BREAKING: @aclu-norcal.bsky.social, Lieff Cabraser, and Tobener Ravenscroft just sued San Francisco landlords over AI-powered surveillance in people's homes. Our homes are the last refuge of privacy. What happens there is none of your landlord's business. www.aclunc.org/news/aclu-su...

ACLU Sues San Francisco Landlords over AI-Powered Surveillance in Tenants' Homes | ACLU of Northern CA

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ACLU of Northern California@aclu-norcal.bsky.social · 8mo ago

What people do in their homes is no one’s business but their own. But in many SF apartment buildings, landlords have forced tenants to accept so-called “smart home” systems that monitor their comings and goings and other behavior.

BREAKING NEWS: A judge this morning allowed the lawsuit by @aclusocal.bsky.social & Walkup Melodia against the UC Regents on behalf of Palestine solidarity activists from UCLA (2 students and 2 faculty members) to proceed, marking an important preliminary victory for student speech on CA campuses.

If you're going out to protest this weekend and wondering how to protect yourself from digital surveillance, @aclu-norcal.bsky.social has a video for you (featuring, yes, me). We draw heavily from @eff.org's fantastic Surveillance Self Defense resource, available here: ssd.eff.org/module/atten...

"This decision is further confirmation that the administration's paramilitary invasion of Los Angeles violated the Constitution and caused irreparable injury across the region." More on our win from this evening: www.aclusocal.org/en/press-rel...

Ninth Circuit Court Denies Stay in L.A. Raids Case

Decision leaves temporary order in place, barring DHS from unlawful stop practices

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This month, a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order (TRO) barring federal agents from conducting racist, suspicion-less stops. The order also ordered that immigrants arrested must have access to legal counsel. The federal government then immediately challenged the TRO and appealed.

It doesn't take a federal judge to say what we've all witnessed in front of our eyes this last month.

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NEW lawsuit: Sonoma County is operating a runaway warrantless drone surveillance program that regularly invades residents' privacy, interrupts personal lives, and instills dread in those targeted. This violates the CA Constitution and we're taking the County to court. www.aclunc.org/news/aclu-su...

ACLU Sues Sonoma County over Code Enforcement’s Runaway Drone Spying Program | ACLU of Northern CA

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MUST-WATCH: This is the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil from the perspective of his wife, who is 8 months pregnant. This is federal agents in plain clothes dragging a man from his home as punishment for his speech. @nyclu.org @ccrjustice.org @theimeu.bsky.social

GREAT NEWS: Today the court in Santa Barbara granted the motion to quash, adopting reasoning in our amicus brief. The court recognized that, when the government seeks information impacting speech rights, a much higher showing is necessary.

ACLU of Northern California@aclu-norcal.bsky.social · 2y ago

The warrant would have exposed private data of everyone who liked, commented, or messaged these accounts. Universities should protect students' rights to political discourse, not surveil their social media activity. A victory for the whole UCSB community and beyond!