Civil Liberties

'We Refuse to Be Complicit': Google Employees Protest Proposed Contract With ICE and CBP

Google employees signed an open letter Wednesday asking the company not to cooperate with ICE and CBP.

Leaked Draft of Trump Executive Order to 'Censor the Internet' Denounced as Dangerous, Unconstitutional Edict

Jon Queally, staff writer

"In practice, this executive order would mean that whichever political party is in power could dictate what speech is allowed on the Internet."

'This Is a Scandal': Documents Show ICE and FBI Using Facial Recognition to Mine Millions of Driver's License Photos

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"ICE is running facial recognition searches against millions of photos. You...

Privacy Advocates Celebrate as Massachusetts City Becomes Second in US to Ban Facial Recognition Technology

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

a facial recognition system for law enforcement

"The city is sending a bold statement that it won't sit by idly while the...

Critics Lament as 126 House Democrats Join Forces With GOP to Hand Trump 'Terrifying' Mass Domestic Spying Powers

'Bombshell': Facial Recognition Data Collected by US Customs Agency Hacked

Ocasio-Cortez Ties Concerns Over Unregulated Facial Recognition Technology to 'Global Rise in Authoritarianism and Fascism'

LGBTQ Advocates Cheer Historic Victory After US House Passes Equality Act

Setting Stage for 'Landmark Moment for Equality,' Supreme Court to Hear Cases on Workplace LGBTQ Discrimination

'So Overboard It Should Be Illegal': Use of Facial Recognition in Airports Draws Anger

'Terrible News': US Supreme Court Rules for Indefinite Detention of Immigrants

Mitch 'Nuclear Option' McConnell Poised to Turn Steady Stream of Trump's Right-Wing Judges Into a Flood

'Illegal Boondoggle': US Government Rebuked for Giving 1,400 Private Companies Access to Dubious Terrorism Watchlist

National Emergency? Here Are the Real Emergencies an Outraged Nation Tells President Trump

Warnings of Trumpism 'Forever' as Senate GOP Rams Through 44 Lifetime Judges in One Day

Warning More Surveillance Would Violate Civil Liberties at Border and Beyond, Rights Groups Say So-Called "Smart Wall" Is Dumb

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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...