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amNY - Mamdani must rein in mass surveillance — before it’s too late
amNY - Mamdani must rein in mass surveillance — before it’s too late
Tech Policy Press - How Europe’s “Chat Control” Regulation Could Compromise American Communications
Tech Policy Press - How Europe’s “Chat Control” Regulation Could Compromise American Communications
Tech Policy Press - New York Mayor Eric Adams Built a Drone Dystopia. Mamdani Shouldn’t Let it Fly.
Tech Policy Press - New York Mayor Eric Adams Built a Drone Dystopia. Mamdani Shouldn’t Let it Fly.
Business Insider - The running industrial complex
Business Insider - The running industrial complex
The Atlantic - The Facial-Recognition Sham
The Atlantic - The Facial-Recognition Sham
Crain’s New York Business - Op-ed: Secure Jobs Act offers blueprint against workplace surveillance
Crain’s New York Business - Op-ed: Secure Jobs Act offers blueprint against workplace surveillance
City Limits - Opinion: Albany Can’t Wait Until January To Fight Trump and ICE
City Limits - Opinion: Albany Can’t Wait Until January To Fight Trump and ICE
The Hill - ChatGPT promised to forget user conversations. A federal court ended that.
The Hill - ChatGPT promised to forget user conversations. A federal court ended that.
New York Daily News - N.Y.’s broken system of government transparency
New York Daily News - N.Y.’s broken system of government transparency
Detroit Metro Times - For incarcerated parents, video visits can’t replace hugging your child
Detroit Metro Times - For incarcerated parents, video visits can’t replace hugging your child
Slate - Facial Recognition Is Getting a Lot More Invasive Under Trump
Slate - Facial Recognition Is Getting a Lot More Invasive Under Trump
City & State - Opinion: ‘Excited delirium’ is racist pseudoscience. NY must ban it as a diagnosis.
City & State - Opinion: ‘Excited delirium’ is racist pseudoscience. NY must ban it as a diagnosis.
Crain’s New York Business - Op-ed: In NY shops, your biometric data is another steep cost
Crain’s New York Business - Op-ed: In NY shops, your biometric data is another steep cost
Syracuse.com - NY government transparency shouldn’t cost so much
Syracuse.com - NY government transparency shouldn’t cost so much
Times Union - Digital dragnet searches are a threat to Americans' free speech and privacy
Times Union - Digital dragnet searches are a threat to Americans' free speech and privacy
Newsday - Hochul, state lawmakers should drop NY mask ban proposals
Newsday - Hochul, state lawmakers should drop NY mask ban proposals
City & State - New York can’t be a pawn in Trump’s anti-immigrant rampage
City & State - New York can’t be a pawn in Trump’s anti-immigrant rampage
Newsday - Congestion pricing shouldn't cost New Yorkers their privacy
Newsday - Congestion pricing shouldn't cost New Yorkers their privacy
City Limits - The NYPD’s ShotSpotter Scam
City Limits - The NYPD’s ShotSpotter Scam
New York Law Journal - If 23andMe Goes Bankrupt, What Happens to All Our Data?
New York Law Journal - If 23andMe Goes Bankrupt, What Happens to All Our Data?
The Atlantic - An Autistic Teenager Fell Hard for a Chatbot
The Atlantic - An Autistic Teenager Fell Hard for a Chatbot
Times Union - Commentary: Kids Online Safety Act isn't the way to shield youth from harmful content
Times Union - Commentary: Kids Online Safety Act isn't the way to shield youth from harmful content
The Washington Blade - Kids Online Safety Act would harm LGBTQ youth
The Washington Blade - Kids Online Safety Act would harm LGBTQ youth
New York Amsterdam News - OP-ED: Mayor Adams, accused of millions in fraud, defends mass shooting over $2.90
New York Amsterdam News - OP-ED: Mayor Adams, accused of millions in fraud, defends mass shooting over $2.90
City Limits - Opinion: The Mayor’s Ballot Questions Are a Quiet Power Grab
City Limits - Opinion: The Mayor’s Ballot Questions Are a Quiet Power Grab
NY Daily News - Genocide denial can’t be for sale at City Hall
NY Daily News - Genocide denial can’t be for sale at City Hall
NY Daily News - The devolution of subway scanners
NY Daily News - The devolution of subway scanners
New York Amsterdam News - OP-ED: Mask bans make NY less safe
New York Amsterdam News - OP-ED: Mask bans make NY less safe
City Limits - Opinion: NYPD Political Harassment Breaks The Law
City Limits - Opinion: NYPD Political Harassment Breaks The Law
Business Insider - Through the roof: My journey into the surreal, infuriating future of homeowners insurance.
Business Insider - Through the roof: My journey into the surreal, infuriating future of homeowners insurance.

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Business Insider - The running industrial complex
Business Insider - The running industrial complex
The Atlantic - The Facial-Recognition Sham
The Atlantic - The Facial-Recognition Sham
Crain’s New York Business - Op-ed: Secure Jobs Act offers blueprint against workplace surveillance
Crain’s New York Business - Op-ed: Secure Jobs Act offers blueprint against workplace surveillance
City Limits - Opinion: Albany Can’t Wait Until January To Fight Trump and ICE
City Limits - Opinion: Albany Can’t Wait Until January To Fight Trump and ICE
The Hill - ChatGPT promised to forget user conversations. A federal court ended that.
The Hill - ChatGPT promised to forget user conversations. A federal court ended that.
New York Daily News - N.Y.’s broken system of government transparency
New York Daily News - N.Y.’s broken system of government transparency
Detroit Metro Times - For incarcerated parents, video visits can’t replace hugging your child
Detroit Metro Times - For incarcerated parents, video visits can’t replace hugging your child
Slate - Facial Recognition Is Getting a Lot More Invasive Under Trump
Slate - Facial Recognition Is Getting a Lot More Invasive Under Trump
City & State - Opinion: ‘Excited delirium’ is racist pseudoscience. NY must ban it as a diagnosis.
City & State - Opinion: ‘Excited delirium’ is racist pseudoscience. NY must ban it as a diagnosis.
Crain’s New York Business - Op-ed: In NY shops, your biometric data is another steep cost
Crain’s New York Business - Op-ed: In NY shops, your biometric data is another steep cost
Syracuse.com - NY government transparency shouldn’t cost so much
Syracuse.com - NY government transparency shouldn’t cost so much
Times Union - Digital dragnet searches are a threat to Americans' free speech and privacy
Times Union - Digital dragnet searches are a threat to Americans' free speech and privacy
Newsday - Hochul, state lawmakers should drop NY mask ban proposals
Newsday - Hochul, state lawmakers should drop NY mask ban proposals
City & State - New York can’t be a pawn in Trump’s anti-immigrant rampage
City & State - New York can’t be a pawn in Trump’s anti-immigrant rampage
Newsday - Congestion pricing shouldn't cost New Yorkers their privacy
Newsday - Congestion pricing shouldn't cost New Yorkers their privacy
City Limits - The NYPD’s ShotSpotter Scam
City Limits - The NYPD’s ShotSpotter Scam
New York Law Journal - If 23andMe Goes Bankrupt, What Happens to All Our Data?
New York Law Journal - If 23andMe Goes Bankrupt, What Happens to All Our Data?

2024 Archive

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The Atlantic - An Autistic Teenager Fell Hard for a Chatbot
The Atlantic - An Autistic Teenager Fell Hard for a Chatbot
Times Union - Commentary: Kids Online Safety Act isn't the way to shield youth from harmful content
Times Union - Commentary: Kids Online Safety Act isn't the way to shield youth from harmful content
The Washington Blade - Kids Online Safety Act would harm LGBTQ youth
The Washington Blade - Kids Online Safety Act would harm LGBTQ youth
New York Amsterdam News - OP-ED: Mayor Adams, accused of millions in fraud, defends mass shooting over $2.90
New York Amsterdam News - OP-ED: Mayor Adams, accused of millions in fraud, defends mass shooting over $2.90
City Limits - Opinion: The Mayor’s Ballot Questions Are a Quiet Power Grab
City Limits - Opinion: The Mayor’s Ballot Questions Are a Quiet Power Grab
NY Daily News - Genocide denial can’t be for sale at City Hall
NY Daily News - Genocide denial can’t be for sale at City Hall
NY Daily News - The devolution of subway scanners
NY Daily News - The devolution of subway scanners
New York Amsterdam News - OP-ED: Mask bans make NY less safe
New York Amsterdam News - OP-ED: Mask bans make NY less safe
Business Insider - Through the roof: My journey into the surreal, infuriating future of homeowners insurance.
Business Insider - Through the roof: My journey into the surreal, infuriating future of homeowners insurance.
City Limits - In New York, Government Transparency is Failing
City Limits - In New York, Government Transparency is Failing
City Limits - Mayor Adams Wants to Turn NYC Into ‘Cop City’
City Limits - Mayor Adams Wants to Turn NYC Into ‘Cop City’
Business Insider - AI is quietly being used to pick your pocket
Business Insider - AI is quietly being used to pick your pocket
Times Union - Only one of New York's just-passed online safety bills will keep kids safe
Times Union - Only one of New York's just-passed online safety bills will keep kids safe
Newsday - New York should ban biometric surveillance in schools
Newsday - New York should ban biometric surveillance in schools
New York Amsterdam News - Facial recognition locked me out of my own apartment. NYS must ban it.
New York Amsterdam News - Facial recognition locked me out of my own apartment. NYS must ban it.
Tech Policy Press - Panoptic Surveillance is No Panacea
Tech Policy Press - Panoptic Surveillance is No Panacea
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

2023 Archive

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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
City Limits - Opinion: Geofence Warrants Violate NY’s Constitution. Let’s Ban Them.
City Limits - Opinion: Geofence Warrants Violate NY’s Constitution. Let’s Ban Them.
Fast Company - POV: NYPD’s robodogs are being paid for in the shadiest way possible
Fast Company - POV: NYPD’s robodogs are being paid for in the shadiest way possible
Gotham Gazatte - New York City Finally Faces Down Facial Recognition
Gotham Gazatte - New York City Finally Faces Down Facial Recognition
NY Daily News - Mayor Adams: Ditch the RoboCops: Surveillance technology is not good public policy
NY Daily News - Mayor Adams: Ditch the RoboCops: Surveillance technology is not good public policy
Times Union - Commentary: Stop police from using your cellphone against you
Times Union - Commentary: Stop police from using your cellphone against you
Washington Blade - When Discr33t_T0P’s a discreet cop
Washington Blade - When Discr33t_T0P’s a discreet cop
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
She Knows - Without Roe v. Wade, Abortion Cyber Safety is the New ‘Talk’ Parents Have to Give Their Teens
She Knows - Without Roe v. Wade, Abortion Cyber Safety is the New ‘Talk’ Parents Have to Give Their Teens
New York Law Journal - Yes, Justice Hector LaSalle Really Is Conservative
New York Law Journal - Yes, Justice Hector LaSalle Really Is Conservative
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