Technology

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.

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Resources

Bradburn v. NCRLD

Three library users and a nonprofit organization brought suit to ensure that patrons of a library system in Eastern Washington have access to useful and lawful information on the Internet.

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Free Speech

Online Speech

Technology

State v. E.G.

Child pornography laws are being used to criminalize young people rather than to protect them

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Technology

Youth

United States v. Holcomb

Criminal case where the charge is based on material the police found in searching a person’s home computer, far beyond the scope of the search authorized by the search warrant.

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Slotemaker v. State of Washington

We argue that the Washington cyberstalking statute, RCW 9.61.260(1)(b), is unconstitutional. The brief explains how the statute is overbroad and chills protected speech.

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Resources

Bradburn v. NCRLD

State v. E.G.

United States v. Holcomb

Slotemaker v. State of Washington

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Restraint and isolation in Washington schools

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