Minnesota Independent

ACLU seeks stop to Northfield school’s censoring of LGBT web content

By Andy Birkey | 05.04.11 | 11:33 am

The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota is demanding that the Northfield School District stop filtering LGBT internet content on the district’s computers. Calling it unconstitutional, the group sent a letter to the district calling for a halt to the filtering as well as a data practices request to identify how the filters got put into place. The move is part of the ACLU’s broader “Don’t Filter Me” project to prevent filtering of LGBT content.

Civil liberties advocates question government-spying bill

By Paul Demko | 03.20.09 | 4:02 pm

Members of peace groups and labor unions expressed fear this morning over a proposed bill, sponsored by Rep. John Lesch (DFL-St. Paul), that would make it easier for law enforcement to secretly keep and and share information about citizens.

ACLU weighs public’s, press’ right to record government meetings

By Chris Steller | 03.12.09 | 3:26 pm

The courts’ lag in keeping up with technological advances in American society could slow efforts to open government meetings to broader media access. That’s the word from Teresa Nelson, attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota, who is watching the current battle over limits on media access at the state House of Representatives with an eye to take possible action.