Fri, Jan 15, 2016
Rights Lab takes you on a crash course of surveillance law and through the streets of Chicago with two activists to find out everything you need to know about the secretive Stingray devices that may be capturing your cell phone signal. Rights Lab uses real-life case studies, featuring local activists and offering clear and compelling explanations of ongoing legal debates to explore Stingray surveillance, when and how it is legal to film a police officer, the burgeoning debate behind consumer drone flight, what you can and can't do on social media, and much more.
Wed, Mar 2, 2016
Smartphones revolutionized citizen access to cameras - could drones do the same for air space? The second episode of Rights Lab, a cross-genre web series using cinema verite techniques to explore the most pressing civil liberties questions of our day, takes you on a whirlwind tour of the ever-changing legal drone landscape and considers the civil liberties implications behind the drone boom. Rights Lab uses real-life case studies, featuring local activists and offering clear and compelling explanations of ongoing legal debates to explore drone technology, when and how it is legal to film a police officer, Stingray technology, where you can protest, and much more.
Mon, Mar 28, 2016
Episode 3 of Rights Lab uses experiments and performance art to explore the gap between what the law says and how recording law enforcement plays out on the ground. Artists Ricardo Gamboa and Steven Beaudion will take to the streets of Chicago to film police in a handful of different situations, with shockingly disparate results. Rights Lab uses real-life case studies, featuring local activists and offering clear and compelling explanations of ongoing legal debates to explore Stingray surveillance, when and how it is legal to film a police officer, the burgeoning debate behind consumer drone flight, what you can and can't do on social media, and much more.
Wed, May 11, 2016
The First Amendment's right to protest is one widely defended in the progressive sphere - but what if the group doing the protesting is also interfering with access to reproductive healthcare? Rights Lab uses real-life case studies, featuring local activists and offering clear and compelling explanations of ongoing legal debates to explore Stingray surveillance, when and how it is legal to film a police officer, the burgeoning debate behind consumer drone flight, what you can and can't do on social media, and much more.