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"The
@FBI
used a controversial foreign
#surveillance
authority in 2020 to investigate whether protesters involved in the Black Lives Matter movement had ties to terrorists, according to two reports declassified [last week]."
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🚨 BREAKING: Today, we've taken a critical & necessary stand for the First Amendment.
@CenDemTech
filed a lawsuit against
@POTUS
' “Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship,” which violates 1A by chilling constitutionally protected speech of online platforms & individuals.
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📺 We're seeing a lot of
#misinformation
&
#disinformation
this election cycle – here's how you can spot it and fight it.
@CenDemTech
works every day to build trust in election systems & security.
#DisruptDisinfo
Get more info at:
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CDT's
@JakeLaperruque
recently authored two briefs on
#surveillance
reform, 1) debunking myths & fixing FISA Section 702's backdoor search loophole; & 2) properly narrowing FISA S702 targeting.
* Backdoor search:
** Targeting:
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“The new items the
@FBI
touted at the hearing are wholly inadequate, and out of touch with how serious these abuses are,” said
@JakeLaperruque
[of] the
@CenDemTech
, a group that is calling for FISA reforms."
#FixFISA
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📢 BREAKING: Today,
@CenDemTech
is launching a new AI Governance Lab – an initiative to advance robust solutions that address the risks and harms of
#ArtificialIntelligence
systems – helmed by leading responsible
#AI
experts
@mbogen
and
@KevinBankston
:
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Tomorrow, the Senate Judiciary (
@JudiciaryDems
) is holding a hearing around FISA Section 702 & related
#surveillance
authorities – in advance,
@CenDemTech
and 20+ other orgs joined in a letter urging Congress not to reauthorize w/o substantial reforms:
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.
@mer__edith
: "I think we need to be very clear that there’s no way to implement a safe backdoor. Artificial intelligence — whatever you have been led to believe by the marketing of these companies — is not in fact capable of magic."
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🚨 Today,
@CenDemTech
is leading 60+ human rights, civil rights & open Internet orgs in calling on Congress to oppose the fatally-flawed
#EARNITAct
. It threatens
#encryption
&
#freespeech
while making it harder to protect children from online abuse.
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"In the shadow of years of inaction by Congress on comprehensive
#privacy
reform, a
#surveillance
state has been quietly growing in the legal system's cracks. Little deference is paid by prosecutors to the purpose or intent behind [limits on] domestic surveillance activities."
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@JakeLaperruque
: "...the [] items
@FBI
touted at the hearing felt like when McDonald's started advertising how its chicken nuggets were now all chicken meat – it's not a appetizing pitch & really just makes you ask 'wait, you weren't doing that before?'"
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📊🚨 New
@CenDemTech
research details the concerning impact of software that tracks students’ online activity. Findings show students are being targeted for disciplinary action, law enforcement contact & outing of gender identity or sexual orientation. 🧵
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.
@CenDemTech
's
@ellanso
digs into the STOP CSAM Act, outlining the ways the bill jeopardizes children + adults’ constitutional rights to privacy &
#FreeSpeech
& risks overwhelming law enforcement w/ bogus reports transmitted by risk-averse tech companies.
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Survivors of
#domesticviolence
should be able to easily separate from phone plans shared with an abuser AND keep their mobile numbers.
That’s why we support the
#SafeConnectionsAct
, from
@SenBrianShatz
. More info:
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.
@GregNojeim
on
@RonWyden
/
@RandPaul
bill: “A search of your cell phone or social media account is a direct look [at] the most intimate aspects of your life...This bill would ensure the gov demonstrates a good reason for searches, & that a judge agrees:"
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📢 📢 Today, the
@WhiteHouse
will release its long-awaited Executive Order on
#AI
, marking a new milestone in the Biden Admin’s efforts to advance safe and trustworthy
#ArtificialIntelligence
.
In advance, the White House fact sheet here 👇👇 :
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🚨JUST NOW: In an important win for
#privacy
rights this morning, the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act just passed out of the House Judiciary Committee by *unanimous* 30-0 vote. The bill will close a loophole law enforcement exploits to buy your sensitive data w/o a warrant.
Today,
@CenDemTech
applauds the reintroduction of the 4th Amendment Is Not for Sale Act in the U.S. House with a bipartisan set of cosponsors.
CDT has endorsed the bill & it is listed to be marked up on tomorrow in the House Judiciary Committee:
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🚨 The
#EarnItAct
's reintroduction in the Senate threatens
#freespeech
& internet users’ crucial protections from strong
#encryption
. Addressing online child exploitation is essential, but this bill increases risks to the online safety of children+adults.
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@alexstamos
: "This is the most intense online
#disinformation
event in U.S. history and the pace of what we have found has only accelerated since [Election Day]:"
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Today, we lift up the tireless work of
@jovialjoy
,
@timnitGebru
,
@rajiinio
,
@AJLUnited
+others for leadership in bringing light to
#algorithmicbias
& pushing endlessly for equity/accountability in artificial intelligence. These issues would be *nowhere* w/o your energy/expertise.
@60Minutes
producers spoke to me for many hours. I even spent additional time building a custom demo for
@andersoncooper
and made recommendations on research to include and subjects to interview with emphasis on the stories of the
#excoded
who have been falsely arrested. 1/n
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🚨 BREAKING:
@CenDemTech
welcomes
@POTUS
' decision today to revoke the Trump Administration’s unconstitutional EO 13925 regarding social media. The EO was an effort to chill online speech & interfere with efforts to fight election
#disinformation
:
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"
@theappeal
broke news on documents revealing that Memphis police were surveilling
#BlackLivesMatter
activists ...police appear to have used a fake Facebook profile named 'Bob Smith' to befriend and gather info:"
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OPEN LETTER: 75 organizations and researchers joined us in asking social media and content-sharing platforms to preserve automated moderation data so that it can be made available to researchers and journalists, & included in transparency reports:
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🚨BREAKING:
@CenDemTech
today is warning that the House Intelligence Committee bill (HR 6611) to reauthorize
#Section702
of the
#FISA
Act would dramatically expand
#surveillance
powers. It is expected to be voted upon by the full U.S. House on Tuesday.
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A new report based on a
@CenDemTech
workshop with researchers from different fields working with social media data captures their feedback & makes recommendations to policymakers + companies trying to improve researchers’ access to social media data.
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Today, our board of directors is announcing
@AlexReeveGivens
has been named
@CenDemTech
's new President & CEO, effective May 11, 2020. We're incredibly excited for her to join us, previously coming from
@GtownTechLaw
as their founding executive director:
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Cybersecurity policy expert Susan Landau: “The Going Dark debate is not about security versus privacy.
It’s about efficiency of law-enforcement investigations versus personal, business, and national security.”
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🚨 UPDATE: Today, Sen.
@RonWyden
submitted a notice of intent to object to any unanimous consent agreement regarding the
#EARNITAct
, reminding Congress the legislation threatens "the free speech, privacy, and security of every single American." 👏👏
More:
🚨 The
#EARNITAct
, as newly constructed from last week's hearing, continues to replicate key flaws from the SESTA-FOSTA debate, showing that Senators are not heeding lessons from the recent past:
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JUST RELEASED: Today,
@CenDemTech
led a coalition of 26 U.S. & international civil society orgs in urging the United States Senate to reject the fundamentally flawed EARN IT Act (S. 3398). More:
#EARNITAct
#Section230
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@CenDemTech
's pleased to announce the 2021-23 cohort of Non-Resident Fellows! Our Fellows work to advance civil rights & civil liberties in the digital age:
@AnupamChander
@cfiesler
@ghoshd7
@rachelkuo
@JasmineMcNealy
@HousingTheCity
@saiphcita
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🚨🚨
@CenDemTech
condemns the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org as profoundly misguided, with devastating impact for the right to
#privacy
of people seeking reproductive care.
* Release:
* Ruling:
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"
@CISAgov
[will] set up an election situational awareness room to monitor elections in over 30 states... also again using its 'rumor control' page to help push back against election
#disinformation
&
#misinformation
:"
#Elections2021
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@CenDemTech
joins
@mozilla
& nearly 50 orgs + scholars in a letter to
@SecRaimondo
, urging her to protect openness & transparency in
#AI
in response to
@NTIAgov
public consultation to examine risks/benefits/potential policy approaches re: open AI models:
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@thenation
@kenklippenstein
@DHSgov
@RonWyden
.
@RonWyden
: “Still lot of questions about what
@DHSgov
has been doing in Portland, but I’m pushing hard for answers. The bottom line[is its] totally unacceptable, illegal & unconstitutional for
@WhiteHouse
to spy on people b/c of their political beliefs:"
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🚨 JUST RELEASED: A new
@CenDemTech
Research study finds that state-of-the-art
#machinelearning
techniques for analyzing user-generated content have *key limitations* that create human rights risks when used to evaluate people's multimedia content:
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.
@ICANN
board members unable to attend meetings b/c
@WhiteHouse
ban on travelers from 7 Muslim-majority countries:
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Today, Apple has announced it is planning to make several changes to its messaging & photo services in the US which – as
@CenDemTech
explains - will threaten users’ security/privacy & ultimately imperil secure messaging around the 🌎. Our full release:
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"...[
@thenation
's
@kenklippenstein
] reported that the Department of Homeland Security (
@DHSgov
) intercepted protesters’ phone communications in Portland this summer. [Last week], Senator
@RonWyden
sent a letter to the DHS demanding answers:"
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RED ALERT: The House will vote on a bill that will dramatically increase risk websites face in hosting your speech. (You know what happens then:
#censorship
) More from
@ellanso
:
CALL YOUR REP NOW:
#FOSTA
#SESTA
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🚨 In response to the news that Twitter disbanded its Trust and Safety Council, of which the Center for Democracy & Technology (
@CenDemTech
) was a member, CDT issued the following statement:
Developing: Twitter dissolved its Trust and Safety Council on Monday night, the latest sign that Elon Musk is unraveling years of investments in content moderation. w/
@josephmenn
@NaomiNixWrites
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"[According to a Washington Post analysis of Twitter’s recommendation algorithm,] Twitter is amplifying
#HateSpeech
in its 'For You' timeline, an unintended side effect of an algorithm that is supposed to show users more of what they want."
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Yes! "The safety of our nation does not depend on giving Attorney General William Barr the keys to spy on anyone with a mobile phone. In fact, it’s the opposite."
@karaswisher
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BREAKING: An international coalition of 90+ civil society orgs joined today in an open letter to Apple, calling on the company to abandon its recently announced plans to build
#surveillance
capabilities into iPhones, iPads & other Apple products.
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In addition, 44% of teachers using monitoring software report that it has led to students being contacted by law enforcement, likely in part because 37% of teachers report that law enforcement directly receives alerts that are flagged after school hours.
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.
@Richardson_Mich
: “We commend Senator
@brianschatz
for ...drafting privacy legislation that focuses on routine data processing practices instead of consumer data self-management. It signals ...a serious privacy debate in 2019:"
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📢📢 Facebook’s decision to disable access by researchers at the NYU Ad Observatory is a troubling restraint on independent research about Facebook’s political ad targeting. User privacy & independent research are not incompatible. Facebook should restore the researchers’ access.
NEW: Facebook says it has disabled accounts and severed API access for a group of NYU researchers running the Ad Observatory project. FB sent the same group a cease and desist letter in Oct.
The researchers are studying political ad targeting on FB
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Interested in a
#VPN
? We're put together several resources to help folks learn more about the privacy and security practices of virtual private networks:
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🚨IT'S THAT TIME. The Senate will be voting on
#netneutrality
protections next week. TODAY, use to contact your lawmakers & tell them to REINSTATE NET NEUTRALITY RULES:
cc:
@FCC
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❗️Applications for
@CenDemTech
's 2024 cohort of Non-Resident Fellows are open. Our program is an opportunity for academics to engage directly with & inform our policy work. Our Non-Resident Fellows represent a wide range of academic fields & disciplines👇
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Yesterday, CDT,
@publicknowledge
, &
@LibraryFreedom
filed an amicus brief in Hatchette v. Internet Archive, a case crucial for continued existence of library Controlled Digital Lending (CDL), where libraries lend a digital rather than physical book copy.
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‼️ New
#SCOTUS
amicus brief by
@CenDemTech
,
@ACLU
,
@ACLU_NorCal
,
@EFF
,
@knightcolumbia
,
@RSI
, &
@rcfp
argues that holding online intermediaries liable for aiding & abetting terrorism based on generalized knowledge that alleged terrorists use their services hurts free expression.
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"[Sen.
@MarkWarner
] wrote individual letters to the tech giants urging 'stronger accountability & transparency standards in the context of our nation’s upcoming election...' called for companies to better identify, label or remove dis- &
#misinformation
:"
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The findings indicate that student activity monitoring is more commonly used for disciplinary purposes than for identifying safety threats or providing mental health support.
#studentprivacy
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Sen
@MarkWarner
: "For too many Americans, however, even this... is unattainable: according to the latest figures from
@FCC
, over 20 million Americans still lack access to meaningful broadband service, with at least 770,000 Virginians currently unserved:"
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@JoeBeOne
@LarryNorden
@marianschneider
@JocelynBenson
@JohnHMerrill
@ZoeLofgren
@RodneyDavis
.
@JoeBeOne
asks Congress to:
1. Prioritize replacement of outdated voting tech;
2. Limit paperless voting;
3. Incentivize risk-limiting audits;
4. Increase long-term funding of election infrastructure;
3.5. Increase
@EACgov
budget:
#electionsecurity
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💡🦾 Today,
@CenDemTech
is releasing a new report, “Lost in Translation: Large Language Models in Non-English Content Analysis” – a comprehensive look at how
#LLMs
try (and often fail) to understand text in languages other than English.
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👏 👏 Incredibly proud of
@POTUS
’ intention to nominate
@CenDemTech
’s
@sharonbradfrank
to chair the
@PCLOB_GOV
. She’s a longstanding advocate of
#privacy
, civil liberties, + civil rights, & previously served as PCLOB's executive director from 2013 - 2017.
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To celebrate Fair Use Week 2018, Stan "wrote" a blog explaining what fair use is... entirely from other people's words. SEE FOR YOURSELF:
#fairuse
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We are *incredibly* excited to announce
@MalloryKnodel
as our new Chief Technology Officer. She'll lead our work on cybersecurity & internet standards, in addition to contributing her substantive technical expertise across CDT’s policy areas:
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NEW REPORT:
@CenDemTech
examines four areas where algorithmic and/or
#surveillance
tech are used to surveil, control, discipline, & punish people, with particularly harmful impacts on disabled people.
* Education
* Policing
* Health care
* The workplace
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NEW RELEASE:
@CenDemTech
recently launched a new report entitled, “Algorithm-driven Hiring Tools: Innovative Recruitment or Expedited Disability Discrimination?”
* Full report:
* Plain language version:
#DisabilityJustice
[1/3]
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NEW BILL: "Border stop shouldn't be excuse for extreme surveillance such as downloading entire contents of your 📱:"
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The research also finds evidence of chilled self-expression: about half of students are not comfortable expressing their thoughts / feelings online when they know they are being monitored. This jumps to over 6 in 10 students with a learning difference or physical disability.
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@POTUS
.
@AlexReeveGivens
: “
@POTUS
’ Order is designed to deter social media services from fighting
#misinformation
, voter suppression & stoking of violence on their platforms. Access to accurate info about the voting process & security of our elections is the lifeblood of our democracy."
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.
@CenDemTech
mourns the passing of Sherwin Siy, a beloved public interest advocate who fought passionately for open access & users’ rights. Our thoughts are with his family & his friends at
@publicknowledge
,
@EPICprivacy
,
@Wikimedia
, & throughout the public interest community.
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CDT is growing! We’re looking for:
* Director of Policy
* Director of Communications
* Senior Counsel, Worker Privacy
* Deputy Director, Free Expression Project
* Postdoc Fellow, AI and Content Moderation
Interested? Know someone? MENTION & RETWEET:
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We’re joining together with a simple message: The gov shouldn't take your passwords:
#NoPassForGov
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📢
@CenDemTech
is delighted to announce the appointment of
@ericnull
as Director of its Privacy & Data Project. Eric joins CDT following his tenure at
@accessnow
, where he oversaw technology and digital rights policy in the U.S.: 👏👏
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CDT’s research surveyed secondary school students, parents, & teachers to better understand their experiences with student activity monitoring tools. The use of such software is widespread, with 89% of teachers reporting it is used at their school (an increase from last year).
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Voters with an
#absenteeballot
in hand should complete it & bring it to a drop-off location ASAP, or vote early in-person.
@CenDemTech
works every day to build trust in election systems. Here's what you need to know abt
#VoteByMail
& why every vote should count.
#Election2020
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.
@CenDemTech
is excited to welcome a new class of members to our Non-Resident Fellows Program. This year’s cohort includes 13 distinguished scholars from a wide variety of orgs & backgrounds, reflecting the sweeping impact tech has on all aspects of life.
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“Boarding pass, ID, browser history?”
@DHSgov
SHOULDN'T demand a reading list in order to travel:
#NoPassForGov
:
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.
@mer__edith
: “There is no way to create a back door that bad guys can’t walk through... If the British police can get in, hostile nations can get in. [] It’s important that we maintain the security & integrity of these systems.”
#encryption
#E2EE
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JUST FILED: When
@POTUS
banned WeChat, he may not have realized the threat that poses to the structure of the global internet & user security. That’s why we explained those risks to the 9th Circuit in a brief filed today alongside
@EFF
&
@internetsociety
:
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NEW: CDT Report on end-to-end encryption (E2EE) finds effective ways to moderate problematic content w/o sacrificing users’ fundamental rights to privacy, free expression, & security.
@senykam
@malloryknodel
@ellanso
@lcyqn
@thakurdhanaraj
@caitlinvogus
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@POTUS
@AlexReeveGivens
.
@AlexReeveGivens
: “
@CenDemTech
filed suit today because
@POTUS
' actions are a direct attack on the freedom of speech protected by 1A. Government cannot & should not force online intermediaries into moderating speech according to the President's whims:"
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Today, lawmakers joined together to urge the
@WhiteHouse
to incorporate the AI Bill of Rights into its upcoming
#AI
executive order. The letter recommends using the AI Bill of Rights framework to hold both the private & public sector accountable.
Exclusive: Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Pramila Jayapal are urging President Biden to make the White House's AI Bill of Rights binding policy for the federal government in the upcoming executive order on AI.
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📢 The
@EU_Commission
’s proposal to force tech platforms to scan for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) has a fundamental flaw: It will break
#encryption
for everyone.
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"The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation has acknowledged for the first time that it purchased US
#LocationData
rather than obtaining a warrant... the
@FBI
had not previously revealed ever making such purchases."
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Student activity monitoring is often justified by concerns about student safety. The research shows that while stakeholders are optimistic that this software will keep students safe & provide mental health supports, in practice it creates serious efficacy & equity gaps.
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📣 NEW RESEARCH: Releasing a
@CenDemTech
report, “An Unrepresentative Democracy: How
#Disinformation
and Online Abuse Hinder Women of Color Political Candidates in the U.S.”
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"[
@HUDgov
's ] new proposed rule, now open for public comment, would radically reinterpret anti-discrimination law to give landlords and mortgage lenders a recipe to discriminate by algorithm:"
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"Officials warn the U.S. is facing a shortage of election workers ahead of the November midterms due to a rise in threats against those performing such jobs that experts link to false claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election:"
#electionofficials
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"...researchers are warning that the biggest [
#misinformation
] surge could come after Election Day, as far-right candidates and their supporters seize on ballot-counting delays and misleading narratives to sow doubt about the results."
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29% of LGBTQ+ students report that they or someone they know has experienced nonconsensual disclosure of their sexual orientation or gender identity due to student activity monitoring. In addition, LGBTQ+ students feel other effects of monitoring tech more than their peers.
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Welcome to Nick Doty [
@npdoty
] as
@CenDemTech
's new Senior Fellow for Internet Architecture! Nick will work with our CTO
@malloryknodel
to keep the internet open, interoperable,
#privacy
respecting, & secure.
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"More than two dozen Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday accused X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, of failing to curb and profiting from
#misinformation
and violent content related to the Israel-Hamas war."
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NOW:
@MomsDemand
's
@shannonrwatts
talks about the power of social connection via social media:
#FOSO18
#futureofspeech
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"In the US, social media researchers are under fire from many directions, including hostile politicians and platform operators. Pressure on independent researchers is mounting in the run-up to the US 2024 presidential election:"
#transparency
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🚨 BREAKING: The House passed a two-year extension of
#Section702
of
#FISA
, a controversial warrantless spying authority –– but in an extremely narrow tie vote, rejected critical reforms to stop rampant abuse of the law that has been well documented.
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@MalloryKnodel
@voting_works
.
@EllenLWeintraub
&
@KevinMKruse
: "Switching over to a substantially mail-based voting system in a matter of months will almost certainly bring delays in counting those many new millions of absentee ballots... So we’ll have to wait:"
#VoteByMail
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@POTUS
@AlexReeveGivens
.
@AlexReeveGivens
: "
@POTUS
has made clear his goal is to use threats of retaliation & future regulation to intimidate intermediaries into changing how they moderate content, essentially ensuring dangers of voter suppression &
#disinformation
grow unchecked in an election year.”
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Today,
@VP
Harris announced new U.S. initiatives to advance the safe & responsible use of
#AI
– the first of which includes draft policy guidance from
@OMBPress
on the use of AI by the U.S. gov't.
@WhiteHouse
fact sheet on the Vice President's remarks👇
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@RonWyden
"Such tools [like VPNs, encrypted messaging apps,
@torproject
, etc.], normally associated with political dissidents in autocratic regimes, could become far more important for American women in a post-
#Roe
vs. Wade world."
#encryption
#e2ee
#privacy
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📢 ❗️ Big news: The
#SupremeCourt
has agreed to hear two cases that could redefine the scope of
#Section230
& intermediaries’ potential liability for online terrorist content, and reshape users’ ability to speak freely online worldwide.
NEW: SCOTUS agrees to take up NINE new cases, including Gonzalez v. Google, involving the scope of tech companies' immunity under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The order list is not yet posted on the court's website, but here is a link:
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📢📢
@CenDemTech
's pleased to announce the appointment of
@sharonbradfrank
as Co-Director of our Security & Surveillance Project. One of America’s most distinguished experts on civil liberties &
#surveillance
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#cybersecurity
,
#encryption
, + more.
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@autistichoya
: “The reality is, anytime we create an algorithm which learns from the environment it is deployed in, [it] necessarily replicates–& then amplifies at scale–very same structural & systemic discrimination that occurs at interpersonal level:"
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