Forbes ACLU Files Lawsuit On Behalf of Researchers And Journalists Seeking To Uncover Discrimination Online The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court challenging the constitutionality of a provision of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), stating that the law prevents researchers from collecting data to determine whether online algorithms result in discrimination. The lawsuit, Sandvig v. Lynch, was filed on behalf of academic researchers […]