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 is the editor of the ACLU's Free Future blog and has authored and co-authored a variety of influential ACLU reports on privacy and technology topics. Before joining the ACLU, he was an analyst at the technology research firm Forrester, served as American politics editor of Facts on File’s World News Digest, and as national newswire editor at Medialink. He is a graduate of Williams College and holds an M.A. in American History from the University of Virginia.
Featured work
Dec 17, 2024
Face Recognition Threatens to Replace Tickets, ID at Sports Events – and Beyond
Dec 10, 2024
AI Generated Police Reports Raise Concerns Around Transparency, Bias
Oct 24, 2024
DHS Focus on "Soft Targets" Risks Out-of-Control Surveillance
Oct 10, 2024
State Legislatures Need to Block Creation of Nightmarish National Identity System
May 15, 2024
States Dust Off Obscure Anti-Mask Laws to Target Pro-Palestine Protesters
Mar 6, 2024
Communities Should Reject Surveillance Products Whose Makers Won't Allow Them to be Independently Evaluated
Dec 6, 2023
New Point-and-Shoot Chemical Detectors Raise Privacy and Constitutional Issues
Nov 30, 2023
Some Steps to Defend Against Online Doxxing and Harassment
Oct 31, 2023
TSA Shouldn't Force a Bad Digital ID System on America
