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Policymakers are beginning to recognize that the boundaries between local surveillance and the Trump Administration are hard to maintain.

Build it (an authoritarian tracking infrastructure) and they (expanded uses) will come.

Company crosses a dangerous line by beginning to offer AI suspicion-generation functions

At the ACLU’s Civil Rights in the Digital Age AI Summit, leaders convened to evaluate the civil rights landscape of artificial intelligence and tech, and how we can call for policies that center privacy, fairness, and equity.

As AI increasingly makes decisions in hiring, policing, and social services, the ACLU’s Civil Rights in the Digital Age Summit focuses on promoting responsible AI design to ensure technology protects rights and serves justice for all.

This week at the ACLU of Maine: The state legislature wraps up its session, SCOTUS hands down major decisions, Maine upholds its strongest-in-the-nation internet privacy laws, and more. 

This week at the ACLU of Maine: A public hearing at the State House about trans student athlete bans, preparing for an upcoming hearing on data privacy bills, and reflecting on the first 100 days of the Trump presidency.

This week at the ACLU of Maine: Fight for abortion access at the Maine State House, a new class action complaint against Trump's mass federal firings, 23andMe privacy concerns, and more. 

We’ve been getting a lot of questions about when border agents can legally conduct searches of travelers’ electronic devices at international airports and other ports of entry. Unfortunately, the answer isn’t simple.