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Daily Beast - Elon Musk’s Twitter Could Be a Nightmare for User Privacy
Daily Beast - Elon Musk’s Twitter Could Be a Nightmare for User Privacy
communications staffApril 29, 2022
Daily Beast - New Tech Won’t Stop New York’s Old Guns and Terror Problems
Daily Beast - New Tech Won’t Stop New York’s Old Guns and Terror Problems
communications staffApril 13, 2022
Wired - Tech Bans Hurt Russian Dissidents More Than They Help Ukraine
Wired - Tech Bans Hurt Russian Dissidents More Than They Help Ukraine
communications staffApril 11, 2022
Verfassungsblog - On the Internet, No One Knows You’re a Cop
Verfassungsblog - On the Internet, No One Knows You’re a Cop
communications staffApril 5, 2022
The Washington Post - The pandemic has changed the way we perceive technology — and how we resist it
The Washington Post - The pandemic has changed the way we perceive technology — and how we resist it
communications staffMarch 21, 2022
Daily Beast - Panic Over the Spike in Shootings Is Leading Straight to a New Surveillance State
Daily Beast - Panic Over the Spike in Shootings Is Leading Straight to a New Surveillance State
communications staffFebruary 3, 2022
NY Daily News - Adams must not drag us toward tech dystopia
NY Daily News - Adams must not drag us toward tech dystopia
Leticia MurilloJanuary 25, 2022
NY Daily News - Cancel the NYPD’s ShotSpotter contract
NY Daily News - Cancel the NYPD’s ShotSpotter contract
Op-edcommunications staffDecember 13, 2021
Verfassungsblog - A Hollow Promise
Verfassungsblog - A Hollow Promise
Op-edcommunications staffDecember 13, 2021
Wired - I Accidentally Hacked a Peruvian Crime Ring
Wired - I Accidentally Hacked a Peruvian Crime Ring
Op-edcommunications staffDecember 10, 2021
The Hill - Congress will make your car spy on you
The Hill - Congress will make your car spy on you
communications staffDecember 9, 2021
Gotham Gazette - Mayor Must Veto Bill Passed by City Council That Will Only Make AI Bias Worse
Gotham Gazette - Mayor Must Veto Bill Passed by City Council That Will Only Make AI Bias Worse
Op-edcommunications staffNovember 30, 2021
Gotham Gazette - Rewriting the History of 2020 Crime
Gotham Gazette - Rewriting the History of 2020 Crime
PolicingWilliam OwenOctober 27, 2021
Tech Policy Press - An American In Paris Reflects on Vaccine Passport Apps
Tech Policy Press - An American In Paris Reflects on Vaccine Passport Apps
COVIDWilliam OwenSeptember 24, 2021
FastCompany - The most devastating tool of abortion bounty hunters in Texas could be the surveillance state
FastCompany - The most devastating tool of abortion bounty hunters in Texas could be the surveillance state
Op-edWilliam OwenSeptember 14, 2021
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
NYC, Op-ed, Technology, Policingcommunications staffSeptember 9, 2021
Daily Beast - The Taliban Now Controls a U.S.-Made Super-Surveillance System
Daily Beast - The Taliban Now Controls a U.S.-Made Super-Surveillance System
communications staffAugust 24, 2021
Wired- Apple's Privacy Mythology Doesn't Match Reality
Wired- Apple's Privacy Mythology Doesn't Match Reality
communications staffAugust 11, 2021
NY Daily News- You Call This a Vaccine Passport?
NY Daily News- You Call This a Vaccine Passport?
communications staffAugust 10, 2021
Fast Company - Your phone is watching you: Why NSO Group’s spyware is such a big threat to democracy
Fast Company - Your phone is watching you: Why NSO Group’s spyware is such a big threat to democracy
communications staffJuly 28, 2021spyware, pegasus, Jamal Khashoggi
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