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For Immediate Release: Jun 15, 2020

Media Contact: press@aclunc.org, (415) 621-2493

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Read more about Letter Demands City of Sacramento Drop Charges Against 72 Protesters for Violating Curfew

For Immediate Release: Jun 11, 2020

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Read more about ACLU Statement on Microsoft Face Recognition Moratorium

For Immediate Release: Jun 10, 2020

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Read more about ACLU Statement on Amazon Face Recognition Moratorium

Jun 10, 2020

Read more about Microsoft Says it Supports Racial Justice. Will it Refuse to Power Discriminatory Police Surveillance?

For Immediate Release: Jun 09, 2020

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Read more about Judge Orders ICE to Maintain Pandemic Protections at Detention Centers

For Immediate Release: Jun 05, 2020

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Read more about Court of Appeal Ruling Could Invalidate Thousands of Driver’s License Suspensions

For Immediate Release: Jun 03, 2020

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Read more about ACLU Demands Suspension of Curfews

For Immediate Release: Jun 03, 2020

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Read more about ACLU Calls on Mayor Cummings to Reject Attempts to Water Down Surveillance Accountability Ordinance

For Immediate Release: Jun 03, 2020

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Read more about ACLU of California Statement on the Governor’s Executive Order on the November General Election

Jun 02, 2020

Read more about In Response to the Murder of George Floyd