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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News & Commentary
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Arkansas Students Learn, Lobby and Lead at ACLU National Advocacy Institute

Three ACLU of Arkansas volunteers attended the ACLU’s National Advocacy Institute last month and shared their takeaways as young leaders who are working hard to build an America, and an Arkansas, that protects everyone.
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Know Your Rights: Observing and Recording Police

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Students' Rights Hub

The Supreme Court ruled in 1969 that students do not "shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate." This is true for other fundamental rights, as well.
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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.