Civil Liberties

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

An Amazon Ring camera is pictured at Amazon headquarters on September 20, 2018 in Seattle.

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

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"This interference effectively prevented me and other journalists from carrying out our reporting at the U.S.-Mexico border."

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

Julia Conley, staff writer

Sen. Ed Markey found Amazon's lack of civil rights protections "nothing short...

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

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Wow. House Democrats are ignoring civil liberties and including a three month...

'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'

To Stop Threat of 'For-Profit Surveillance,' Rights Groups Demand End to Partnerships That Give Cops Access to Amazon Ring Data

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

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

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

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

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

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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...