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America Lost the Plot With TikTok
America Lost the Plot With TikTok
Amsterdam News - OMNY and NYPD’s omnipresent surveillance
Amsterdam News - OMNY and NYPD’s omnipresent surveillance
The Hill - AI is causing massive hiring discrimination based on disability
The Hill - AI is causing massive hiring discrimination based on disability
Tech Policy Press - New York’s AI Policy Falls Short On Surveillance
Tech Policy Press - New York’s AI Policy Falls Short On Surveillance
Business Insider - My Apple Vision Pro nightmare
Business Insider - My Apple Vision Pro nightmare
Tech Policy Press - There’s No Texting Away Gun Violence
Tech Policy Press - There’s No Texting Away Gun Violence
Syracuse.com - Gov. Hochul is fighting a shoplifting hoax
Syracuse.com - Gov. Hochul is fighting a shoplifting hoax
Bloomberg Law - Shifting AI Litigation Burden Would Help Plaintiffs in Court
Bloomberg Law - Shifting AI Litigation Burden Would Help Plaintiffs in Court
City & State - Sexual assault survivors in NY, your DNA can be used against you
City & State - Sexual assault survivors in NY, your DNA can be used against you
Times Union - Commentary: New York must ban digital dragnets that use cellphone data
Times Union - Commentary: New York must ban digital dragnets that use cellphone data
The Atlantic - Don’t Talk to People Like They’re Chatbots
The Atlantic - Don’t Talk to People Like They’re Chatbots
City Limits - Opinion: Unearthing the NYPD’s Secrets
City Limits - Opinion: Unearthing the NYPD’s Secrets
Fast Company - POV: Section 702’s always been rotten. Congress must trash it at expiration
Fast Company - POV: Section 702’s always been rotten. Congress must trash it at expiration
Tech Policy Press - No More Surprise NYPD Robots
Tech Policy Press - No More Surprise NYPD Robots
City Limits - Opinion: Biometric Surveillance Has No Place in New Yorkers’ Homes
City Limits - Opinion: Biometric Surveillance Has No Place in New Yorkers’ Homes
Mad in America - Students Don’t Need Spying, They Need Trust
Mad in America - Students Don’t Need Spying, They Need Trust
City Limits - Opinion: City Council Must Act to Keep NYPD Radio Transmissions Public
City Limits - Opinion: City Council Must Act to Keep NYPD Radio Transmissions Public
Fast Company - New York’s garbage surveillance program is a privacy nightmare
Fast Company - New York’s garbage surveillance program is a privacy nightmare
The Daily Beast - What the Kansas Newsroom Raid Reveals About Widespread Spying on the Press
The Daily Beast - What the Kansas Newsroom Raid Reveals About Widespread Spying on the Press
The Boston Globe - Will AI be monitoring kids in their classrooms?
The Boston Globe - Will AI be monitoring kids in their classrooms?
Washington Blade - There’s no Pride in censoring queer gamers
Washington Blade - There’s no Pride in censoring queer gamers
Fast Company - POV: NY prisons are in crisis. Body cams won’t help
Fast Company - POV: NY prisons are in crisis. Body cams won’t help
The Hill - New technology, same problems: We need to ensure accessibility for everyone
The Hill - New technology, same problems: We need to ensure accessibility for everyone
Business Insider - AI is using the Oxy marketing playbook to hook people on prescription drugs
Business Insider - AI is using the Oxy marketing playbook to hook people on prescription drugs
Times Union - Commentary: A victory for trans rights, but still more to do
Times Union - Commentary: A victory for trans rights, but still more to do
City & State New York - Opinion: New York must say no to social media surveillance
City & State New York - Opinion: New York must say no to social media surveillance
Slate - The Police Surveillance Tool Too Dangerous to Ignore
Slate - The Police Surveillance Tool Too Dangerous to Ignore
The Daily Beast - Biden, Don't Celebrate Debt Ceiling Deal. Instead, Take It to Court
The Daily Beast - Biden, Don't Celebrate Debt Ceiling Deal. Instead, Take It to Court
Wired - The Surgeon General Is Pushing for a Misguided Social Media Policy
Wired - The Surgeon General Is Pushing for a Misguided Social Media Policy
Fast Company - POV: The FBI will keep abusing personal data until we end Section 702
Fast Company - POV: The FBI will keep abusing personal data until we end Section 702

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COVID-19

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The Hastings Center - The CDC’s Misguided Medical Masking Policy
The Hastings Center - The CDC’s Misguided Medical Masking Policy
Tech Policy Press - An American In Paris Reflects on Vaccine Passport Apps
Tech Policy Press - An American In Paris Reflects on Vaccine Passport Apps
Newsday - Differing views on COVID-19 vaccine passports
Newsday - Differing views on COVID-19 vaccine passports
Wired - Vaccine Registries Are Good, Vaccine Apps Are Invasive
Wired - Vaccine Registries Are Good, Vaccine Apps Are Invasive
The Daily Beast - I Forged New York’s Digital Vaccine Passport in 11 Minutes Flat
The Daily Beast - I Forged New York’s Digital Vaccine Passport in 11 Minutes Flat
Fast Company - The CDC’s program to track vaccine effectiveness over time leaves out 60 million Americans
Fast Company - The CDC’s program to track vaccine effectiveness over time leaves out 60 million Americans
Gotham Gazette - ‘Cuomo’s Coronavirus Coup’ Revisited – One Year Later
Gotham Gazette - ‘Cuomo’s Coronavirus Coup’ Revisited – One Year Later
Wired - Vaccine Passports Can Help the US Reopen— or Further Divide Us
Wired - Vaccine Passports Can Help the US Reopen— or Further Divide Us
The Daily Beast - Vaccine Passports are Big Tech’s Latest Dystopian Nightmare
The Daily Beast - Vaccine Passports are Big Tech’s Latest Dystopian Nightmare
Gotham Gazette - Surveillance and the City: New York’s Latest Covid Boondoggle Is In Your Pocket
Gotham Gazette - Surveillance and the City: New York’s Latest Covid Boondoggle Is In Your Pocket
Thomas Reuters News Foundation - When your boss sees everything - why Biden must act against spyware
Thomas Reuters News Foundation - When your boss sees everything - why Biden must act against spyware
Fast Company - Telehealth has a hidden downside
Fast Company - Telehealth has a hidden downside
Pando - Silicon Valley is trying to create a new ‘antibody elite’
Pando - Silicon Valley is trying to create a new ‘antibody elite’
NY Daily News - NYC’s COVID quarantine checkpoints are dangerous
NY Daily News - NYC’s COVID quarantine checkpoints are dangerous
The Daily Beast - Contact Tracing Might Become Cops’ Newest Surveillance Tool
The Daily Beast - Contact Tracing Might Become Cops’ Newest Surveillance Tool

POLICING

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Syracuse.com - Gov. Hochul is fighting a shoplifting hoax
Syracuse.com - Gov. Hochul is fighting a shoplifting hoax
Tech Policy Press - No More Surprise NYPD Robots
Tech Policy Press - No More Surprise NYPD Robots
City Limits - Opinion: City Council Must Act to Keep NYPD Radio Transmissions Public
City Limits - Opinion: City Council Must Act to Keep NYPD Radio Transmissions Public
The Daily Beast - What the Kansas Newsroom Raid Reveals About Widespread Spying on the Press
The Daily Beast - What the Kansas Newsroom Raid Reveals About Widespread Spying on the Press
Gotham Gazette - Drake Fans, NYPD Promos, and the Unregulated New York Surveillance State
Gotham Gazette - Drake Fans, NYPD Promos, and the Unregulated New York Surveillance State
The Daily Beast - You Have No Privacy—the Government Already Bought It From Tech Companies
The Daily Beast - You Have No Privacy—the Government Already Bought It From Tech Companies
Gotham Gazette - Rewriting the History of 2020 Crime
Gotham Gazette - Rewriting the History of 2020 Crime
Wired - 20 Years After 9/11, Surveillance Has Become a Way of Life
Wired - 20 Years After 9/11, Surveillance Has Become a Way of Life
Tampa Bay Times - ‘Predictive policing’ continues in Pasco’s school; it’s been amended, not ended
Tampa Bay Times - ‘Predictive policing’ continues in Pasco’s school; it’s been amended, not ended
Gotham Gazette - More Cops in the City Won’t Solve What's a National Gun Violence Spike
Gotham Gazette - More Cops in the City Won’t Solve What's a National Gun Violence Spike
The Hill - Putting a price on privacy: Ending police data purchases
The Hill - Putting a price on privacy: Ending police data purchases
The Daily Beast - Don’t let Cops Use the Insurrection to Justify Surveillance
The Daily Beast - Don’t let Cops Use the Insurrection to Justify Surveillance
The Daily Beast - Trump Didn’t Just Cross a Line in Inciting Today’s Riot in the Capitol—He Committed a Crime
The Daily Beast - Trump Didn’t Just Cross a Line in Inciting Today’s Riot in the Capitol—He Committed a Crime
Verfassungsblog - ‘Keyword Warrants’ Make Every Search A Risk
Verfassungsblog - ‘Keyword Warrants’ Make Every Search A Risk
Fast Company - The long, ugly history of how police have tracked protesters
Fast Company - The long, ugly history of how police have tracked protesters

NYC

TECHNOLOGY

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The Hill - AI is causing massive hiring discrimination based on disability
The Hill - AI is causing massive hiring discrimination based on disability
Business Insider - My Apple Vision Pro nightmare
Business Insider - My Apple Vision Pro nightmare
Bloomberg Law - Shifting AI Litigation Burden Would Help Plaintiffs in Court
Bloomberg Law - Shifting AI Litigation Burden Would Help Plaintiffs in Court
Fast Company - POV: We need to give kids their space online
Fast Company - POV: We need to give kids their space online
The Daily Beast - You Have No Privacy—the Government Already Bought It From Tech Companies
The Daily Beast - You Have No Privacy—the Government Already Bought It From Tech Companies
Slate - Apple Is Using Its Reputation for Protecting Privacy to Invade Your Privacy
Slate - Apple Is Using Its Reputation for Protecting Privacy to Invade Your Privacy
Wired - The ‘Surveillance Solutionism’ of Putting Cameras in NYC Subways
Wired - The ‘Surveillance Solutionism’ of Putting Cameras in NYC Subways
NY Daily News - The Mets should steal bases, not faces
NY Daily News - The Mets should steal bases, not faces
Wired - 20 Years After 9/11, Surveillance Has Become a Way of Life
Wired - 20 Years After 9/11, Surveillance Has Become a Way of Life
WIRED - Apple's AirTags Are a Gift to Stalkers
WIRED - Apple's AirTags Are a Gift to Stalkers
Fast Company - We don’t need weak laws governing AI in hiring—we need a ban
Fast Company - We don’t need weak laws governing AI in hiring—we need a ban
The Guardian - Your 'smart home' is watching – and possibly sharing your data with the police
The Guardian - Your 'smart home' is watching – and possibly sharing your data with the police
NY Daily News - Ban ‘digital stop-and-frisk’: Facial recognition technology too prone to errors
NY Daily News - Ban ‘digital stop-and-frisk’: Facial recognition technology too prone to errors
OneZero - Note to Reporters: If Surveillance Data Shouldn’t Exist, Then Don’t Use It
OneZero - Note to Reporters: If Surveillance Data Shouldn’t Exist, Then Don’t Use It
Fast Company - The U.S. can’t rebuke global tyranny when our companies sell tools that enable it
Fast Company - The U.S. can’t rebuke global tyranny when our companies sell tools that enable it
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Tech Policy Press - No More Surprise NYPD Robots
Tech Policy Press - No More Surprise NYPD Robots
City Limits - Opinion: Biometric Surveillance Has No Place in New Yorkers’ Homes
City Limits - Opinion: Biometric Surveillance Has No Place in New Yorkers’ Homes
City Limits - Opinion: City Council Must Act to Keep NYPD Radio Transmissions Public
City Limits - Opinion: City Council Must Act to Keep NYPD Radio Transmissions Public
Fast Company - New York’s garbage surveillance program is a privacy nightmare
Fast Company - New York’s garbage surveillance program is a privacy nightmare
Gotham Gazatte - New York City Finally Faces Down Facial Recognition
Gotham Gazatte - New York City Finally Faces Down Facial Recognition
Gotham Gazette - Drake Fans, NYPD Promos, and the Unregulated New York Surveillance State
Gotham Gazette - Drake Fans, NYPD Promos, and the Unregulated New York Surveillance State
Times Union - Commentary: Keep facial recognition out of New York schools
Times Union - Commentary: Keep facial recognition out of New York schools
New York Daily News - Why is the NYPD hiding its surveillance of BLM?
New York Daily News - Why is the NYPD hiding its surveillance of BLM?
Wired - The ‘Surveillance Solutionism’ of Putting Cameras in NYC Subways
Wired - The ‘Surveillance Solutionism’ of Putting Cameras in NYC Subways
NY Daily News - The Mets should steal bases, not faces
NY Daily News - The Mets should steal bases, not faces
Wired - 20 Years After 9/11, Surveillance Has Become a Way of Life
Wired - 20 Years After 9/11, Surveillance Has Become a Way of Life
NY Daily News - Corey Johnson should face the music: The Council speaker is bottling up a face recognition ban
NY Daily News - Corey Johnson should face the music: The Council speaker is bottling up a face recognition ban
Fast Company - We don’t need weak laws governing AI in hiring—we need a ban
Fast Company - We don’t need weak laws governing AI in hiring—we need a ban
NY Daily News - The software behind the curtain: New York’s first attempt to let its people see the workings of government algorithms is woefully incomplete
NY Daily News - The software behind the curtain: New York’s first attempt to let its people see the workings of government algorithms is woefully incomplete
NY Daily News - Ban ‘digital stop-and-frisk’: Facial recognition technology too prone to errors
NY Daily News - Ban ‘digital stop-and-frisk’: Facial recognition technology too prone to errors

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