Civil liberties lawyer, technologist, dad. Enjoys beer, baseball, and Princess Bride quotes. Blame me, not my employers.
Boston, MA
Joined June 2009
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#lawtwitter I am excited to be co-chairing entry level & clinical appts this year at @BU_Law! we expect to hire for int'l arbitration/IBT, #criminal law & the defense side of the criminal #clinic. all apps --> [email protected].
@BU_Law is a totally wonderful community - join us!
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We are on the @MIT campus today, ready to help students with their technology law questions! Whether it be intellectual property, data privacy, cybersecurity, media law, or otherwise, we’re happy to help out.
We’re at the @MIT Stratton Student Center tomorrow from 10am–5pm in the First Floor Meeting Room, right next to LaVerde’s. Stop by with your legal questions or contact us to reserve a time: sites.bu.edu/techlaw/contact…
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Woah, woah, WOAH. An official @FTC blog post by a staff attorney noting that "The FTC Act prohibits unfair or deceptive practices. That would include the sale or use of – for example – racially biased algorithms." ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/bu…
Big win for privacy of young people on probation in CA: @CASupremeCt finds electronic search condition unreasonable when facts of case “fail to justify the substantial burdens imposed” by electronic searches. j.st/4CII
Amici @ACLU_NorCal @ACLU_SoCal @sdACLU @EFF highlighted the ways that electronic searches not only invade privacy but actually undermine the purpose of probation by chilling conversations and relationships: aclunc.org/our-work/legal-do…
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1. Cameras are everywhere.
2. Video is data.
3. Data is valuable.
4. Video data has been difficult & expensive to analyze.
5. AI is about to make it easy & cheap to analyze.
6. Hang on, we're about to go for a ride.
aclu.org/report/dawn-robot-s…
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One year later, and still true.
Just ask the incredible coalition behind San Francisco’s face surveillance ban.
We are advocates for immigrants, Black people, the homeless, the LGBTQ community, and so many more. aclunc.org/news/san-francisc…
Face surveillance isn’t inevitable.
Say it again.
Face surveillance isn’t inevitable.
Say it again.
Now fight. nitter.gq/onekade/status/9993556…
Looking forward to joining Reddit AMA w/ @SenHannahBeth, @EFFFalcon & @fightfortheftr to talk Sen. Jackson's #SB561 & #PrivacyForAll. 12 Pacific. Come join the fun! old.reddit.com/r/IAmA/commen…
Looking forward to it! – at Newton, MA
Reddit AMA tomorrow at 12pm PT. Join me reddit-SenHannahBeth, @EFF, @fightfortheftr, and @ACLU_NorCal to discuss privacy and why people should support my bill, SB 561. Wednesday, May 8th from 12pm-2pm PT here: reddit.com/r/iama
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Regarding federal preemption, @chopraftc advises us to first get the federal privacy law we need and then talk about how it fits in a multi-state framework, not the other way around. #DataPrivacySummit
Marshall Erwin (@mozilla) notes that many transparency tools are geared towards "superusers" rather than regular users. Absolutely true, but letting *anyone* access data can help inform the entire debate. E.g. Max Schrems. #dataprivacysummit
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Hot damn! This isn't rhetorically nice but overly open-ended lip-service about the need to regulate facial recognition technology. @BradSmi & the @microsoft team gave the issue deep consideration & proposed real, meaningful reforms. cc: @hartzog, @Matt_Cagle, @snowjake
Very interesting: @microsoft GC @BradSmi just followed up his July blog post suggesting it's time to regulate facial recognition with a new post that includes specific proposals. Appreciate the prioritization of this issue and look forward to digging in. blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-i…
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Last week, @TeamUpturn filed an amicus brief in federal district court, arguing that Section 230 should not fully immunize Facebook's Ad Platform from the Fair Housing Act. upturn.org/static/files/2018… (1/5)
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With President Trump seated before him, French President Macron says, "Patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism. Nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism. By saying 'our interests first'...we erase what a nation hold dearest...its moral values."
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White House correspondents represent the public. Their job is to ask hard questions, not to be polite company.
It is unacceptable for the president to expel a reporter, Jim Acosta, for doing his job aggressively. The White House should reverse this decision immediately.
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We all know this, but it's worth restating:
The President fired the Attorney General for following ethics rules that required the Attorney General to recuse himself from overseeing an investigation into the President's campaign and ultimately the President himself.
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There’s currently an organized bot effort to discourage people from voting. Among their “arguments” is that voting machines are all “rigged”.
Hogwash.
I’m one of the computer scientists who discovered these voting system problems. And I vote, because it matters. So should you.
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The U.S. Military is the most fearsome fighting force the world's ever known. That we're amassing thousands at the border to "repel" desperate women and children 100s of miles away is an insult - to those in uniform, to the intelligence of the American people, and to our values.