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Kicking off "Stop Cyber Spying Week"
The ACLU, along with several other groups, is launching a weeklong campaign called "Stop Cyber Spying Week" to draw attention to the massive civil liberties problems in H.R. 3523, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011, better known as CISPA. CISPA is scheduled to be voted on by the House of Representatives next week.
By Mandy Simon
California Pushes Back on the War on Women
Across the country we're seeing ongoing attacks on access to reproductive health care. Massive attacks. The Guttmacher Institute released data today detailing that, just a few months into 2012, hundreds of provisions to restrict abortion access have been introduced in state legislatures around the country. Several have already been enacted. Now, more than ever, it's vitally important that California move in the opposite direction and continue its role as a national leader in ensuring that women have access to reproductive health care.
By Maggie Crosby
UC Davis Report Concludes: the Pepper-Spraying Never Should Have Happened
The long-awaited report on the infamous incident of UC Davis police pepper-spraying non-violent, seated student protesters has been released. It concludes what we all know from watching the shocking videos: "The pepperspraying incident that took place on November 18, 2011 should and could have been prevented." That's the opening to the report, which outlines the various ways that Chancellor Katehi, other Administration officials, and the UC Davis Police Department completely mismanaged the situation at every level.
By Michael T. Risher
California Location Privacy Act of 2012
The California Location Privacy Act (SB 1434) authored by State Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) and co-sponsored by the ACLU of California and the Electronic Frontier Foundation updates California privacy law to reflect the modern mobile world by providing needed protection against warrantless government access to a person's location information.
By ACLU of Northern California
Maryland Legislature to Employers: Hands Off Facebook Passwords
By Allie BohmACLU National Office
By ACLU of Northern California
Prison Realignment: Fix the Funding Formula
After decades of tough-on-crime policies and draconian sentencing practices, California's correctional system - a state with one of the highest incarceration rates in a country with one of the highest incarceration rates - finally buckled under its own weight. Faced with last year's historic Supreme Court order requiring a reduction in prison overcrowding, the state enacted AB 109 to realign the criminal justice system. Under AB 109, most people convicted of low-level, non-violent offenses will no longer go to state prison. Instead, the new law encourages counties to employ alternatives to incarceration and provides options for holding individuals accountable through evidence-based approaches to public safety such as restorative justice, community sanctions, drug and mental health treatment and vocational programs.
By Allen Hopper
Book and Video Sites: Who's Peeking Over Your Shoulder?
THE MORE YOU READ & WATCH ONLINE, THE MORE DIGITAL FOOTPRINTSInformation about what you watch and read onlin
By Nicole A. Ozer
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