Nick Hidalgo
@nickhidalgo.bsky.social
Senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Northern California
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NEW: A risk assessment found that leading general-use chatbots — ChatGPT, Gemini, Meta AI, and Claude — are "fundamentally unsafe" for teen mental health support, failing to catch important red flags and responding inappropriately to users exhibiting signs of crisis.
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Report Finds That Leading Chatbots Are a Disaster for Teens Facing Mental Health Struggles
A report found that leading chatbots are "fundamentally unsafe" for teens looking for mental health support, and failed to catch red flags.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
NEW: A risk assessment found that leading general-use chatbots — ChatGPT, Gemini, Meta AI, and Claude — are "fundamentally unsafe" for teen mental health support, failing to catch important red flags and responding inappropriately to users exhibiting signs of crisis.
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Today @eff.org & our @aclu-norcal.bsky.social team sued San Jose alleging its warrantless searches for driver locations are unconstitutional. This program is fed by a vast network of license plate readers and amasses people's private habits, associations, and movements www.aclunc.org/news/lawsuit...
Lawsuit Challenges San Jose’s Warrantless ALPR Mass Surveillance | ACLU of Northern CA
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November 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Today @eff.org & our @aclu-norcal.bsky.social team sued San Jose alleging its warrantless searches for driver locations are unconstitutional. This program is fed by a vast network of license plate readers and amasses people's private habits, associations, and movements www.aclunc.org/news/lawsuit...
The San Jose PD regularly conducts warrantless searches through its massive license plate reader database, allowing it to reconstruct detailed maps of a person’s movements through the City going back as far as a year. This poses a serious threat to communities’ privacy and freedom of movement.
November 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The San Jose PD regularly conducts warrantless searches through its massive license plate reader database, allowing it to reconstruct detailed maps of a person’s movements through the City going back as far as a year. This poses a serious threat to communities’ privacy and freedom of movement.
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Don't be evil?
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
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"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
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Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
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November 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Don't be evil?
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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Been out of the SCOTUS opinion analysis for a min (baby). But this Gorsuch Dissent (joined by Thomas 😮) from cert. denial in Veneno v. US, which challenged the Major Crimes Act (a fed. law that allows feds. to prosecute crimes on Indian Reservations), is worth discussing/explaining for a sec. 🧵 1/8
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Been out of the SCOTUS opinion analysis for a min (baby). But this Gorsuch Dissent (joined by Thomas 😮) from cert. denial in Veneno v. US, which challenged the Major Crimes Act (a fed. law that allows feds. to prosecute crimes on Indian Reservations), is worth discussing/explaining for a sec. 🧵 1/8
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Amazon is firing 14,000 employees so that it can invest more in AI.
Record profits for billionaire CEOs has never stopped greedy corporations from screwing over working people.
The system is rigged.
Record profits for billionaire CEOs has never stopped greedy corporations from screwing over working people.
The system is rigged.
October 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Amazon is firing 14,000 employees so that it can invest more in AI.
Record profits for billionaire CEOs has never stopped greedy corporations from screwing over working people.
The system is rigged.
Record profits for billionaire CEOs has never stopped greedy corporations from screwing over working people.
The system is rigged.
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I can see them wanting to do this to "monitor drivers", but ultimately this is about SURVEILLANCE! Imagine the kind of footage they're getting of the streets, people at their homes, and in their homes, given what the average driver sees in a day! SMH
October 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I can see them wanting to do this to "monitor drivers", but ultimately this is about SURVEILLANCE! Imagine the kind of footage they're getting of the streets, people at their homes, and in their homes, given what the average driver sees in a day! SMH
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We at @aclu-norcal.bsky.social and @aclupa.org filed this motion to protect people exercising their First Amendment rights to speak out anonymously. These summonses are intolerable abuses of power by DHS.
The court JUST ordered Meta not to reveal anything to DHS until further notice.
The court JUST ordered Meta not to reveal anything to DHS until further notice.
October 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
We at @aclu-norcal.bsky.social and @aclupa.org filed this motion to protect people exercising their First Amendment rights to speak out anonymously. These summonses are intolerable abuses of power by DHS.
The court JUST ordered Meta not to reveal anything to DHS until further notice.
The court JUST ordered Meta not to reveal anything to DHS until further notice.
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If you're going out to protest this weekend and wondering how to protect yourself from digital surveillance, @aclu-norcal.bsky.social has a video for you (featuring, yes, me).
We draw heavily from @eff.org's fantastic Surveillance Self Defense resource, available here: ssd.eff.org/module/atten...
We draw heavily from @eff.org's fantastic Surveillance Self Defense resource, available here: ssd.eff.org/module/atten...
October 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
If you're going out to protest this weekend and wondering how to protect yourself from digital surveillance, @aclu-norcal.bsky.social has a video for you (featuring, yes, me).
We draw heavily from @eff.org's fantastic Surveillance Self Defense resource, available here: ssd.eff.org/module/atten...
We draw heavily from @eff.org's fantastic Surveillance Self Defense resource, available here: ssd.eff.org/module/atten...
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Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
October 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
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BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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In Illinois, the Evanston Police Department shared their automatic license plate readers with at least seven out-of-state agencies for immigration enforcement. evanstonroundtable.com/2025/06/16/f...
FOIA records reveal Evanston data accessible to out-of-state police making ICE searches - Evanston RoundTable
An automated license plate reader (on black pole) in Evanston just east of the North Shore Channel. The camera looks east along Oakton Street. The
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June 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
In Illinois, the Evanston Police Department shared their automatic license plate readers with at least seven out-of-state agencies for immigration enforcement. evanstonroundtable.com/2025/06/16/f...
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New from me: Let’s call AI something else.
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I'm drawing on the excellent new book "The AI Con" by @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social - and our recent Techtonic interview (click "pop-up player" at www.wfmu.org/playlists/sh... ).
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I'm drawing on the excellent new book "The AI Con" by @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social - and our recent Techtonic interview (click "pop-up player" at www.wfmu.org/playlists/sh... ).
June 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
New from me: Let’s call AI something else.
buttondown.com/creativegood...
I'm drawing on the excellent new book "The AI Con" by @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social - and our recent Techtonic interview (click "pop-up player" at www.wfmu.org/playlists/sh... ).
buttondown.com/creativegood...
I'm drawing on the excellent new book "The AI Con" by @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social - and our recent Techtonic interview (click "pop-up player" at www.wfmu.org/playlists/sh... ).
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This lawsuit seeks to uphold a basic constitutional principle: when the government wants to pry into people’s homes and private lives, it must get a warrant.
Read more about the ACLU’s case here: www.aclunc.org/our-work/leg...
Read more about the ACLU’s case here: www.aclunc.org/our-work/leg...
June 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This lawsuit seeks to uphold a basic constitutional principle: when the government wants to pry into people’s homes and private lives, it must get a warrant.
Read more about the ACLU’s case here: www.aclunc.org/our-work/leg...
Read more about the ACLU’s case here: www.aclunc.org/our-work/leg...
Awesome! This is the most excited I’ve ever been about Bluebook rules!
…Alright fine, the only time I’ve ever been excited about them.
…Alright fine, the only time I’ve ever been excited about them.
🚨 Super exciting news…the new edition of the Bluebook has a brand new rule…
Rule 22 on how to cite materials from Tribal Nations!!!
A long overdue and welcome development. Tribal Law scholars, we have a lot to be proud of today.
Tribal Law and Tribal Nations are a little less invisible today.🫶🏽✊🏽
Rule 22 on how to cite materials from Tribal Nations!!!
A long overdue and welcome development. Tribal Law scholars, we have a lot to be proud of today.
Tribal Law and Tribal Nations are a little less invisible today.🫶🏽✊🏽
June 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Awesome! This is the most excited I’ve ever been about Bluebook rules!
…Alright fine, the only time I’ve ever been excited about them.
…Alright fine, the only time I’ve ever been excited about them.
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We just sued Sonoma County for its warrantless drone program. With 700+ flights logged, county agents routinely launch low-altitude drones that invade people’s privacy in and around their homes. This violates the California Constitution, full stop.
Sonoma County has used drones to take thousands of pictures of rural residents' properties.
‘Shattered sense of privacy and security’: ACLU sues Sonoma County over code enforcement drone program
Sonoma County has used drones to take thousands of pictures of rural residents’ properties. Three of those residents, in the ACLU suit, contend that warrantless surveillance violates the California Constitution and constitutes an illegal use of taxpayer funds.
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June 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
We just sued Sonoma County for its warrantless drone program. With 700+ flights logged, county agents routinely launch low-altitude drones that invade people’s privacy in and around their homes. This violates the California Constitution, full stop.
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Networked surveillance doesn’t see state lines. But the law can, and stories like these are precisely why @aclu-norcal.bsky.social and @eff.org has fought to enforce California’s ban on sharing license plate reader info across state lines. www.eff.org/press/releas...
May 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Networked surveillance doesn’t see state lines. But the law can, and stories like these are precisely why @aclu-norcal.bsky.social and @eff.org has fought to enforce California’s ban on sharing license plate reader info across state lines. www.eff.org/press/releas...
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The Sun-Times' AI content also includes made up experts, quotes, and publications. It's the same story, over and over: a news outlet outsources work to freelancers or third-party firms that use AI, and that content is thrown in with actual human work w/o review.
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May 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The Sun-Times' AI content also includes made up experts, quotes, and publications. It's the same story, over and over: a news outlet outsources work to freelancers or third-party firms that use AI, and that content is thrown in with actual human work w/o review.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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Pritzker: The reckoning is here. And now that this culture of timidity is on display, these same do-nothing Democrats want to blame our losses on the defense of Black people, trans kids, and immigrants, instead of on their own lack of guts and gumption.
April 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Pritzker: The reckoning is here. And now that this culture of timidity is on display, these same do-nothing Democrats want to blame our losses on the defense of Black people, trans kids, and immigrants, instead of on their own lack of guts and gumption.
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The FBI just arrested a sitting judge.
April 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The FBI just arrested a sitting judge.
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Highly Recommended: We Weave, by Vandever and Mitchell -- Diné author and illustrator! americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2025/04/high...
Highly Recommended: WE WEAVE by Daniel W. Vandever and Deonoveigh Mitchell
Designed to help readers develop a critical eye about representations of American Indians in children's and young adult books
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April 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Highly Recommended: We Weave, by Vandever and Mitchell -- Diné author and illustrator! americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2025/04/high...
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Ideas aren't illegal.
People aren’t illegal.
And if ICE tries to intimidate people from freely expressing themselves, it's our job to stop it.
People aren’t illegal.
And if ICE tries to intimidate people from freely expressing themselves, it's our job to stop it.
April 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Ideas aren't illegal.
People aren’t illegal.
And if ICE tries to intimidate people from freely expressing themselves, it's our job to stop it.
People aren’t illegal.
And if ICE tries to intimidate people from freely expressing themselves, it's our job to stop it.
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A new report shows how CA schools fail to provide Native students with an equitable & inclusive education. The report provides tools for advocates working for change. Change is possible when communities & Tribes work together to reshape schools into spaces that recognize & respect Native students.
March 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A new report shows how CA schools fail to provide Native students with an equitable & inclusive education. The report provides tools for advocates working for change. Change is possible when communities & Tribes work together to reshape schools into spaces that recognize & respect Native students.