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Members of Congress Falsely Matched by Amazon Rekognition

Amazon’s Face Recognition Falsely Matched 28 Members of Congress With Mugshots

July 26, 2018

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Privacy and Government Surveillance, Racial Justice, Technology and Civil Liberties

In a test the ACLU recently conducted of Amazon's facial recognition tool, called “Rekognition,” the software incorrectly matched 28 members of Congress, identifying them as other people who have been arrested for a crime. The false matches were... Read more »

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Electric Scooters Are Racing to Collect Your Data

July 25, 2018

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Privacy and Government Surveillance, Technology and Civil Liberties

Scooter companies Spin, Bird, and Lime are racing to gather your personal data, and have failed to take the time and steps necessary to properly address rider privacy. Read more »

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ICE Put Me in a Hot Van with No Windows or Water. I Thought I Would Die.

July 9, 2018

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Immigrants' Rights

What happened to me was unacceptable. Read more »

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No Peace Without Justice

June 28, 2018

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Racial Justice

On the 150th Anniversary of the 14th Amendment, we’re talking about a promise of equality that was bookended by violence. On the front end was the vicious enslavement of Black people; on the back-end was the Jim Crow era, a response that... Read more »

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Celebrate Pride Month by Improving California Laws

June 22, 2018

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LGBT Equality

June is Pride month, a month to celebrate the strength and activism of LGBTQ people. We at the ACLU of California are excited to be working on three LGBTQ-related bills this year to make things better for students, youth in foster care, and people... Read more »

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Despite Trump’s Order, for Many Families the Nightmare Is Just Beginning

June 21, 2018

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Immigrants' Rights, Racial Justice

President Trump's executive order has no plan to reunite over 2,300 children who have been take away from their parents. We will be monitoring the administration’s to see if family separations really stop. Read more »

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Fact-Checking Family Separation

June 19, 2018

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Immigrants' Rights, Racial Justice

As public outrage around family separation mounts, members of Congress demand access to government-run facilities, and the United Nations condemns us, the Trump administration is attempting to shift the blame — fast. Read more »

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Four people walk down a pathway outside a building while Amazon tracks their faces

Over 150,000 People Tell Amazon: Stop Selling Facial Recognition Tech to Police

June 18, 2018

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Privacy and Government Surveillance, Technology and Civil Liberties

On Monday afternoon, civil rights, religious, and community organizations are taking their demand that Amazon stop providing face surveillance technology to governments, including police departments, to the company’s headquarters in Seattle. The... Read more »

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California, Say Her Name

June 11, 2018

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, LGBT Equality, Racial Justice

As stories of state violence against Black men and boys occupy many of the calls for police reform, countless stories of Black women and girls subjected to excessive force and police misconduct remain untold. We must say their names. Read more »

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Running for Elected Prosecutor Will Never Be the Same

June 6, 2018

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Racial Justice

In past elections, DA candidates ran largely unopposed, but this year, there were more contested DA races in California than in recent memory – perhaps ever before. Although incumbents retained their seats in most counties, all elected DAs in... Read more »

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Amazon’s Face Recognition Falsely Matched 28 Members of Congress With Mugshots

Electric Scooters Are Racing to Collect Your Data

ICE Put Me in a Hot Van with No Windows or Water. I Thought I Would Die.

No Peace Without Justice

Celebrate Pride Month by Improving California Laws

Despite Trump’s Order, for Many Families the Nightmare Is Just Beginning

Fact-Checking Family Separation

Over 150,000 People Tell Amazon: Stop Selling Facial Recognition Tech to Police

California, Say Her Name

Running for Elected Prosecutor Will Never Be the Same

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