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On Aug. 7, Badlands and Toad Hall announced it would pause its use of PatronScan and would check ID's manually.

The first in a series celebrating commemorative naming in San Francisco

Join our team! We’re looking for committed, passionate people for open roles at the ACLU.

It has come to my attention that a lot of San Franciscans are not familiar with Scott Wiener's excellent record protecting trans people and standing up for LGBTQ+ issues. My page will have information...

The Supreme Court says geofence searches are searches but remands the hard questions for the Fourth Circuit to decide.

The first in a series of reviews of San Francisco's Privately Owned Public Open Spaces

The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.

In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike is joined by civil liberties lawyer Jennifer Granick. Together they discuss:Kickstarter rol...

In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike is joined by civil liberties lawyer Jennifer Granick. Together they discuss:Kickstarter rol...

The comments made by a senior ICE official at a trade show highlight how Palantir is increasing the speed at which ICE operates. Most people detained by ICE have no criminal conviction.

Digital searches have become the norm for police investigations. No knock required.

For Dark Reading's 20th birthday coverage, we profile CISOs, founders, researchers, criminals, and policymakers who rewrote the enterprise risk playbook.

In a statement, prosecutors said the office will only file charges in cases they believe they can prove a crime was committed.

Hey San Francisco residents who voted for DA Brooke Jenkins, here's what you got: An office that thinks that people should spend 14 years in prison for closing down the GG Bridge for four hours, and t...

Geofence searches delight and infuriate advocates before the Supreme Court. Who was right, who was wrong, and which one could make an impact?

The best brief of the twenty-seven filed in the United States v. Chatrie Supreme Court case

New legal standards are restricting law enforcement’s access to cell phone and social media data

Opinions on Everything. Click to read The Shout, by Jennifer Stisa Granick, a Substack publication. Launched 4 days ago.

The move isn't surprising, but shows what data is available to authorities when paying Apple customers use the Hide My Email feature.

Examining how artificial intelligence reshapes perception, power, and experience, and asking what that demands of us as citizens, creators, and thinkers.

Ring's CEO told staff the feature is “first for finding dogs,” indicating a plan to expand.

The DHS is flooding social media companies with administrative subpoenas to identify accounts that are protesting ICE. Social media companies have pushed back but are largely complying. Our tech repor...

Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.

The Digital Fourth Amendment is written by Professor Orin Kerr, one of the country’s foremost authorities on the Fourth Amendment, electronic privacy, and criminal procedure. Kerr’s work has been deep...