Free Future
The ACLU's blog on emerging technology and science. Edited by Jay Stanley.
News & Commentary
Aug 2025
Racial Justice
Privacy & Technology
Will Giant Companies Always Have a Monopoly on Top AI Models?
Part 2 of my dive into how likely LLMs are to either centralize or distribute power
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News & Commentary
Aug 2025
Racial Justice
Privacy & Technology
Will Giant Companies Always Have a Monopoly on Top AI Models?
Part 2 of my dive into how likely LLMs are to either centralize or distribute power
News & Commentary
Aug 2025
Privacy & Technology
+2 Issues
Flock’s Aggressive Expansions Go Far Beyond Simple Driver Surveillance
Build it (an authoritarian tracking infrastructure) and they (expanded uses) will come
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News & Commentary
Aug 2025
Privacy & Technology
+2 Issues
Flock’s Aggressive Expansions Go Far Beyond Simple Driver Surveillance
Build it (an authoritarian tracking infrastructure) and they (expanded uses) will come
News & Commentary
Aug 2025
Many Are Focused on the Wrong Questions When it Comes to AI
Do large language models have an inherent politics?
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News & Commentary
Aug 2025
Many Are Focused on the Wrong Questions When it Comes to AI
Do large language models have an inherent politics?
News & Commentary
Aug 2025
National Security
Surveillance Company Flock Now Using AI to Report Us to Police if it Thinks Our Movement Patterns Are “Suspicious”
Company crosses a dangerous line by beginning to offer AI suspicion-generation functions
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News & Commentary
Aug 2025
National Security
Surveillance Company Flock Now Using AI to Report Us to Police if it Thinks Our Movement Patterns Are “Suspicious”
Company crosses a dangerous line by beginning to offer AI suspicion-generation functions
News & Commentary
Mar 2025
Privacy & Technology
Machine Surveillance is Being Super-Charged by Large AI Models
Limits and guardrails are vital to protect our privacy and liberty — as well as our sanity — against omnipresent AI surveillance.
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News & Commentary
Mar 2025
Privacy & Technology
Machine Surveillance is Being Super-Charged by Large AI Models
Limits and guardrails are vital to protect our privacy and liberty — as well as our sanity — against omnipresent AI surveillance.
News & Commentary
Dec 2024
Privacy & Technology
Attempts at a Technological Solution to Disinformation Will Do More Harm Than Good
Futile “content authentication technologies” are being pushed by companies and others.
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News & Commentary
Dec 2024
Privacy & Technology
Attempts at a Technological Solution to Disinformation Will Do More Harm Than Good
Futile “content authentication technologies” are being pushed by companies and others.
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Dec 2024
Privacy & Technology
Face Recognition Threatens to Replace Tickets, ID at Sports Events – and Beyond
You shouldn't participate in face recognition ticketing schemes.
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News & Commentary
Dec 2024
Privacy & Technology
Face Recognition Threatens to Replace Tickets, ID at Sports Events – and Beyond
You shouldn't participate in face recognition ticketing schemes.
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Dec 2024
Privacy & Technology
AI Generated Police Reports Raise Concerns Around Transparency, Bias
AI-generated police reports threaten to exacerbate existing problems in law enforcement, and to create new ones.
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News & Commentary
Dec 2024
Privacy & Technology
AI Generated Police Reports Raise Concerns Around Transparency, Bias
AI-generated police reports threaten to exacerbate existing problems in law enforcement, and to create new ones.
News & Commentary
Oct 2024
Privacy & Technology
National Security
DHS Focus on "Soft Targets" Risks Out-of-Control Surveillance
AI surveillance of public places risks subjecting everyday spaces to airport-level security that heightens the risk of discrimination.
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News & Commentary
Oct 2024
Privacy & Technology
National Security
DHS Focus on "Soft Targets" Risks Out-of-Control Surveillance
AI surveillance of public places risks subjecting everyday spaces to airport-level security that heightens the risk of discrimination.
News & Commentary
Oct 2024
Privacy & Technology
State Legislatures Need to Block Creation of Nightmarish National Identity System
The ACLU has issued legislative recommendations on protecting privacy and accessibility when creating digital IDs.
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News & Commentary
Oct 2024
Privacy & Technology
State Legislatures Need to Block Creation of Nightmarish National Identity System
The ACLU has issued legislative recommendations on protecting privacy and accessibility when creating digital IDs.
News & Commentary
May 2024
Privacy & Technology
States Dust Off Obscure Anti-Mask Laws to Target Pro-Palestine Protesters
In today’s world of constant surveillance, people protesting should have the right to wear a mask
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News & Commentary
May 2024
Privacy & Technology
States Dust Off Obscure Anti-Mask Laws to Target Pro-Palestine Protesters
In today’s world of constant surveillance, people protesting should have the right to wear a mask
News & Commentary
Mar 2024
Privacy & Technology
Communities Should Reject Surveillance Products Whose Makers Won't Allow Them to be Independently Evaluated
Independent reviewers of new surveillance technology play a crucial role in safeguarding our right to privacy.
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News & Commentary
Mar 2024
Privacy & Technology
Communities Should Reject Surveillance Products Whose Makers Won't Allow Them to be Independently Evaluated
Independent reviewers of new surveillance technology play a crucial role in safeguarding our right to privacy.
News & Commentary
Dec 2023
Privacy & Technology
+2 Issues
New Point-and-Shoot Chemical Detectors Raise Privacy and Constitutional Issues
Is that ibuprofen in your bag, or something else? That’s nobody’s business but your own.
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News & Commentary
Dec 2023
Privacy & Technology
+2 Issues
New Point-and-Shoot Chemical Detectors Raise Privacy and Constitutional Issues
Is that ibuprofen in your bag, or something else? That’s nobody’s business but your own.