The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of California has released a new mobile app for smartphones that lets users automatically send videos of police directly to the advocacy organization, the Los Angeles Times reports. ACLU of Southern California Executive Director Hector Villagra said, “We want to multiply the number of cameras that can be trained on police officers at any time,” adding, “They need to know that anything they do could be seen by the entire world.” However, some are raising privacy concerns about the app. “Everyone wants to keep an eye on the police,” said Loyola Law Prof. Laurie Levenson. “But in these incidents, the police are interacting with an individual involved in the worst conduct of their lives … The ACLU needs to consider their privacy rights.” (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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