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Help EFF get to SXSW! Each year, the Internet gets to vote on which panels should be accepted for SXSW 2027. EFF's Executive Director Nicole Ozer has panels that you can vote for today. On the first panel, Nicole, Gen-Z for Change, and LGBT Tech will be sharing with SXSW what it will take to truly support young people in the AI age on the panel "Social Media Bans in the AI Age: What's at Stake. Next, Nicole will speaking alongside experts from the Kapor Foundation, Global Institute for the Learning Society, and Federation of American Scientists for the panel Source Code: Writing Fairness Into AI Before It Ships to discuss how algorithms using AI can be coded more fairly to expand opportunity rather than exacerbate disparities. Voting ends August 23rd. Find the links to vote for the panels in the comments below.
EFFs Matthew Guariglia wrote today about the reforms Flock Safety announced for its publicly embattled automated license plate reader system, calling them a combination of long-overdue changes along with some cosmetic fixes that fail to address the fundamental dangers of this technology. Excerpt: "To be clear, our position has long been that police, at a minimum, need to get a warrant, signed by a judge, in order to search for historic ALPR data regarding specific vehicles. For us, its common sense: if police want to dip into historic ALPR data like they were going back in time to retroactively follow your comings and goings, they need a warrant. "Fundamentally, these reforms leave us wondering: what is stopping Flock from reversing course on them if their law enforcement customers respond by defecting to another ALPR vendor? Nothing. "This all leads to the bigger and more important issue: We should not be letting companies decide how much privacy we deserve. If our privacy is determined by how much surveillance technology vendors decide is too much surveillance, then were really out of luck. It shouldnt be up Flock or any other ALPR vendor to decide how long police can collect and retain data on millions, if not hundreds of millions, of innocent people. We need lawmakers to step up and pass laws that restrict polices use of surveillance technology. After all, the surveillance business model is the problem, and a few company-imposed slapdash reforms arent going to change that." Read the full article at the link in the comments below.
EFF's former Executive Director Cindy Cohn was commemorated in the California Senate on Monday for her years of leadership here at EFF. Her dedication to advocacy and digital rights was pivotal to EFF growing into the organization that is today. You can learn more about Cindy's career in her memoir, Privacys Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance. The book will be linked in the comments below!
moreMeta Must Stop Silencing Reproductive Health Information. Access to accurate information about reproductive and maternal health can be critical. But on Meta's platforms, simply talking about prescription medication, abortion care, or one's own medical experiences can be enough to trigger content removals and account restrictions. That's why EFF recently submitted a public comment to the Meta Oversight Board in its consideration of a case involving an Instagram post about prescription drugs during pregnancy and childbirth. Meta has chosen to allow discussion of reproductive healthcare, including abortion, on its platforms. That commitment means little if its moderation systems nevertheless prevent people from accessing or sharing that information. Users deserve a system in which rules aren't applied arbitrarily, appeals actually work, and vital health information isn't silenced because an automated system failed to understand its context. Meta canand mustdo better. Find our full comment to the Board linked in the comments
EFFs relentless work in the legal system makes a meaningful difference for privacy and free expression everywhere. But we also know that your rights won't wait while the wheels of justice turn. Sometimes hacking the system means creating tools and resources to protect your rights today. That includes EFFs Privacy Badger, Certbot, Surveillance Self-Defense guide, and the countless security trainings that our team conducts for vulnerable populationsall thanks to EFF member support. Technology is inseparable from our workplaces, schools, healthcare, the justice system, and our democratic process. If you think tech should benefit everyone and not just accumulate wealth and control for the powerful, then congratulations: We'd like to welcome you to the team. Click the link in the comments below to join EFF today.
Protect Your Privacy with California's DROP Tool Are you a California resident? Then we've got exciting news for you: there's a tool just for you that lets you take a single, relatively easy step to protect your privacy. It's called a DROP request. (That's Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, if you're fancy). This one bit of paperwork lets you tell every data broker registered in the state of California that you'd like them to delete your information from their databases and request they stop selling and sharing your information. Link in the comments to learn how to file a request
Congress shouldn't set the rules for what we see online. Take action TODAY at EFF's Action Center. Link in the comments below #KOSA #Surveillance #Technology
Thank you to Cloaked, Fenwick & West, Wilson-Sonsini, and Keker, Van Nest & Peters for their support of EFF. Learn more about how your business could support EFF and the fight for digital rights: https://lnkd.in/eCynBTvE.
EFF is excited to support this year's Barcelona Cybersecurity Congress! Are you an EFF supporter and want to grab discounted passes for #BCC26? Check the comments below
A warm welcome and special thank you to the new Ambassadors joining us to help make #BCC26 possible! Their support, expertise, and commitment are key to strengthening the Barcelona Cybersecurity Congress community and driving meaningful collaboration across the cybersecurity ecosystem. ACUTELAN - Asociacin nacional de Operadores, Infraestructuras de Telecomunicaciones y Televisiones | Cercle Tecnolgic | CyberForum | Barcelona CyberSec | European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) | Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) | GRAUSTIC | ISC2 Spain Chapter | LSEC - Leaders In Security | Midlands Cyber | Tech Barcelona | Telecos.cat | EC-Council | FIT - Flanders Investment & Trade | Digital Catalonia Alliance (DCA) Discover the Ambassador Program here https://lnkd.in/emyaEeyP Join us and be part of Europes leading cybersecurity gathering!
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