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
May 15, 2024
States Dust Off Obscure Anti-Mask Laws to Target Pro-Palestine Protesters
![Masked Pro-Palestine students being arrested by NYPD.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/05/masked-pro-palestine-students-being-arrested-b-400x400.jpg)
Mar 6, 2024
Communities Should Reject Surveillance Products Whose Makers Won't Allow Them to be Independently Evaluated
![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-400x400.jpg)
Dec 6, 2023
New Point-and-Shoot Chemical Detectors Raise Privacy and Constitutional Issues
![A TSA security check point.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/12/tsa-privacy-blog-400x400.jpg)
Nov 30, 2023
Some Steps to Defend Against Online Doxxing and Harassment
![A lock and key on top of a computer keyboard.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/11/digital-defense-blog-400x400.jpg)
Oct 31, 2023
TSA Shouldn't Force a Bad Digital ID System on America
![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-400x400.jpg)
Apr 7, 2023
Catholic Group Buying Data to Out Gay Priests is Tip of Location-Tracking Iceberg
![A picture of the Grindr app icon on a cellphone.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/04/grindr-blog-400x400.jpg)
Apr 6, 2023
Tesla Camera Scandal is the Latest Lesson in Dangers of Letting Companies Record You
![A Tesla camera that is built into the car.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/04/tesla-blog-400x400.jpg)
Feb 27, 2023
Firestorm Over Green Bay City Hall Surveillance Microphones is a Reminder of Country We Don’t Want to Live In
![Hidden microphone coming between wooden slats on wall.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/02/GREEN_BAY_HIDDEN_MICROPHONE-Blog-400x400.jpg)
Feb 15, 2023
New Mobile Phone Service Shows We Can Have Both Privacy and Nice Things
![Phone screen with keyhole on a digital shield.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/10/phone-with-digital-shield-b-400x400.jpg)