Surveillance vendors vacuum up social media content and other online data, using that information to try to predict whether someone is likely to engage in a crime or to identify groups of people for further surveillance.
Then, they give those predictions to law enforcement.
Sweeping surveillance of online speech disproportionately targets people of color, entrenching systemic racism and risking suspicion by association.
Learn more about Community Control Over Police Surveillance and how to prevent your local law enforcement from using surveillance technologies for any purpose without informing and securing the permission of the people they serve. aclu.org/issues/privacy…
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
BREAKING: We are again asking the Supreme Court to intervene to stop SB8, a dangerous ban on abortion after six week of pregnancy in Texas.
In the 23 days since SB8 was implemented, it has eliminated the vast majority of abortion access in the state.
For half a century, SCOTUS has upheld the fundamental right to abortion.
But for the past 23 days, five justices have shrugged their shoulders as Texas politicians do an end-run around the Constitution, imposing serious harm on countless people, especially people of color.
Already, politicians in other states are proposing copycat bills that insult the Constitution, turn neighbor against neighbor, and force people to carry a pregnancy against their will.
It is past time for the Supreme Court to step in and right this grave injustice.
BREAKING: We’re suing the state of Ohio over the state's newly drawn maps for state House and Senate districts, which are an extreme partisan gerrymander.
The Ohio Redistricting Commission — which is dominated by Republicans — approved the maps last week by a 5-2 party line vote, in a blatant abuse of power.
Partisan gerrymandering, like what’s happening in Ohio, violates the core principle of a representative democracy — that voters should choose our elected officials, not the other way around.
With Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, we lost a champion for abortion and gender equality. And on the anniversary of her death, the fight to protect abortion access is more urgent than ever.
In the last year, 560 abortion restrictions and bans have been introduced across the nation.
Texas is now enforcing an extreme ban on most abortion, encouraging anyone—a neighbor, estranged relative, or anti-abortion extremist—to sue someone who provides or assists a patient getting an abortion after 6 weeks of pregnancy in Texas, with a $10,000 reward for success.
In a disappointing ruling today, a federal appeals court dismissed our client @Wikimedia's challenge to the mass surveillance of Americans' international emails, messaging, and web browsing.
We sued on behalf of the organization, challenging the NSA's "Upstream" surveillance of internet communications — one of the mass spying programs revealed by Edward Snowden.
Although the court held that Wikimedia had provided evidence that its communications with millions of users around the world are subject to NSA surveillance, the court said further litigation would expose sensitive information about the NSA's spying activities.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has not responded to our emergency request to block Texas’ radical new 6-week abortion ban, SB8. The law now takes effect.
Access to almost all abortion has just been cut off for millions of people. The impact will be immediate and devastating.
The law bans abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy — before many people even know they’re pregnant.
The result is that many Texans will be forced to carry pregnancies against their will.
Private individuals — including anti-abortion activists with no connection to patients — can now sue ANYONE who they believe is providing abortion or assisting someone in accessing abortion after six weeks. This could include:
▪️ Health care workers
▪️ Clergy
▪️ Rideshare drivers