This time last year the Supreme Court's calamitous Dobbs decision was leaked, and I stood with some of the other elected leaders here to put the anti-choice cabal on notice: Washington state will not go back. #waleg medium.com/wagovernor/ins…

“current law prohibits distribution of CSAM, & since 2008, providers have faced large fines if they fail to report CSAM after receiving knowledge of its presence on their platforms.” Look up your rep via link below & tell them vote NO on the STOP CSAM Act. Save e2e encryption

Education officials in Wisconsin once held up a dropout prediction algorithm as a key tool in their fight against the state’s graduation gap. But the tool may be incorrectly and negatively influencing how educators perceive students, we found. themarkup.org/machine-learni…

Judge grants Kochava's motion to dismiss the FTC's complaint re location tracking with leave to amend. (Also dismisses for good Kochava's silly preemptive suit.)

Tech lobbyists are working to water down state privacy laws, leaving consumers with inadequate privacy protection. Read the new op-ed by Matt Schwartz, policy analyst at CR, in The Well News: thewellnews.com/opinions/why-a…

We’re hiring a legal intern! If you're at least a rising 3L interested in privacy law & the state rulemaking processing, our fall internship might be right for you. This paid internship is remote (w/in CA) & part-time. Apply by 6/16! Learn More: secure6.saashr.com/ta/6158859.car… #Hiring

Takeaways from the FTC policy statement on #biometric information. In short: anything that might become biometric information is sensitive, so treat it that way. iapp.org/news/a/a-view-…

"A Midwest antiabortion group used cellphone #LocationData to target online content to visitors of certain Planned Parenthood clinics, according to people familiar with the matter and documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal:" wsj.com/articles/antia…

This new era of social media co’s doing less & less, I’ve named ‘Big Tech Minimalism’. Read my piece ⁦Tech Policy Press⁩ on why the Missouri v. Biden ruling is bad for free speech & democracy, the latest cover for platforms to do less ahead of 2024: techpolicy.press/the-era-of-big…

The Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act (FANFSA) is essential legislation which should pass this Congress. It would ban law enforcement agencies from buying personal info from data brokers, circumventing constitutional safeguards & our civil liberties. judiciary.house.gov/committee-acti…

In a major moment for privacy in the 21st century, House Judiciary Dems + House Judiciary GOP 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 joined to pass the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act and close the Data Broker Loophole! There's so much to say, but I have to start with Rep. Zoe Lofgren + Rep. Jim Jordan... youtube.com/watch?v=_5Cgy5…

Lots of talk about “Section 702 reauthorization” — for those that don’t know what that means, here’s a thread on why this is important for civil rights & liberties: 1/ fisareform.org

UPDATE: House is set to hold a secret session — first of its kind since 2008 & fourth time ever since the 1800s — to hone a surveillance bill this wk. Ironic they’ll discuss spying on Americans under cover of a closed-door session. This is concerning procedurally & substantively.

EPIC’s statement (via Jeramie D. Scott): (4/4)