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ACLU

American  
Or A.C.L.U.
  1. American Civil Liberties Union.

  2. American College of Life Underwriters.


ACLU British  

abbreviation

  1. American Civil Liberties Union

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Critics, including the ACLU, express concerns about Axon’s AI products, citing potential for hallucinations and expanded surveillance.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

Last month, Cecillia Wang, the head of the ACLU, asked the Supreme Court to preserve birthright citizenship, a pillar of the 14th Amendment.

From Slate May 26, 2026

Jenna Leventoff, senior policy counsel at the ACLU, focused on another impact of some of these bills in an interview with Salon: the destruction of services that offer end-to-end encryption.

From Salon Dec. 22, 2025

Though the original law was entered late in the 2024 session, it garnered several opponents, including the ACLU, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Oakland Privacy.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 1, 2025

By the time I left the ACLU, I had come to suspect that I was wrong about the criminal justice system.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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