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
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Sep 7, 2012
Hacking Cars, Chipping Kids, and Fingerprinting at Disney (Friday Links Roundup)
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Sep 5, 2012
Apple, Drone Strikes, and the Limits of Censorship
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Aug 29, 2012
High-Tech “Mind Readers” Are Latest Effort to Detect Lies
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Aug 22, 2012
First Amendment Violations to Watch for at the RNC and DNC
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Aug 17, 2012
Police Chiefs Issue Recommendations on Drones; A Look At How They Measure Up
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Aug 16, 2012
If Police Want Your Cell Phone Video As Evidence, Can You Just Email the File to Them?