By Matthew Guariglia The arrival of government-operated autonomous police robots does not look like predictions in science fiction movies. An army of robots with gun…
By Matthew Guariglia This summer’s Black-led protest movement against police violence was one of the largest political movements in the history of the United States–and…
By Dave Maass and Matthew Guariglia A few years ago, when you saw a security camera, you may have thought that the video feed went…
By Matthew Guariglia This is not a drill. Red alert: The police surveillance center in Jackson, Mississippi, will be conducting a 45-day pilot program to live…
By Matthew Guariglia Cops in Vallejo have put their controversial cell-phone surveillance tool back in the box, after a judge released a tentative ruling (which…
By Matthew Guariglia We need your help. On September 11, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced its intention to significantly expand both the…
By Jason Kelley and Matthew Guariglia Every week EFF receives emails from members of homeowner’s associations wondering if their Homeowner’s Association (HOA) or Neighborhood Association…
By Matthew Guariglia In June 2020, Santa Cruz, California became the first city in the United States to ban municipal use of predictive policing, a…
By Dave Maas and Matthew Guariglia The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) conducted mass surveillance of protesters at the end of May and in early…
By Matthew Guariglia Cities and states across the country have banned government use of face surveillance technology, and many more are weighing proposals to do…
By Matthew Guariglia The push to minimize the government’s power to track and spy on people with surveillance technology has picked up steam as the…
By Matthew Guariglia Activism is working. Both on the streets as people protest to end racist and violent policing, and among civil liberties organizations who…
By Jason Kelley and Matthew Guariglia Across the United States, people are taking to the street to protest racist police violence, including the tragic police…
By Matthew Guariglia The full weight of U.S. policing has descended upon protesters across the country as people take to the streets to denounce the…