Bio
Ben Wizner is the director of the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, which works to protect and expand the First Amendment freedoms of expression, association, and inquiry, and ensure that civil liberties are enhanced rather than compromised by new advances in science and technology. For more than two decades at the ACLU, Ben has litigated cases involving the right to protest, freedom of expression online, government surveillance practices, airport security policies, targeted killing, and torture. Since July of 2013, he has been the principal legal advisor to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Ben is a graduate of Harvard College and New York University School of Law and was a law clerk to the Hon. Stephen Reinhardt of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Featured work
![Ex-president Donald Trump at New York civil trial.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/11/ex-president-donald-trump-at-NY-civil-trial-b-400x266.jpg)
Nov 9, 2023
We’ve Defended Trump’s First Amendment Rights, but his Latest Jan. 6 Indictment Claims are Nonsense
May 10, 2022
Ask an Expert: What are My Speech Rights At School?
May 3, 2022
Ask an Expert: Is My Tweet Protected Speech?
Apr 26, 2022
Ask an Expert: What Is Free Speech?
![Circuit Board](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18-circuitboard-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Nov 20, 2018
Edward Snowden Explains Blockchain to His Lawyer — and the Rest of Us
![Stephen Reinhardt](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-stephenreinhardt-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Apr 4, 2018
The Exile: In Memory of Judge Stephen Reinhardt
![CCTV camera looking onto city](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-cctvcamera-1160x768-v2-400x266.jpg)
Aug 23, 2017
Artificial Intelligence at Any Cost Is a Recipe for Tyranny