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With Maine’s 132nd Legislature officially adjourned, supporters joined a webinar to hear from the ACLU of Maine’s policy team about its work in the State House.

Over our 106-year history, the work of the ACLU has always been vital – but during wartime, our work becomes especially urgent.

Are Wegmans and other retailers participating in the Trump war on immigrants?

AP report reveals how the agency uses AI and mass surveillance across the nation to target, detain, and seize money from innocent drivers

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

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

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.