Your Smartphone, Their Rules: How App Stores Enable Corporate-Government Censorship

Big Tech Oligopoly helps the Trump Administration crack down on free speech

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Face Recognition and the ‘Trump Terror’: A Marriage Made in Hell

ICE and CBP are smashing their way not only through car windows but also through any constraints on the use of face recognition

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Weekly Highlights November 10 – 14

This week at the ACLU of Maine: Our Scolnik Award recap, an update on Rockland's ordinance on immigration enforcement, and more!

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2025 Elections: Voters Came Out in Record Numbers to Defend Key Civil Liberties Issues Across the Country

In big wins for civil liberties to protect abortion access and voting rights, and defy fearmongering, voters built the momentum needed to carry the fight forward to future elections.

A person stands at a voting booth marked with an American flag and the word “VOTE” inside a community polling place. The room has wooden floors, orange stacked chairs, and colorful landscape paintings on the walls, with a small U.S. flag displayed nearby.

Weekly Highlights November 3 – 7

This week at the ACLU of Maine: A victory for voting rights, how local Maine towns can defend immigrants' rights and due process, and more!

By Maggie Nugent

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Defending Due Process in the Face of ICE in Maine

Maine towns and cities do not have to be complicit in the president’s abuses of power and violations of our rights.

By Michael Kebede

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Your Questions Answered: How to Vote Amid Trump's Attacks on Elections

ACLU experts explain how to cast your ballot while the Trump administration challenges our most valuable democratic process.

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Weekly Highlights October 27 – 31

This week at the ACLU of Maine: We're investigation an unlawful traffic stop by CBP in Presque Isle, and more.

By Maggie Nugent

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Protect Voting Rights in Maine: Vote NO on Question 1

Election Day is Tuesday, November 4. You can help protect voting rights by voting NO on Question 1.

By Alicia Rea

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