FULL OP-ED ARCHIVE Policing, Op-ed William Owen 5/26/21 Policing, Op-ed William Owen 5/26/21 Gotham Gazette - More Cops in the City Won’t Solve What's a National Gun Violence Spike Read More Op-ed, NYC William Owen 4/27/21 Op-ed, NYC William Owen 4/27/21 NY Daily News - Corey Johnson should face the music: The Council speaker is bottling up a face recognition ban Read More Op-ed, NYC William Owen 2/9/21 Op-ed, NYC William Owen 2/9/21 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 Read More Op-ed, NYC William Owen 2/8/21 Op-ed, NYC William Owen 2/8/21 NY Daily News - Ban ‘digital stop-and-frisk’: Facial recognition technology too prone to errors Read More Op-ed, NYC William Owen 12/10/20 Op-ed, NYC William Owen 12/10/20 Gotham Gazette - De Blasio Backs NYPD Harassment of Muslim New Yorkers Read More Technology, Op-ed William Owen 7/17/20 Technology, Op-ed William Owen 7/17/20 The Guardian - Did you protest recently? Your face might be in a database Read More Technology, Op-ed William Owen 7/2/20 Technology, Op-ed William Owen 7/2/20 Fast Company - Microsoft needs to stop selling surveillance to the NYPD Read More Op-ed, NYC William Owen 6/16/20 Op-ed, NYC William Owen 6/16/20 New York Daily News: A long overdue curb on NYPD spying Read More Op-ed, COVID William Owen 6/15/20 Op-ed, COVID William Owen 6/15/20 Gotham Gazette - Surveillance and the City: Contact Tracing, the NYPD’s Newest Spy Tool? Read More Op-ed, NYC William Owen 5/29/20 Op-ed, NYC William Owen 5/29/20 New York Daily News - What’s the real NYPD Budget? Nobody knows Read More Op-ed, NYC William Owen 1/28/20 Op-ed, NYC William Owen 1/28/20 The Independent - The NYPD-Clearview Scandal Shows Only Oversight Will Stop the Spying and the Coverups Read More Op-ed, NYC William Owen 11/19/19 Op-ed, NYC William Owen 11/19/19 The Daily Beast - He’s Sorry for Stop-and-Frisk, and Locker-Room Talk. Where’s Mike Bloomberg’s Apology for Spying on Muslims? Read More Technology, Op-ed William Owen 11/6/19 Technology, Op-ed William Owen 11/6/19 NY Daily News - Police body cameras vs. the public Read More Op-ed, NYC William Owen 9/11/19 Op-ed, NYC William Owen 9/11/19 NY Daily News - The irony behind de Blasio’s proposed robot tax Read More Technology, Op-ed William Owen 4/17/19 Technology, Op-ed William Owen 4/17/19 NY Daily News - Face it: Recognition technology isn’t close to ready for prime-time Read More Policing, Op-ed William Owen 3/4/19 Policing, Op-ed William Owen 3/4/19 Kings County Politics: Court Right To Say NYPD Can’t Police Its Own Sexual Misconduct Read More Technology, Op-ed William Owen 2/11/19 Technology, Op-ed William Owen 2/11/19 BoingBoing: New York City's new rideshare regs put Big Brother in backseat, give GPS tracking a whole new meaning Read More Technology, Op-ed William Owen 1/22/19 Technology, Op-ed William Owen 1/22/19 Slate: The NYPD’s new fleet of drones requires stronger privacy regulations. Read More
Policing, Op-ed William Owen 5/26/21 Policing, Op-ed William Owen 5/26/21 Gotham Gazette - More Cops in the City Won’t Solve What's a National Gun Violence Spike Read More
Op-ed, NYC William Owen 4/27/21 Op-ed, NYC William Owen 4/27/21 NY Daily News - Corey Johnson should face the music: The Council speaker is bottling up a face recognition ban Read More
Op-ed, NYC William Owen 2/9/21 Op-ed, NYC William Owen 2/9/21 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 Read More
Op-ed, NYC William Owen 2/8/21 Op-ed, NYC William Owen 2/8/21 NY Daily News - Ban ‘digital stop-and-frisk’: Facial recognition technology too prone to errors Read More
Op-ed, NYC William Owen 12/10/20 Op-ed, NYC William Owen 12/10/20 Gotham Gazette - De Blasio Backs NYPD Harassment of Muslim New Yorkers Read More
Technology, Op-ed William Owen 7/17/20 Technology, Op-ed William Owen 7/17/20 The Guardian - Did you protest recently? Your face might be in a database Read More
Technology, Op-ed William Owen 7/2/20 Technology, Op-ed William Owen 7/2/20 Fast Company - Microsoft needs to stop selling surveillance to the NYPD Read More
Op-ed, NYC William Owen 6/16/20 Op-ed, NYC William Owen 6/16/20 New York Daily News: A long overdue curb on NYPD spying Read More
Op-ed, COVID William Owen 6/15/20 Op-ed, COVID William Owen 6/15/20 Gotham Gazette - Surveillance and the City: Contact Tracing, the NYPD’s Newest Spy Tool? Read More
Op-ed, NYC William Owen 5/29/20 Op-ed, NYC William Owen 5/29/20 New York Daily News - What’s the real NYPD Budget? Nobody knows Read More
Op-ed, NYC William Owen 1/28/20 Op-ed, NYC William Owen 1/28/20 The Independent - The NYPD-Clearview Scandal Shows Only Oversight Will Stop the Spying and the Coverups Read More
Op-ed, NYC William Owen 11/19/19 Op-ed, NYC William Owen 11/19/19 The Daily Beast - He’s Sorry for Stop-and-Frisk, and Locker-Room Talk. Where’s Mike Bloomberg’s Apology for Spying on Muslims? Read More
Technology, Op-ed William Owen 11/6/19 Technology, Op-ed William Owen 11/6/19 NY Daily News - Police body cameras vs. the public Read More
Op-ed, NYC William Owen 9/11/19 Op-ed, NYC William Owen 9/11/19 NY Daily News - The irony behind de Blasio’s proposed robot tax Read More
Technology, Op-ed William Owen 4/17/19 Technology, Op-ed William Owen 4/17/19 NY Daily News - Face it: Recognition technology isn’t close to ready for prime-time Read More
Policing, Op-ed William Owen 3/4/19 Policing, Op-ed William Owen 3/4/19 Kings County Politics: Court Right To Say NYPD Can’t Police Its Own Sexual Misconduct Read More
Technology, Op-ed William Owen 2/11/19 Technology, Op-ed William Owen 2/11/19 BoingBoing: New York City's new rideshare regs put Big Brother in backseat, give GPS tracking a whole new meaning Read More
Technology, Op-ed William Owen 1/22/19 Technology, Op-ed William Owen 1/22/19 Slate: The NYPD’s new fleet of drones requires stronger privacy regulations. Read More