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The advance of technology presents both opportunities for and challenges to liberty. As new technologies are implemented, their impacts on civil liberties must be given consideration. The ACLU supports uses of technology that enhance privacy and freedom while opposing those that undermine liberty and move us closer to a surveillance society.

Lawsuit Seeks Access to Information on Internet For Adult Library Patrons

October 24, 2011
 Oral argument is being held on Oct. 25 in an ACLU lawsuit defending the rights of adults to access information on the Internet on public library computers. The suit challenges a central Washington library system’s filtering policy that hampers adults in researching school assignments, locating businesses and organizations, and doing personal reading on lawful subjects.   Read More »
 

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Student Rights and Responsibilities in the Digital Age

October 17, 2011
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Lawsuit Seeking Access to Information on Internet for Adult Library Patrons to Continue in Federal Court

May 6, 2010
An ACLU lawsuit defending the rights of adults to access information on the Internet on public library computers will continue in federal court in the wake of today’s Washington Supreme Court 6-3 ruling rejecting claims under the Washington State Constitution. The suit challenges a filtering policy that hampers adults in researching school assignments, locating businesses and organizations, and doing personal reading on lawful subjects. Read More »
 
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Telecoms Should Not Get Off Scot-Free for Abetting Government Spying

Doug Honig, Communications Director, ACLU of Washington
Thursday, September 1st, 2011 at 8:32 am
Our colleague Harvey Grossman from Illinois was in Seattle yesterday to present the ACLU’s arguments at a federal appeals court hearing seeking to hold telecoms accountable for aiding the National Security Agency in its illegal spying program.  Here’s the ACLU of Illinois press release explaining the lawsuit and why it matters.  Read More »
 
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Secure Mobile Chat App Wins Develop for Privacy Challenge

August 5, 2011
The ACLU –WA and other privacy advocates have announced that Gibberbot, a secure instant messaging and chat app, is the winner of the 2011 Develop for Privacy Challenge (www.develop4privacy.org). The Challenge co-sponsors made the announcement in a celebratory event at the DEFCON security conference. Read More »
 
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Renton Police Drop Criminal Investigation of Cartoonist

In a victory for free speech, the Renton Police Department has backed off its criminal investigation of a cartoonist who posted online anonymous parodies on YouTube. The ACLU-WA had criticized the department for misusing the cyberstalking law to obtain a search warrant in hopes of forcing Google to reveal the cartoonist's identity. Read More »
 

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ACLU Seeks Information on Government Mobile Phone Tracking

August 3, 2011
The ACLU-WA is seeking to learn when, why and how local law enforcement agencies are using cellphone location data to track Americans.  We’ve started with public records requests today to the cities of Bellevue, Tacoma, Yakima, and Spokane. Read More »
 
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Protect Your Electronic Privacy: Here Are Some Tools

Arnold Jin
Thursday, February 10th, 2011 at 10:33 am
Mozilla, the makers of the FireFox web browser, and Google have recently announced plans to incorporate “Do Not Track” features into their browsers.  What this means is that users are finally afforded a simple opportunity to opt out of having their Internet activities tracked by marketers.  

While it is great to see these companies finally start to take consumer’s privacy seriously, these are by no means the only tools available to consumers. We’ve compiled a list of free or mostly free tools that are to install, either as an add-on to your current browser or as stand-alone software.  We’ve also included tools that you can use to privatize you mobile computing experience, regardless of whether it is an iPhone, Blackberry, Android, or Windows Phone 7 device.  Read More »

 
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Privacy Groups Announce Competition for Mobile Apps

February 4, 2011
The ACLU-WA is co-sponsoring a new competition for mobile application developers to address privacy concerns surrounding mobile phones and other portable devices. The Develop for Privacy Challenge aims to show that privacy should be a fundamental building block in new technologies, not just an afterthought. Read More »
 

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Sexting and the Law - Press Send to Turn Teenagers into Registered Sex Offenders

Brian Alseth, ACLU-WA Technology and Liberty Program Director
Friday, September 24th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
Consensual sexting should not be a crime for teens or adults. The frightening reality, however, is that our current child pornography laws coupled with modern technology have the potential to create a sex offender registry populated with the children it was intended to protect and a generation of teenagers who will reach the age of majority already convicted as child sex offenders. This is not what child pornography laws were meant for, and the time has come to address the issue rationally and reasonably, before it is too late.

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