Technology and Freedom

The advance of technology presents both opportunities for and challenges to liberty.

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The Technology & Liberty Program monitors the interplay between cutting-edge technology and civil liberties, actively promoting responsible uses of technology that enhance privacy and freedom, while opposing those that undermine our freedoms and move us closer to a surveillance society.

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Know Your Rights: Observing and Recording Police

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Students' Rights

Know Your Rights: Students' Rights

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Impending Threat of Abortion Criminalization Brings New Urgency to the Fight for Digital Privacy

As the Supreme Court nears a ruling that could allow abortion to be criminalized by politicians, privacy activists and lawmakers must shift our approach in the states.
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Know Your Rights: Student Bullying in Arkansas