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Amazon Facial Surveillance Technology Falsely Identifies 28 Members of Congress with Mugshots

July 26, 2018

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

Today the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California released the results of a test revealing that Amazon’s facial surveillance product Rekognition falsely matched 28 current members of Congress with images in an arrest photo... Read more

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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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Statement on Court's Rejection of Sacramento Anti-Panhandling Ordinance

July 19, 2018

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Economic Justice, Free Speech, Racial Justice

A federal judge blocked the City of Sacramento's anti-panhandling ordinance. The ACLU Foundation of Northern California and the Legal Services of Northern California applaud the ruling. Read more

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SRCEH v. Sacramento (Anti-Panhandling Ordinance)

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Economic Justice, Racial Justice

The ACLU Foundation of Northern California and Legal Services of Northern California filed suit against the City of Sacramento in April 2018 in order to halt enforcement of an unconstitutional "anti-solicitation" ordinance adopted by the Sacramento... 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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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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ACLU Statement on Proposed Trump Executive Order on Family Separation

June 20, 2018

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Immigrants' Rights, Racial Justice

In response to reports that President Trump will issue an executive order on family separation, Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, offered the following reaction: 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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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 »

Events

Webinar: Save Lives, End Police Secrecy

June 14, 2018 - 10:00am

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Racial Justice

Join the campaign to pass AB 931 and SB 1421 – two important bills to increase police transparency and accountability and reduce deadly use of force in California. Read more