News & Commentary about Surveillance Technologies
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![A closeup of a young African American man whose face is being scanned by facial recognition software.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/04/facial-recognition-scan-of-black-man-b-400x266.jpg)
Apr 30, 2024
Police Say a Simple Warning Will Prevent Face Recognition Wrongful Arrests. That's Just Not True.
![A sign attached to a metal pole with while letters on a red background reading "NOTICE _ LICENSE PLATE READER 24/7 - Flock Safety".](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/03/flock-safety-sign-centered-b-400x266.jpg)
Mar 6, 2024
Communities Should Reject Surveillance Products Whose Makers Won't Allow Them to be Independently Evaluated
![Hand holding a paperless passport virtual ID on smartphone screen with airport timetables as background.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/10/paperless-passport-virtual-id-on-phone-b-400x266.jpg)
Oct 31, 2023
TSA Shouldn't Force a Bad Digital ID System on America
![A classroom cctv camera keeping watch over students.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/10/edtech-classroom-school-surveillance-b-400x266.jpg)
Oct 3, 2023
Keeping Our Kids Safe from the EdTech Surveillance Industry
![Students raising their hands in a classroom.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/09/students-in-classroom-education-equity-400x266.jpg)
Sep 13, 2023
How Our Affiliates are Fighting for Education Equity
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Feb 13, 2023
How to Pump the Brakes on Your Police Department’s Use of Flock’s Mass Surveillance License Plate Readers
![A sign that reads "Western Union Money Transfer."](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/01/WU_Blog-400x266.jpg)
Jan 18, 2023
How the Arizona Attorney General Created a Secretive, Illegal Surveillance Program to Sweep up Millions of Our Financial Records
![A close-up of a black surveillance camera on a black pole in Chicago.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2022/11/POLICE_POLE_CAMERA-Blog-400x266.jpg)
Nov 23, 2022
Warrantless Pole-Camera Surveillance by Police is Dangerous. The Supreme Court Can Stop It.
![The Evolv Express weapons detection system.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2022/11/Evolv_Blog-400x266.jpg)
Nov 2, 2022
Are Gun Detectors the Answer to Mass Shootings?