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Integrating AI into police tech “opens up law enforcement’s frame of surveillance in a way that we haven’t really previously had to deal with” but is now becoming a constant concern, EFF’s Beryl Lipton told @techreview. https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/04/16/1090846/ai-police-body-cams-cops-transparency/

Courts should interpret the 4th Amendment to mean the government can't buy data from data brokers if it would have needed a warrant to get it directly from a person or service provider, EFF’s @Adam_D_Schwartz told FedScoop. https://fedscoop.com/ice-pursuing-privacy-approvals-related-to-controversial-phone-location-data/

EFF’s Joe Mullin joins the Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons podcast to discuss why censorship bills like the Kids Online Safety Act will do more harm than good, and why comprehensive data privacy laws would be better for everyone. https://podcast.firewallsdontstopdragons.com/2024/04/15/protecting-kids-online/

Chula Vista’s use of police drones to respond to emergency calls “raises a number of really sort of tricky questions over the public's privacy and privacy of those who call 911 and request service,” EFF’s @aaronmackey told CBS 8 San Diego. https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/trial-court-decide-guidelines-releasing-chula-vista-police-drone-video/509-96f7033b-b534-4b20-8d27-cf27f4f13fb9

"I think with advertising we need a better deal ... We had one deal with Google in, let's say, 2010. If you go on Google now, it's an entirely different bargain," says antitrust expert Tim Wu. Hear more on the latest episode of "How to Fix the Internet." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/podcast-episode-antitrustpro-internet

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People deserve a better deal in trading some of their data for connectedness online, former White House official @superwuster tells EFF’s Cindy Cohn and @jgkelley on the new episode of “How to Fix the Internet.” https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/podcast-episode-antitrustpro-internet

Hey Tucson! Join EFF’s @maassive and University of Arizona geographers Colter Thomas & Dugan Meyer for today’s opening of the “Infrastructures of Control” exhibition featuring photos of surveillance tech at the U.S.-Mexico border, followed by an EFF Speakeasy/Meetup.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/infrastructures-control-qa-geographers-behind-university-arizonas-border

Victory! The California Supreme Court declined to review an appeals court’s ruling that video footage captured by police drones sent in response to 911 calls cannot be kept entirely secret from the public. EFF had filed a brief seeking this ruling.
https://timesofsandiego.com/tech/2024/04/11/chula-vista-loses-on-police-drone-video-in-landmark-state-high-court-decision/

On “How to Fix the Internet,” former Obama and Biden White House official Tim Wu joins EFF’s Cindy Cohn & Jason Kelley to discuss using the law to counterbalance the market’s worst instincts and create an Internet more focused on improving people’s lives. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/podcast-episode-antitrustpro-internet

Watch EFF’s @maassive speak at the University of Nevada, Reno’s annual XR Meetup about his work using virtual reality to explore, map, and explain surveillance technology at the U.S.-Mexico border.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/virtual-reality-and-virtual-wall

“Measures like this are inevitably used to censor lawful speech,” EFF’s @mitchstoltz told The @hollywoodreporter. “Because they afford an easy way to make something disappear from the internet, they’re a magnet for abuse.” https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/studios-antipiracy-bill-legislation-1235871278/

Musk's attitude in defense of free speech "undermines, rather than enhances, a qualified debate over ensuring user freedom of expression online and effectively balancing rights in content moderation," EFF’s Veridiana Alimonti told Business Insider. https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-defies-brazil-order-to-block-x-accounts-2024-4

Former White House official @superwuster joins EFF”s “How to Fix the Internet” for a discussion about distributing economic power more broadly on the internet, so more people can build and maintain small businesses online to make good livings. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/podcast-episode-antitrustpro-internet

Thanks to our friends at 2600 for donating 10% of April ticket sales for @hopeconf to EFF! We're excited to see new, and familiar faces this year. Grab your ticket today! https://www.eff.org/event/eff-hope-xv

For our latest Speaking Freely interview, we spoke with the Executive Director of FORUM-Asia, longtime human rights advocate Mary-Aileen Diez Balasco. Read her interview, and the entire Speaking Freely series, here: https://www.eff.org/speaking-freely

NEW: Former White House official @superwuster joins EFF’s Cindy Cohn & @jgkelley to discuss revitalizing American antitrust law and curbing the growing power of big tech platforms, on the latest episode of “How to Fix the Internet.” https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/podcast-episode-antitrustpro-internet

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