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• Profiling of Particular Populations | Civil Liberties | THEY ARE WATCHING

  Often, the government’s gaze doesn’t fall on everyone equally. Advanced surveillance technologies may be targeted inappropriately at particular groups or used disproportionately in minority communitie...

• Civil Liberties Listing Page | THEY ARE WATCHING

  Civil Liberties Concerns Surveillance programs can impact civil liberties in many ways. It is important to weigh these costs when considering the approval of new surveillance technologies. Click on...

• Insider Abuse | Civil Liberties | THEY ARE WATCHING

  Covert surveillance systems are powerful tools that can be abused. They present unethical law enforcement officers with the opportunity to stalk or harass partners, ex-partners, friends, and rivals. T...

• Affects Who You Want to Be Seen With | Civil Liberties | THEY ARE WATCHING

  Individuals should be free to live their lives without the fear that their lawful activities, private relationships, and personal proclivities are being monitored by police or other citizens.Some inve...

• No Place Is Private | Civil Liberties | THEY ARE WATCHING

  New surveillance technologies – especially systems that allow government investigators to easily monitor our movements in great detail over large lengths of time – challenge our conceptions of solitud...

• Stifling Free Speech | Civil Liberties | THEY ARE WATCHING

  We should be able to express our minds freely without fear that the government will monitor us, keep a permanent record of our activities, and use that record to harass or coerce us. We certainly shou...