Six years ago she was making this sign, practicing her speech, and preparing to speak out for her rights in public for the first time. ➡️ Today, she got all dressed up and went to her school’s Sophomore Cotillion.

❤️ Fight’s sarah ‎chechi says fight to win സാറ explains why the push to ban TikTok in the United States is not about protecting digital privacy. Sign the petition and tell Congress #DontBanTikTok dontbantiktok.com

This disturbing lawsuit aimed at punishing women who helped their friend access abortion care shows how risky digital abortion-related communication is post-Roe, and how important it is for tech platforms to take every possible measure to protect users. texastribune.org/2023/03/10/tex…

Just now: 🎵Music fans were outside MSG, passing out flyers about the venue’s #FacialRecognition #Surveillance, & calling on artists like John Mayer (performing tonight) to boycott venues that use this discriminatory and dangerous tech. banfacialrecognition.com/venues 🧵

DWeb Fellowship application deadline *extended* to this Friday, March 24! We're looking for those working with/for marginalized communities as an artist, organizer, technologist, or researcher to make networks tech more just, participatory, & accessible. dwebcamp.org/fellowships/

📢 NOW OPEN: #DWebCamp2023 Call for Proposals Do you have an idea for a talk or workshop at #DWebCamp2023? Starting today, we are accepting session proposals. Submit yours at cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/…

Our next Ask us Anything is coming up on Thursday April 13 at 5pm PT! ✍️RSVP on eventbrite to ask any questions about DWeb Camp eventbrite.com/e/ask-us-anyth…

Oh hey, we got nominated for a Webby in their new category: Responsible Technology/ Responsible Information! The Webby Awards Vote for us through Thursday 4/20 vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/…

'Many experts have compared facial recognition to nuclear or biological weapons' — Here's why this org is raising awareness about the dangers of facial recognition technology (with Fight for the Future)

Someone call Lucia the seamstress to fix this. I believe in her

Bills like the UK's so-called Online Safety Bill and the just re-introduced EARN IT Act undermine safety by attacking end-to-end encryption. #noearnitact #makedmssafe

Tomorrow is coming At #DWebCamp2023, we invite you to experience TOMORROW – a day when the Internet we rely on is suddenly gone and the decentralized web is a necessity. dwebcamp.org/tomorrow/

"The need for privacy has never been more urgent," said Ese (she/her) of Fight for the Future. "Encryption is a shield that protects everyone but most especially the most targeted and vulnerable communities." commondreams.org/news/coalition…

Are you part of a group or organization that cares about ensuring Slack messages stay private and secure? Check out this letter to Slack: demanding they implement end-to-end encryption and a blocking feature to secure users mess…lnkd.in/grCvPMcw lnkd.in/gFyDJsua

It's go-time. KOSA goes to markup at 10 AM EST. We need the phones ringing off the hook as they consider this bill. You can call key members of the Senate and watch the livestream of the Commerce Committee meeting here: badinternetbills.com/#livestream

i'm in Teen Vogue this morning with a piece on AO3, fandom, and KOSA, which goes to committee vote in the next few minutes and is a censorship bill masquerading as a kids safety effort teenvogue.com/story/kids-onl…

Today we are releasing Wage Theft Monitor — the largest public repository of data on New York businesses found guilty of wage theft. This is the culmination of a five-year effort to provide more transparency about the conditions New York workers face. 🗺: nywagetheft.com

People: What productivity software do you us? Me:

Racialized professors at one of Canada’s leading law schools faced the institutional challenges of being underpaid, bullied, and ignored. Julie Sobowale investigates the tensions at University of British Columbia’s Allard School of Law school: thewalrus.ca/an-elite-law-s…

Breaking UBC news: another petition, this time from a group of international scholars, is circulating in support of Sara Ghebremusse and Brenna Bhandar, calling for accountability and a public commitment to academic freedom docs.google.com/document/d/1Ty…