Civil Liberties

'Take This Seriously': Digital Rights Group Urges Americans to Beat Back Attempts to Exploit Coronavirus Crisis to Erode Civil Liberties

With Nation Focused on Coronavirus, Rights Groups Warn Senate Against Handing Trump 'Terrifying' Spy Powers

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"It's unthinkable to extend these spying powers to the same agencies that have so often sidestepped safeguards and ignored Americans' fundamental privacy rights."

152 House Democrats Join GOP to Reauthorize 'Abusive Government Surveillance Powers'

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Nothing says bipartisanship like extending provisions of the PATRIOT Act."

Progressive Groups Launch #NeverBloomberg Campaign, Demanding Top Democrats Oppose Former New York Mayor's Run

Julia Conley, staff writer

The Working Families Party and the Center for Popular Democracy are among the...

Because Facial Recognition Makes Students and Faculty Less Safe, 40+ Rights Groups Call on Universities to Ban Technology

'Breathtaking Assault on Our Rights': Privacy Advocates Decry London Police Plan to Use Live Facial Recognition Cameras

With 2020 Endorsement, Racial Justice Group Says Movement Behind Bernie Sanders 'Will Change This Country'

Groups Call It 'Ludicrous' and 'Offensive' to Let Impeached Trump Continue Right-Wing Takeover of Courts

Federal Study on Racial Biases in Facial Recognition Technology Confirms Warnings of Civil Liberties Groups

New Campaign Demands Congress Probe the 'Ever-Expanding Surveillance Empire' of Amazon

'Targeted by My Own Government': Journalists Sue Trump DHS Over 'Coordinated Attack' on Press Freedom

How Does Amazon Ring Protect User Privacy? "Basically, They Don't"

Handing Trump 'Terrifying Authoritarian Surveillance Powers,' House Democrats Include Patriot Act Reauthorization in Funding Bill

'This Should Probably Be Illegal': Rights Advocates Target Lawmakers and Lobbyists With Facial Recognition Technology in US Capitol

US Agencies Sued Over Secretive Use of Facial Recognition and Other 'Dystopian Surveillance Technology'

Rejecting Challenge to No Fly List, Federal Appeals Court Leaves Men Charged With No Crime 'In an Indefinite Kafkaesque Nightmare'

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Here Is Some of the Human Misery Caused by President Trump’s Muslim Ban From Those Most Impacted

With the sweep of his pen, President Donald Trump caused the U.S. immigration system to go into total disarray and sowed global chaos and confusion on Friday afternoon. The executive order he signed at 4:42 p.m. suspended all Syrian refugees from entering the country indefinitely, prohibited any other refugees from coming into the country for 120 days, and banned foreign nationals from seven predominantly Muslim countries from visiting the country for 90 days. Refugees and people were caught...