s position is on the proposals to revoke the “alt right” rally permit in Northern California, and similar calls to ban such events. [read post]
14 Aug 2017, 11:00 am
On Friday, the ACLU of Northern California, the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, and the firm of Cooley LLP, working in a pro bono capacity, expanded the case into a class action lawsuit with two additional children — including F.E. [read post]
