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Protect Journalists from Government Surveillance
The First Amendment guarantees freedom of the press, but journalists cannot do their jobs if the government forces them to turn over their communications or reveal their sources.
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Surprise! The FBI was caught spying on activists again. End FBI access to foreign surveillance authorities.
Section 702 is up for reauthorization by Congress this year. The authority should not be reauthorized unless Congress takes major steps to defend the Fourth Amendment.
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Congress is trying to take away your right to boycott. Again.
Boycotts for political and social change have been recognized as political speech warranting the fullest protections of the First Amendment. Yet, Congress is once again trying to curtail this core First Amendment right.
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The government can obtain your data without you ever knowing. Take action to restrict gag orders!
Tell the Senate to pass the NDO Fairness Act!
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Defend encryption!
Encryption keeps us safe. But two bills are coming through Congress that would erode encryption and limit freedom of expression on the internet.
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Start a Local Campaign
We have developed the following local campaigns, which allow individual municipalities to do what the federal government will not: protect law-abiding Americans’ liberty and privacy, and hold accountable government officials complicit in torture.
- Local Civil Rights Restoration (LCRR) campaigns focus on ending local police participation in warrantless surveillance and profiling based on race, religion, or political viewpoint
- Campaigns to restore due process and the right to trial work to end the indefinite military detention powers authorized by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012
- Torture-free zone campaigns give local communities a voice to call for executive officials who authorized torture to be held accountable for their crimes