Matt regularly speaks to press about issues at the intersection of technology and civil liberties.

 

“Face-scanning police body cameras have no place on our streets, where they can be used for dragnet surveillance of people going about their private lives, including their locations and personal associations.”

 

The technology “provides government with unprecedented power to track people going about their daily lives. That’s incompatible with a healthy democracy.”

 

“Amazon is handing governments a surveillance system primed for abuse. And that’s why we’re blowing the whistle right now.”

 

“Folks online consent to policies all the time without being meaningfully explained what is happening with our data, and the stakes are much higher here: Under guise of consent, this could invite needless surveillance of private lives”

 

“These platforms should be doing more to protect the free speech rights of activists of color.... When they open their feeds to companies that market surveillance products, they risk putting their users in harm’s way.”

 

“By controlling the identity of the speaker with this policy, Facebook has the effect of both reducing speech and eliminating speakers from the platform altogether. This is a particularly concerning move to the ACLU because forums like Facebook serve as the modern-day equivalent of the public square for a lot of communities."

 

“We think that whenever these surveillance technologies are on the table, there needs to be a meaningful debate....There needs to be safeguards and oversight.”

 

“[C]ommunity members want more transparency and they want to exercise oversight....[P]olice departments like Anaheim shouldn’t be turning cell phones into spy networks."