Brooke Jenkins's SF DA's office won't file conspiracy or accomplice charges against police officers who participated in and/or covered up a sexual assault, but anti-genocide protestors on the bridge face conspiracy charges carrying potentially 14 years in prison. We said this would happen.

San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins takes a law enforcement hatchet to demonstrators' rights in the streets and in the courtroom:

My Facebook feed is now entirely Chonkers. The algorithm Knows me.

Here's a long article after a long hearing after eight years of advocacy.

I read all the amicus briefs in United States v. Chatrie, the Supreme Court geofence case, so you don’t have to. An expert agrees this is the best one: open.substack.com/pub/granick/...

Over on The Shout, I've written about what it means to me when people tout experienced and successful prosecutors for higher office: open.substack.com/pub/granick/... Take a look and consider subscribing.

ACLU's @granick.bsky.social was once called "the NBA all-star of surveillance law" by @wyden.senate.gov. And now, after many years, she's hanging up her jersey. Read about her important fight over the past decade to protect our data from overbroad digital warrants. www.aclu.org/news/privacy...

Most convincing part of the New York Times piece on Satoshi: "Like Satoshi, Mr. Back used two spaces between sentences, an outdated practice that suggests Satoshi is older than 50. Mr. Back is 55." Indeed. Who even does that anymore?

From 2006 to 2012, I had a blog called The Shout: Opinions on Everything. Fourteen years later, The Shout is back! Same emphatic opinions, but now it's a Substack. Subscribe for my posts (free), or just tune in for awhile.

The Trump administration is pursuing a future where police and corporations control who gets to fly drones in our skies. A new report from our privacy expert Jay Stanley breaks down this disturbing trend and what lawmakers must do to protect the public and press's right to use drones.

NEW: Apple provided the FBI with the real iCloud email address hidden behind Apple’s ‘Hide My Email’ feature, which lets paying iCloud+ users generate anonymous email addresses, according to a recently filed court record.

It has been years since I have been as excited about something as I am about this.

Seventeen years of worrying...

Let's not call a second strike to kill survivors a "double tap".

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 after-intelligence.cca.edu/events/day-1...

Bend the knee, get screwed over twice. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...

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

In case it wasn't clear, we are the dogs. And we're not lost. www.404media.co/leaked-email...

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. www.404media.co/with-ring-am...

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.

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. harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...

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...

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 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 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...

ICE 🇺🇸 has been on a surveillance shopping spree www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

It's easy to call your Senator and tell them to vote "no" on ICE funding: act.aclu.org/a/ice-out-se...

The New York Times excels at reporting based on video analysis. Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

The Cato Institute is hiring a full-time Executive Power Scholar: recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/j... #jobs

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

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.

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

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.

#jobs with the excellent Brennan Center: Technology Policy Strategist, for someone with a graduate degree or equivalent experience in computer science, public policy, law or a related field: brennancenter.applytojob.com/apply/7G4Zjj.... This position is based in their NY office. 1/2

My first book, Takeover, was about Dick Cheney's quest to expand presidential power (or "restore" it, as he saw it, to the level it had reached when Nixon was president, before Watergate). First two chapters, including Cheney's rise, free here: charliesavage.com/books/takeov...

How can it be that Dick Cheney was 84 this entire time?

www.aclu.org/careers/appl... These are the best jobs. #jobs

I know you're busy. We're all busy. But it is SO, SO important to show up for freedom and democracy on Saturday. There are hundreds of events planned; find one near you here: www.nokings.org

Find a demonstration near you: www.nokings.org#map

www.acludc.org/jobs/staff-a... #jobs

@flohmann.bsky.social on Prop. 50: "for those who hate this partisan gerrymandering race to the bottom, I hear you, but a principled stand in California won’t restore fairness in the face of gerrymandering everywhere else" docs.google.com/document/d/1...

It's great that some of the charges against journalist @bubbaprog.xyz were thrown out. We needed some good news. We wrote last year about why the rest should be tossed too. It's not journalists' job to keep corporations' secrets, and it's not computer fraud when they report what they find online.

ACLU SoCal is hiring! #jobs They are looking for a Senior Staff Attorney or Staff Attorney to work full-time on our Immigrants’ Rights team, with a focus on Kern County. www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...

@nyclu.org (New York Civil Liberties Union) is hiring for a two-year litigation and related-advocacy position – the Richard Feldman Legal Fellowship – which will primarily focus on the rights of LGBTQ communities and gender equity. recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/j...