The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) defends and preserves individual rights and liberties in the United States, as guaranteed by the Constitution. It engages in legal advocacy, public education, and lobbying to protect civil rights, focusing on issues like freedom of speech, privacy, and equality. The ACLU serves individuals and communities, particularly marginalized groups such as immigrants, LGBTQ+ individuals, and racial minorities, who face government overreach and discrimination. Its funding comes from donations, grants, and membership fees, which support its legal cases and advocacy campaigns. The ACLU's goal is to ensure that civil liberties are upheld for everyone, making it a crucial player in the fight for social justice.

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Cars lined up along the side of the road heading into Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Monday night. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper)The Port of Seattle plans to implement technology that it hopes will deter drivers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) from parking alongside airport roadways while waiting to pick up arriving travelers.A Port official confirmed that a system is being developed to automatically read the license plates of cars parked on the side of the road. It’s not clear what type of license-plate-reading tech the Port will use. But mobile systems adopted by other government agencies, including the Seattle Police Department, capture images of license plates to enforce laws.The Port official told GeekWire the system wasn’t ready to be deployed just yet.SEA features a “cell phone lot” intended to give drivers a free parking space where they can wait for inbound travelers to call upon arrival. The lot is a short distance from the airport terminal.SEA says on its website that drivers can wait up to 20 minutes in the cell phone lot.Improvements in 2022 were aimed at smoothing the entrances and exits to the 200-space lot and keeping traffic flowing on the nearby Airport Expressway, South 170th Street, and Air Cargo Road.Vehicles stream into the cell phone lot at Sea-Tac Airport Monday night where they can park for free while awaiting arriving travelers. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper)But congestion at the airport is a significant enough problem that many drivers ignore no parking signs on roadways outside the cell phone lot and do their waiting on the road shoulder instead

Port Of Seattle Plans To Use Tech To Target Waiting Drivers Who Park On Side Of Roadway At Airport

A court ruling striking down net neutrality has local advocates bracing for the impacts — just like they’ve been doing for more than a decade.A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked the Federal Communications Commission’s latest efforts to restore rules that would treat internet service providers (ISPs) like utility companies, requiring all customers be treated equally — no slowed speeds, filtered content or higher prices for select sites.Small businesses, digital equity advocates and regional governments have long fought for those rules to stay in place, arguing that without them, ISP could limit internet access for smaller orgs, deepen the digital divide and throttle content to impact what some users see.This time, however, the court sided with the ISPs that say the FCC would need congressional authorization to enforce the rules, stoking fears that net neutrality could be dead for at least another four years.The Biden Administration pushed for open internet before the Trump Administration, which previously repealed the rules, takes over. Leaders urge Congress to pick up net neutrality to get it over the line, but judges say it’s become a political battle more than anything else.This order—issued during the Biden administration—undoes the order issued during the first Trump administration, which undid the order issued during the Obama administration, which undid orders issued during the Bush and Clinton administrations,” the judges wrote.What happens now? The fight between both sides continues. As advocates have planned for since 2017, it’s back to legislative pushes — and supporting communities with affordable internet access where they can.“We will be fighting to make sure all our senators and representatives repeal this horrible mess,” MMP’s policy director Hannah Sassaman told Technical.ly when Trump appealed the Obama-era rules.As big ISPs speak out, advocates try local gov, Congress insteadJust like in previous years, we can expect protests, outspoken politicians and discussions of local regulations to return in an effort to preserve net neutrality — especially given Brendan Carr’s, Trump’s pick to lead the FCC, strong support for today’s appeals court decision.“While the work to unwind the Biden Admin’s regulatory overreach will continue, this is a good win,” Carr wrote on X.Back in 2017, bots flooded the FCC comment process to convince the agency not to repeal net neutrality rules. Real, live humans showed up, too. They rallied at Verizon stores and the Comcast building to tell the pro-repeal crowd why they disagreed.“Listen, listen, FCC, the Internet belongs to me,” the crowd chanted.In fact, Comcast and Time Warner Cable donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to defeat 2014 New York lieutenant governor candidate Tim Wu, known as the inventor of net neutrality.Still, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts defended his stance on the topic in a 2017 Bloomberg interview. ISPs generally argue that internet access isn’t the same as other public utilities or even telephones

Net Neutrality Strikedown Reignites The Internet Access Debate — Again

Topline. The best-performing stock on the SP 500 this year isn’t Nvidia or Tesla, but rather another, more under-the-radar name benefitting from the artificial intelligence gold rush: Palantir Technologies, the data-hungry defense contractor run by eccentric billionaire Alex Karp. Palantir stock's 2024 rise has coincided with an AI boom.AFP via Getty Images Key Facts

This Ai Company Is The S&P 500'S Best Performing Stock Of 2024 (Hint: It'S Not Nvidia)

Smaw was named president of ACLU Florida and directed to pick two to four other state board members.

ACLU vs. ACLU Florida settlement stokes concerns about state group's direction

The American Civil Liberties Union announced recently that it has appointed Cecillia Wang as the organization's next National Legal Director.

ACLU Names Cecillia Wang as New National Legal Director

KALAMAZOO, MI - The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan has partnered with Goodwin Procter, a multinational law firm, on behalf of YWCA Kalamazoo to sue the state of Michigan and challenge its ban on abortion care in Medicaid coverage.

Voices of Youth: ACLU, YWCA Kalamazoo sue Michigan over Medicaid's abortion coverage ban

ACLU of Arkansas welcomes staff attorney Shelby Shroff and Legal Fellow Hadiyah Cummings.

ACLU of Arkansas Welcomes Staff Attorney Shelby Shroff and Legal Fellow Hadiyah Cummings

Last month, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California sued US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to obtain records revealing how the agency's deportation flights could be expanded to carry out a mass deportation programme.

Bahamas rejects Trump proposal to take in deported third-country migrants

The ACLU of New Jersey today announced the appointment of Ezra Rosenberg (headshot here) as the organization's Director of Appellate Advocacy.

ACLU-NJ Expands Team with Addition of Director of Appellate Advocacy Ezra Rosenberg

LAS VEGAS - In a win for election transparency, Nye County has agreed to a settlement with the ACLU of Nevada in a lawsuit challenging the County's restrictions on poll observers based on political affiliation.

ACLU OF NEVADA SECURES FAIR ACCESS FOR POLL OBSERVERS IN NYE COUNTY

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