EXPOSED: American Civil Liberties Union Provides Sensitive Donor Information to Facebook, Google, Other Tech Giants

By Shane Trejo

The far-left American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has claimed to stand for constitutional freedom over the years but have frequently failed to live up to their mandate.

A recent update to the ACLU’s privacy policy has exposed that the group is sharing sensitive information about donors to “service providers” such as Facebook and Google. Former Obama White House senior advisor Ashkan Soltani exposed the ACLU in a Twitter thread:

Yesterday, @ACLU updated their privacy statement to finally disclose that they share constituent information with ‘service providers’ like @Facebook for targeted advertising, flying in the face of the org’s public advocacy and statements. (1/11)https://t.co/jOT85NVdfM pic.twitter.com/hKu5JYMXYS

— ashkan soltani (@ashk4n) April 2, 2021

Soltani exposed how the ACLU has withheld information from the public in order to avoid being labeled as hypocrites for their data policy:

In fact, I was retained by @ACLU last summer to perform a privacy audit after concerns were raised internally regarding their data sharing practices. I only agreed to do this work on the promisee by ACLU’s Executive Director that the findings would be made public. (2/11) pic.twitter.com/q5vh7UGMsN

— ashkan soltani (@ashk4n) April 2, 2021

He showed how the ACLU has pumped nearly half a million dollars into Google in the past couple years and even more money into Facebook:

For example, public transparency data from Google shows that @ACLU has paid Google nearly half a million dollars to deliver targeted advertisements since 2018 (when the data first was made public) https://t.co/h5k8tPlVoa (5/11) pic.twitter.com/Mpvt8Uuj6L

— ashkan soltani (@ashk4n) April 2, 2021

Soltani demonstrated how the ACLU was deliberately misrepresenting themselves to the public while claiming they support privacy rights:

These relationships fly against the principles and public statements of the ACLU regarding transparency, control, and disclosure before use, even as the organization claims to be a strong advocate for privacy rights at the federal and state level https://t.co/FHMqIQbwlY (7/11) pic.twitter.com/sQLuO2CXZn

— ashkan soltani (@ashk4n) April 2, 2021

He noted how the ACLU has been investigated for their deceptive privacy policy in the past. They have also lobbied against stronger privacy protections in at least one instance:

In fact, the NY Attorney General conducted an inquiry into whether @ACLU had violated its promises to protect the privacy of donors and members in 2004. The results of which many aren’t aware of. (8/11).https://t.co/uJsvqfBzp3 pic.twitter.com/DhhUvl6OCV

— ashkan soltani (@ashk4n) April 2, 2021

Soltani is calling for non-profit organizations to be forced under law to respect the privacy rights of their supporters:

While I have tremendous respect for the work @ACLU and other NGOs do, it’s important that nonprofits are bound by the same privacy standards they espouse for everyone else.

(Full disclosure: I’m on the @EFF advisory board and was recently invited to join @EPIC’s board) (10/11)

— ashkan soltani (@ashk4n) April 2, 2021

My experience with @ACLU further amplifies the need to have strong legal privacy protections that *apply to nonprofits* as well as businesses — partially since many of the underlying practices, particularly in the area of fundraising and advocacy, are similar if not worse (11/11)

— ashkan soltani (@ashk4n) April 2, 2021

Big League Politics has reported on the shameful anti-1st Amendment hypocrisy of the ACLU, as they support the glorification of Satan in the public square while demanding for Christians to be shuttered:

“Because of the subversive work of the far-left American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the dark lord is now being honored in the public square.

Satanic Temple member Iris Fontana, thanks to successful lawfare efforts by the ACLU, won the right to say a demonic prayer where she proclaimed ‘Hail Satan’ to start a government meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough in Alaska.

“That which will not bend, must break, and that which can be destroyed by truth should never be spared as demise. It is done, hail Satan,” Fontana said as apart of an invocation to start the government meeting, according to local radio station KSRM.

A dozen officials and other attendees walked out of the proceedings while Satan was being glorified on the public dime. Around 40 protesters were outside demonstrating against the despicable display. They held signs with messages such as “reject Satan and his works” and “know Jesus and his love.”

“God will be pleased with our public prayers of reparation. We want God’s blessings on America, not Satan’s curses. Lucifer is the eternal loser. Let’s keep him out,” protester William Siebenmorgen told KSRM.

The ACLU of Alaska sued the Borough following a policy issued in 2016 stating that those who wanted to give invocations at public meetings were required to be apart of official organizations that had an established presence on the Kenai Peninsula.

The Alaska Supreme Court ruled last October that this policy was unconstitutional, overriding local control and thus allowing this Satanic prayer to be read.

As leftists become more open about their sanctification of the dark lord, America is embracing abominable practices that put even Sodom and Gomorrah to shame.”

The ACLU’s cowardice is emblematic of Leftism as a whole. They defended civil liberties right up to the moment when those freedoms needed to be defended.

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