Gov't surveillance is “bypassing our encryption,' the memo warned, allowing states to discern 'who is in a group together, who is messaging who, and (hardest to hide) who is calling who' on WhatsApp. The memo warned traffic analysis might be able to geolocate WhatsApp users, too

BREAKING: A federal court denied the government's attempt to dismiss key claims in our clients’ lawsuit challenging CARRP, a secretive and discriminatory immigration policy.

This is a victory for our clients and for government accountability.

ICYMI: Center for Democracy & Technology joined ACLU, EFF, and others in filing an amicus brief defending the free expression rights of TikTok users in Montana. The state's ban on TikTok is unconstitutional censorship. Read more: cdt.org/insights/cdt-j…

There's a story today in WIRED about the coalition letter sent by Brennan Center and 20+ other organizations calling for the declassification of information vital to reining in a massively overbroad surveillance power. 1/2 wired.com/story/section-…

Yesterday the Brennan Center, joined by more than 20 civil society organizations, urged the Attorney General and Director of National Intelligence to declassify information that is critical to ongoing efforts to rein in a dangerous surveillance power. 1/17 brennancenter.org/our-work/resea…

Am reading the TikTok v. Garland complaint. 1/ 🧵

Relatedly, this new wave of anti-China land laws, the TikTok ban, and baseless prosecutions of Chinese American scientists are part of a broader pattern:
nytimes.com/2024/05/06/opi…

Powerful piece on Florida's unconstitutional property law, which severely limits the ability of Chinese immigrants to buy homes.

Our clients' suit is still working its way through the courts. In the meantime, discrimination & fear in Florida: nytimes.com/2024/05/06/us/…

Earlier this week, we at Knight First Amendment Institute filed a new case that we hope will change the way people are allowed to use social media.

Our client is Prof. Ethan Zuckerman (@ethanz), and we’re suing Meta.

It’s a novel case with big aspirations.

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knightcolumbia.org/cases/zuckerma…

Students: If you're protesting this weekend, know your rights.

Today we sent an open letter to college and university presidents across the nation outlining five basic guardrails to ensure freedom of speech and academic freedom while protecting against discriminatory harassment and disruptive conduct.

Read more: aclu.org/news/free-spee…

A Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board can help provide oversight to protect individual liberties as national security agencies race to adopt AI. Here's how it could work from Faiza Patel & Patrick Toomey: justsecurity.org/94999/an-overs…

As national security agencies race to adopt #AI , oversight mechanisms will be crucial for protecting individual liberties.

One potential model is the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, explain Faiza Patel & Patrick Toomey.
justsecurity.org/94999/an-overs…

EXCLUSIVE: The ACLU is suing the NSA, DoD and ODNI for records about how they're using AI in their surveillance programs.
news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-da…

BREAKING: We just filed a FOIA lawsuit to find out how the NSA — one of America's biggest spy agencies — is using artificial intelligence.

These are dangerous, powerful tools and the public deserves to know how the government is using them.

BREAKING: President Biden just signed into law a bill that will effectively ban TikTok.

We'll keep saying it: This ban directly violates the First Amendment rights of the over 170 million Americans who use the platform.

It’s over (for now). A majority of senators caved to the fearmongering and bush league tactics of the administration and surveillance hawks in Congress, and they sold out Americans’ civil liberties. Section 702 has been reauthorized, not just without any meaningful reforms… 1/10

Today we're at the Eleventh Circuit for Shen v. Simpson, where our clients are suing to block Florida’s law that bans many Chinese immigrants from buying homes in large parts of the state.

This is unjustified and unconstitutional.