The problem with banning masks

The Real Problem With Banning Masks at Protests

Privacy advocates worry banning masks at protests will encourage harassment, while cops' high-tech tools render the rules unnecessary.

The Real Problem With Banning Masks at Protests - WIRED

Privacy advocates worry banning masks at protests will encourage harassment, while cops' high-tech tools render the rules unnecessary.

Mask bans are growing in popularity. Critics call the trend a 'dog ...

Once seen as a symbol of protection against the spread of a deadly virus, masks are now being blamed for emboldening some people to commit ...

Mask Bans Grow, Threatening Public Health And ... - Forbes

The lack of coverage of this issue in the media “plays into the larger minimization of the pandemic and ongoing impacts of Covid,” Tran added. “ ...

Mask Bans are a Heavy Burden for People with Disabilities

“The bans would pose an immediate risk to people with disabilities who need to wear masks to protect themselves—from airborne illnesses like ...

Stop Mask Bans. Defend our human right to mask protection.

Mask bans are disability injustice, discrimination, and violation of human rights. They are an ADA issue. No one should be required to disclose reasons they ...

The problem with banning masks - UnHerd

Legislators in New York's Nassau County signed the country's first mask ban into law, a strange inversion of the mandates that prevailed state-wide between ...

Say No to Mask Bans in New York | American Civil Liberties Union

- Mask bans will undermine public health and push people with disabilities and those who are immunocompromised further into society's margins. Police are not ...

Mask bans disenfranchise millions of Americans with disabilities

There is another reason for banning masks: the strong push for people to “return to normal” during the “post-pandemic” era. Masking is a ...

Mask Bans Insult Disabled People, Endanger Our ... - Teen Vogue

Mask bans in cities like LA and New York are a dangerous prospect, putting people's health at risk and allowing cities to identify ...

States Dust Off Obscure Anti-Mask Laws to Target Pro-Palestine ...

America's Mask Bans in the Age of Face Recognition Surveillance ... American laws should allow people the freedom to cover up their faces in ...

Banning masks at protests: The issue is bigger than you think

It's not just about pro-Palestinian protests. Mask bans raise issues related to public health, religion, privacy, free speech and more.

Masks are going from mandated to criminalized in some states

Lawmakers in North Carolina and New York say mask bans in response to pro-Palestinian protests would not target medical mask wearing, but critics are skeptical.

The constitutional issues related to Covid-19 mask mandates

... have issued mandates requiring or banning masks in certain situations. So what are the core constitutional issues in these mask controversies?

Anti-Mask Laws | The First Amendment Encyclopedia

Instead, they use neutral language, typically banning mask wearing that intimidates others. Supporters of such laws argue that wearing masks ...

A New York county banned face masks in public. Disabled people ...

“This mask ban poses a direct threat to public health and discriminates against people with disabilities,” Timothy Clune, executive director of ...

NYCLU Condemns Nassau County Mask Ban

“Masks protect people who express political opinions that are unpopular. Making anonymous protest illegal chills political action and is ripe ...

From Mask Mandates To Bans: Some Jurisdictions Are Doing A 180

Here, context matters, as the reasons for considering a ban have nothing to do with the ones used to support mandates. But implications of mask ...

Doctors rail against proposed mask ban | NC Health News

Banning masks, even for medical purposes, is likely to generate lawsuits, some say. ... “These disability rights laws guarantee people with ...

Are ski mask bans a crime-fighting solution? Some cities say yes.

“Banning ski masks doesn't deter crime. It creates a new crime that people can be charged with. It creates a justification for police to stop a ...