Bio
Jay Stanley (@JayCStanley) is senior policy analyst with the ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, where he researches, writes and speaks about technology-related privacy and civil liberties issues and their future. He is the editor of the ACLU's Free Future blog and has authored and co-authored a variety of influential ACLU reports on privacy and technology topics. Before joining the ACLU, he was an analyst at the technology research firm Forrester, served as American politics editor of Facts on File’s World News Digest, and as national newswire editor at Medialink. He is a graduate of Williams College and holds an M.A. in American History from the University of Virginia.
Featured work
![Silhouette of woman holding phone behind the wheel](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/texting_driving_by_jim_sheaffer_-_filtered-400x266.jpg)
May 3, 2017
A New Implication of Cellphone Video: Citizens Taping Each Other For Police
![Image of man behind bars of dollar sign](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/dollar_sign_jail-400x266.jpg)
Apr 25, 2017
We’re Living in a Surveillance Society, So Why Do We Need Bail?
![FCC Router](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-fccrouter-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Apr 12, 2017
What Individuals Should Do Now That Congress Has Obliterated the FCC’s Privacy Protections
![Computer on a desk](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/computer_desk_by_john_december_credit-400x266.jpg)
Mar 14, 2017
Trump And Congress Complain About Surveillance, But Want to Enable Spying By Internet Companies
![Camera on top of television](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/smart_tv_camera_by_karlis_dambrans_credit-400x266.jpg)
Mar 9, 2017
CIA Documents Highlight Privacy Issues of the 'Internet of Things'
![Police Body Camera](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-police-body-camera-1160x768-v02-400x266.png)
Jan 25, 2017
We’re Updating Our Police Body Camera Recommendations for Even Better Accountability and Civil Liberties Protections
![Police on motorcycles in front of protesters](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/police_at_march-400x266.jpg)
Jan 17, 2017
Why Are DC Police Keeping Their Body Cameras Off During Inauguration and the Women’s March?
![Amazon Echo Blue](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18-amazonechoblue-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Jan 13, 2017
The Privacy Threat From Always-On Microphones Like the Amazon Echo
![Bas-relief of Praetorian Guards](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/praetorian_guards_by_eric_heybrechts_credit-400x266.jpg)
Jan 9, 2017
Do U.S. Politicians Need to Fear Our Intelligence Agencies?