Last Pride, you asked us your biggest queer digital rights questions—from dating safety online to how to get your address removed from public websites. This year, LGBT Q&A is back again with more answers and resources to help you navigate the internet on your own terms. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

I’m glad that Pervert Glasses has taken off as a moniker because they are that, but Fascist Frames would probably be more accurate regarding the scope of their damage.

Lots of tech companies are releasing surveillance specs & I’m reminded of the internal Meta memo to put facial rec in their glasses during a “dynamic political environment” because people will be too focused on other issues to resist. Companies think now is the right time to foist these on us all.

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NEW: A @wired.com analysis of the data pub'd by the White House's Aliens.gov and the site's code shows ICE arrested hundreds of US citizens and includes what appears to be a pirated version of the X-Files theme song. @regret.bsky.social & @dell.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/white-...

Surveillance provides the infrastructure of gendered violence. This is a practice that long predates Flock and goes way beyond local police. NSA employees have tapped into the backbone of the internet using national security tools to spy on women.

Age verification mandates are reshaping the internet in ways that are invasive, dangerous, and unnecessary. But users aren't powerless! Our resource hub is here to help you challenge these laws, protect our digital rights, and build a safer digital world for all—no matter your age. www.eff.org/age

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Messages could include "medical circumstances, accessibility accommodations, disputes, sexual assault allegations," and more.

private details of health and social vulnerabilities students disclose in comms to their faculty are precisely what makes data of young people - soon to make the largest spending decisions of their life like more education debt, car ownership, home ownership - valuable enough to force platform use

They described the ICO, which is responsible for monitoring facial recognition tech and the biometric data it uses, as “toothless” and unresponsive. www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

the biggest tech companies in the world are endorsing a new bill that would shove AI onto kids in school www.404media.co/literacy-in-...

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I had the most interesting conversation about surveillance practices with my Allergist today. We discussed a recent hospital lawsuit that was tied to selling data because the patient clicked the “contact us” button on the healthcare center’s homepage. They then were advertised certain medications 1/

'Ask the Governor' has wrapped but it's still imperative MA Governor Maura Healey hear directly from you with concerns about her misguided social media bill that would mandate online ID checks on the internet. you can give her a call + find more actions to take locally @ stoponlineIDchecks.org/MA

The destruction of science, the public health system, & health research by Trump, Vought, Bhattacharya, and RFK Jr could take generations to rebuild. I don’t know what the final toll of suffering, pain, sickness, & death will be as a result of all this destruction, but it will be enormous.

ASU Atomic, a new tool in beta at Arizona State University, takes faculty lectures and chops them into extremely short clips, that AI then attempts to turn into learning materials.

Meta’s answer to everything is surveillance…

Even more troubling, the proposed legislation would eliminate individuals' ability to hold companies legally accountable for data privacy violations, leaving consumers with no meaningful recourse when their information is mishandled or exploited. Congress should not advance either bill. 3/3

A nationwide data privacy standard is long overdue. But the SECURE Data Act and GUARD Financial Data Act would do more harm than good. Here's why: 1/3 www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

Taylor Shelton's 'Mapping Atlanta' project goes into detail on just how much of a surveillance city Atlanta is @jtsphd.bsky.social mappingatlanta.org/2025/06/09/c...

Atlanta showed out @ Flock HQ to make it clear: people everywhere want FLOCK OUT NOW! Atlanta is the most surveilled city in the country, with 124 cameras per 1000 people. Each camera putting immigrants, abortion seekers, and other criminalized communities at risk. www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/vide...

Authoritarianism by Adtech.

Hi so… we don’t need this. Or want it.

“Chatbots are failed products of corporate America. Now the market, the grift, is public education.” - Dr. Safiya Noble bringing the 🔥🔥🔥 at #AERA2026

A citizen group working to prevent large data centers from being built on prime farmland are seeking a noise expert who can speak to detrimental effects of noise from data centers, especially low frequency sound. They're able to pay. Any recs, incl names/contact info, asap would be so appreciated 🙏

"first it was the gays" is the strategy of this "Trojan Horse" and basically any "pro-child safety legislation". They lure you in with "oh, it's about kids" and then you gotta show ID to watch YouTube. Meanwhile, Palantir collects all that info....

This was so fun to talk about with students! The takeaway from each of my students, not just those who elected to have their writing published, was realizing that privacy is important to protect (and that they aren’t criminals for wanting to do so).

Today, @banvillemorgan.bsky.social shares how she challenges her students to critique the argument that we have nothing to fear from surveillance provided we have "nothing to hide." Read about her approach and hear from three of her students! www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/nothing...

Check out our practical guide on protecting your digital privacy while advocating for reproductive justice 👉

On Tuesday, EPIC and 63 other civil society organizations sent a letter strongly opposing plans to integrate facial recognition into Meta glasses to Meta, Ray-Ban’s parent company, the White House, the FTC, the DOJ, several state attorneys general, and the leaders of key congressional committees.

One of my students told me today that when they were traveling over the weekend, they opted out of facial recognition in the airport. When I tell you this was such a proud teacher moment 🥹

ICYMI! www.youtube.com/watch?si=WSb...

did i read this article correctly? did georgia state police say the flock camera was being used to spot expired registration tags, and in the process of doing that it caught someone supposedly using their phone? is that supposed to reassure one about these cameras being used for "serious crimes"?

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"I want to remind you that the future is yours, and it is not known — not by you, not by Georgetown, not by Sam Altman or Elon Musk, not by the chatbot, not by me. And that is a beautiful thing."

Ah yes of course, my close, intimate partner, ChatGPT🤢

The Pentagon is using AI technology by Palantir and the model Claude built by Anthropic to help speed up the “kill chain,” the process of identifying, approving and striking targets. “You’re reducing a massive human workload of tens of thousands of hours into seconds and minutes,” says Craig Jones.

“The features that make large language model chatbots compelling, such as performative empathy, may also create and exploit psychological vulnerabilities, shaping what users believe and how they perceive themselves and make sense of reality…”

The left doesn’t hate technology; we’re just not going to buy into shitty tech because the industry wants us to. This week @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss the problems with AI and digital tech, and why we deserve far better. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/319_...

Oscar-winner Ryan Coogler recalling how a college writing professor pushed him to become a screenwriter & the possibility of #Sinners being taught in film curriculums someday: “I have so much respect for professors…for dedicating their life to future generations & making sure their minds are solid.”

This case exceeds mere copyright. Britannica also claims OpenAI violates the Lanham Act (trademark law) by generating hallucinations falsely attributed to the publisher—effectively AI-libeling the complainant. techcrunch.com/2026/03/16/m... #GenAi #copyright

I'm passionate about Black women getting mammograms. I'm worried about how few of us get them especially at the right time. If I ever get to retire, I want to do more around this issue.

The audacity for people to do this. Just know that my groupchat knows about you smh

Hey academia, we gotta stop taking ideas from other people in the year of our Lord 2026. If that which we call plagiarism would get you 86'd in grad school, what makes it okay to do now that we're on the other side? At LEAST cite the people you're in conversation with. It takes ~1min to do.

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Seriously

Age verification risks tying users’ “most sensitive and immutable data” — names, faces, birthdays, home addresses — to their online activity, EFF’s @mollibroccoli.bsky.social told @CNBC.com. “Age verification strikes at the foundation of the free and open internet.” www.cnbc.com/2026/03/08/...

Was the Anthropic hullabaloo ultimately an example of an AI company finally standing up to the Trump regime and doing the “right thing” when it comes to concerns about the lethal entanglement between the military & “AI”? Sadly, no. To find out why read the MAIHT3k newsletter buttondown.com/maiht3k