American Civil Liberties Union Foundation

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and the laws of the United States. The award provides flexible support to the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, which is dedicated to protecting and expanding the freedoms of expression, association, and inquiry; expanding the right to privacy and increasing control that individuals have over their personal information; and ensuring that civil liberties are enhanced rather than compromised by new advances in science and technology. Work undertaken by the Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project includes a mix of strategic litigation, public policy advocacy, media outreach, reports and analysis on technology and rights-based issues, engagement in internet standards bodies, and advocacy focused on technology company policies and practices.

For nearly 100 years, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has worked to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and the laws of the United States. The award provides support to the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy and Technology Project, which is dedicated to protecting and expanding the freedoms of expression, association and inquiry, expand the right to privacy and increasing control that individuals have over their personal information; and, ensuring that civil liberties are enhanced rather than compromised by new advances in science and technology. Work undertaken by the Speech, Privacy and Technology Project includes: strategic litigation, public policy advocacy, and media outreach; strengthening free expression, privacy and security through internet standards bodies; and advancing free speech and privacy values in technology company policies.

X-Grant to support a strategy meeting on artificial intelligence (AI) that will bring together American Civil Liberties Union national and state-level affiliate staff and other experts to discuss the ways in which AI technologies are impacting core organizational issues such as racial justice, immigrant rights, free speech and privacy.

For nearly 100 years, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has worked to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and the laws of the United States. The award supports the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, which is dedicated to protecting and expanding the freedoms of expression, association and inquiry; expanding the right to privacy and increasing the control that individuals have over their personal information; and, ensuring that civil liberties are enhanced rather than compromised by new advances in science and technology. The work undertaken by the Speech, Privacy and Technology Project includes: strengthening free expression, privacy, and security through Internet standards bodies; undertaking strategic litigation, public policy advocacy, and media outreach; and, advancing free speech and privacy values in technology company policies.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonpartisan public-interest organization founded in 1920 and devoted to protecting basic civil liberties in the United States. With offices in all 50 states, and a network of 250 staff attorneys and over 1000 volunteer attorneys, it works through litigation, advocacy, and public education to monitor and defend Constitutional

rights. The ACLU organizes its work nationally through four centers - Justice, Democracy, Liberty and Equality. This grant supports the ACLU's Center for Equality, which addresses issues affecting America's most vulnerable citizens, including immigrants, people of color, and the poor. A central focus of its work is directed to defending and expanding voting rights; challenging laws that unnecessarily discourage voting; and holding public agencies accountable to their responsibilities to register voters, define fair legislative districts, and reduce the barriers to increased voter participation.