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In principle, we oppose any use of facial recognition software by law enforcement. When used by police in criminal investigations, facial recognition technology can, and has, led to wrongful arrests and civil rights violations.
Letter to Members of the Senate Education and Health Subcommittee on Public Education
On Tuesday, Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed into law SB739 to lift mask mandates in the Commonwealth's public schools.
Today the parents of 12 children with disabilities asked the court to immediately prohibit the Governor and his administration from enforcing Executive Order 2 against Virginia school districts and allow school districts the authority to keep in place the masking requirements.
Parents of children with disabilities in Virginia’s public schools filed a federal lawsuit today challenging Governor Youngkin’s Executive Order 2, which provides that parents of students attending Virginia public schools can elect for their children to not be subjected to mask mandates at their sch
The ACLU of Virginia announced today that a settlement agreement was reached in Burke v. Clarke, a federal lawsuit on behalf of Randy Burke, a practicing Rastafarian who was put in solitary confinement for over five years for refusing to cut his hair.