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The World Cup usually cleans up a country’s image. Not this time

Mega sporting events run on a reliable formula. A country wins the hosting rights, spends money it probably shouldn’t, and receives a month-long image makeover in return. The FIFA World Cup has often been held as the ultimate example of this exchange, accused of being the world’s most expensive reputation…

Newslaundry · Jun 12

ACLU Sues After Facial Recognition Falsely Identifies Florida Man as a Child Abductor

Police arrested and charged Robert Dillon with a heinous crime based on nothing more than a faulty image search.

Reason · Jun 11

Florida lawsuit alleges wrongful arrest after AI facial recognition error

Robert Dillon was arrested at home in Florida despite living 300 miles away from where a crime was committed

The Guardian - US · Jun 10

Boy, 11, reunited with mom after year of heartbreak — but fears another separation

An Associated Press investigation reveals that dozens of children who were separated under the first Trump administration have been re-separated, despite a judge's order to reunite them

The Independent UK · Jun 4

Panel on Free Speech at the Library of Congress This Tuesday (June 2), 5:30 to 7:30 pm (Moderated by David Lat)

Mary Anne Franks (GW), Emerson Sykes (ACLU), and I will be discussing a wide range of free speech matters.

Reason · May 29

Trump’s Memphis crime taskforce accused of using ‘immense force’ in intimidation campaign

Exclusive: community observers claim agents have tailed cars, surveilled homes and even ‘falsely arrested’ someone

The Guardian - US · May 28

Judge rules ‘artificial entities’ can vote in Delaware local elections: ‘Stuff of science fiction’

A blow to the ACLU.

We Got This Covered · May 27

Filming Cops Is a First Amendment Right. The Feds Keep Harassing People for It Anyway.

Most federal appeals courts have recognized the right to record police. DHS employees nevertheless seem to view it as a crime.

Reason · May 19

How the ACLU Started Defending the Second Amendment

The civil liberties group, which long maintained that there is no constitutional right to arms, is singing a different tune at the Supreme Court.

Reason · May 12

Lawmakers and Activists Demand Answers After ICE Detainees Launch Hunger Strike at Michigan Facility

Lawmakers and civil rights groups in Michigan are demanding an independent investigation of the North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin, Michigan. The initiative came after immigrants under custody in the privately operated ICE facility launched a hunger and labor strike to protest what advocates described as medical neglect, inadequate food,…

Latin Times · Apr 27