Jennifer Stisa Granick

Contemplating an Algorithmic Future | After Intelligence Examining how artificial intelligence reshapes perception, power, and experience, and asking what that demands of us as citizens, creators, and thinkers.

I was on a fascinating panel put on by Helen Maria Nugent at CCA about AI and Art: Contemplating an Algorithmic Future, as part of CCA's After Intelligence event.

My presentation, on AI and surveillance, is available here

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Trump Administration Abandons Efforts to Impose Orders on Law Firms

Bend the knee, get screwed over twice.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...

Israel hacked security cameras, phones to track Khamenei - FT

Israel hacked security cameras, phones to track Khamenei - FT | Iran International share.google/YT0LnRFYKNMC...

Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand ‘Search Party’ Surveillance Beyond Dogs Ring's CEO told staff the feature is “first for finding dogs,” indicating a plan to expand.

In case it wasn't clear, we are the dogs. And we're not lost.

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Video: How ICE Is Pushing Tech Companies to Identify Protesters The DHS is flooding social media companies with administrative subpoenas to identify accounts that are protesting ICE. Social media companies have pushed back but are largely complying. Our tech repor...

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With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.

Unlike, say, data analytics giant Palantir, Ring is a surveillance network that homeowners have by and large deployed themselves, powered by fear mongering against our neighbors and unfettered consumerism.

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Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

In recent months, Google, Reddit, Discord and Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, have received hundreds of administrative subpoenas from DHS. This explosion is because they want to punish people for resisting their violent, discriminatory deportation campaign.

Fourth Amendment Equilibrium Adjustment in an Age of Technological Upheaval - Harvard Law Review The Digital Fourth Amendment is written by Professor Orin Kerr, one of the country’s foremost authorities on the Fourth Amendment, electronic privacy, and criminal procedure. Kerr’s work has been deep...

CIS Affiliate @granick.bsky.social reviews Orin Kerr's "The Digital Fourth Amendment," agreeing with his "equilibrium-adjustment" theory but criticizing his cautious approach to tech surveillance & his 1920s baseline that ignores racism in policing harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...

I'm delighted that the Harvard Law Review has published a book review of "The Digital Fourth Amendment." The review, by @granick.bsky.social, is here.
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Outlook From To Date Thu 10/30/2025 10:34 AM dernbach @gmail.com> Mr. Dernbach, don't play Russian roulette with H's life. Err on the side of caution. There's a reason the US government along with many other governments don't recognise the Taliban. Apply principles of common sense and decency.

The email that launched a 99-day DHS investigation.

The investigation is over — but not the concerns it raises.

Today, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/dhss-inves...

@orinkerr.bsky.social wrote an excellent book, The Digital Fourth Amendment, and I wrote a review of it. harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/u...

Here's where you can buy the book: a.co/d/04G3OPoz

DHS is waging a bi-coastal assault on the free speech rights of people speaking truth about power. Last fall, in a separate case, the agency unsuccessfully sought the identity of our client who discusses ICE activity on Instagram. www.aclunorcal.org/press-releas...

After Intelligence | CCA A public inquiry into the impacts of artificial intelligence and automation on cultural production, civic life, and the human imagination, and our role in shaping what comes next.

Bay Area friends: I'll be speaking at this California College of the Arts event tomorrow, talking about the use of AI in the criminal system. There'll be other cool speakers too. RSVP! It's free...

after-intelligence.cca.edu

ICE is afraid of children protesting “Next time, I’ll be back with a gas mask.”

ICE tear gassed a bunch of children on Saturday. This was a massive escalation of force. They were shooting tear gas at the back of the crowd, it took these unmasked people maybe 3-5 minutes in the cloud of tear gas to escape in without trampling. www.theverge.com/policy/87278...

Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.

Homeland Security is targeting Americans who criticize it with unfounded investigations fueled by judicially-unsupervised administrative subpoenas.

This article tells the story of our client who was so targeted.

www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

"The TSA’s New $45 Fee to Fly Without ID is Illegal," Says Regulatory… The law, as written, is clear: You have the right to fly without ID, without paying a $45 fee, and without answering questions, says a career travel…

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The powerful tools in ICE’s arsenal to track suspects — and protesters Biometric trackers, cellphone location databases and drones are among the surveillance technologies agents are using in their immigration enforcement campaign.

ICE 🇺🇸 has been on a surveillance shopping spree

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ICE OUT FOR GOOD: CALL YOUR SENATOR TO REIN IN ICE AND BORDER PATROL Take action with ACLU People Power!

It's easy to call your Senator and tell them to vote "no" on ICE funding:

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Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis An analysis of footage from three camera angles show that the vehicle appears to be turning away from a federal officer as he opened fire.

The New York Times excels at reporting based on video analysis.

Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis

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Cato Institute - Executive Power Scholar The Cato Institute seeks a full-time Executive Power Scholar to: 1) conduct original research on the rise, uses, and abuses of executive authority in the United States; and 2) develop reform ideas and...

The Cato Institute is hiring a full-time Executive Power Scholar:
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Careers at ACLU Join our team! We’re looking for committed, passionate people for open roles at the ACLU.

ACLU's Disability Rights Program is hiring a Deputy Project Director based in San Francisco or Washington, D.C. #jobs

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Yeah, I'm demoralized too, K.

If a foreign country bombed us (killing noone-is-reporting-how-many Americans) and loaded Trump onto an airplane for a foreign prison, would we call it "regime change" or an invasion? Would we say Trump was "captured", or abducted?

News needs to use the right words, not euphemisms.

As a New College alum, I also noticed the article does not mention DeSantis' vow to remake my alma mater into a "Hillsdale of the South"-- a private Christian school that doesn't take federal funding so that it doesn't have to comply with civil rights laws. I very much appreciate your analysis.

I give in honor of our dog Loki. She was an amazing dog, and we were lucky enough to be able to afford to take care of all her needs. She died at a ripe old age, and every animal deserves the same care.

I gave money to San Francisco Aid for Animals, a nonprofit that helps pay for medical care for animals whose families cannot afford the treatment. There are few greater joys in life than the love between a pet and an owner, and money shouldn't be allowed to come between them.

www.sfafa.org

My father grew up very poor. They didn't always know where the next meal was coming from. When he would see a woman begging on the street, he would swing the car around to give her money, and say, "she reminds me of my mother". So I gave in memory of his mother, my grandmother, Leah Wiseman.

San Francisco-Marin Food Bank - Every $1 Donated Provides 2 Meals‎ 1 in 5 residents in San Francisco and Marin needs food assistance. Every $1 Donated Provides 2 Meals. Help provide #FoodForAll

I gave money to the SF-Marin food bank. Food insecurity is real, especially when kids aren't in school, where estimates are that almost 20% of all kids rely on free lunch for their nutrition. With cuts to SNAP programs, families don't know if they are going to have enough to eat. It's immoral.

Thank you for the support! I've got my confirmation hearings locked in.