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Jay Stanley

Senior Policy Analyst

ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project

Bio

Jay Stanley is senior policy analyst with the ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, where he researches, writes and speaks about technology-related privacy and civil liberties issues and their future. He edits the ACLU Free Future blog, focused on emerging technology, and has authored and co-authored hundreds of influential ACLU reports, white papers, and blog posts on privacy and technology topics.

Featured work

Hidden microphone coming between wooden slats on wall.

Feb 27, 2023

Firestorm Over Green Bay City Hall Surveillance Microphones is a Reminder of Country We Don’t Want to Live In

Firestorm Over Green Bay City Hall Surveillance Microphones is a Reminder of Country We Don’t Want to Live In
Phone screen with keyhole on a digital shield.

Feb 15, 2023

New Mobile Phone Service Shows We Can Have Both Privacy and Nice Things

New Mobile Phone Service Shows We Can Have Both Privacy and Nice Things
Cars driving on a highway.

Feb 13, 2023

How to Pump the Brakes on Your Police Department’s Use of Flock’s Mass Surveillance License Plate Readers

How to Pump the Brakes on Your Police Department’s Use of Flock’s Mass Surveillance License Plate Readers
Demonstrators, (holding various signs, with the most prominent reading "WE ALL SAW THAT MOVIE ... NO KILLER ROBOTS") protest the use of robots by the San Francisco Police Department outside of City Hall in San Francisco, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022.

Dec 16, 2022

It’s Simply Too Dangerous to Arm Robots

It’s Simply Too Dangerous to Arm Robots
The Evolv Express weapons detection system.

Nov 2, 2022

Are Gun Detectors the Answer to Mass Shootings?

Are Gun Detectors the Answer to Mass Shootings?
The back of a woman who is working on a laptop.

Aug 26, 2022

The Nightmarish Loss of Workplace Privacy

The Nightmarish Loss of Workplace Privacy
A close-up of a video surveillance unit set up in front of the U.S. Capitol building.

Jul 15, 2022

Six Questions to Ask Before Accepting a Surveillance Technology

Six Questions to Ask Before Accepting a Surveillance Technology
A drone hovering in the air

Jun 3, 2022

Communities Should Have a Say in Whether They Want Drones

Communities Should Have a Say in Whether They Want Drones
Two bitcoins on top of a pile of cash.

Mar 28, 2022

We Need Digital Cash That is Actually Like Cash

We Need Digital Cash That is Actually Like Cash
The silhouette of a pilot wearing a facemask walking past a window with a Delta plane outside.

Feb 9, 2022

Airlines Want the Government to Create a New Passenger No-Fly List

Airlines Want the Government to Create a New Passenger No-Fly List