Curious if elected officials in your area are trying to approve a Flock contract without your knowledge or consent? This new tool will let you subscribe to alerts in your area for relevant city council meetings so that you can organize, show up, and make your voices heard. alpr.watch

Meetup tonight with AI Expert Dr. Benjamin Kuipers, join us!

Our meetup next month features AI expert and former UT Austin CS Department Chair Dr. Benjamin Kuipers talking to us about AI and ethics, join us! www.meetup.com/eff-austin/e...

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Our meetup next month features @jcklpe.bsky.social discussing Enzo, a programming language of his own design, join us! www.meetup.com/eff-austin/e...

Louis Rossmann and EFF-Austin's Mackenzie Rhine sat down to interview Austin City Council Member Mike Siegel around his vocal support for the movement to ban surveillance from Austin.

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We were honored to be featured in @eff.org's ongoing series profiling EFA (Electronic Frontier Alliance) members.

Curious about where EFF-Austin has a presence on the web. Check out our new link aggregator, effaustin.omg.lol - all our accounts in one convenient place!

Our meetup next month features @stevenapodacatx.bsky.social talking to us about Austin's Technology Commission, join us! www.meetup.com/eff-austin/e...

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Happening NOW at Austin City Hall, Louis Rossmann and EFF-Austin's Mackenzie Rhine are talking to Austinites about how they DON'T want surveillance in our parks. www.youtube.com/live/8BlxpQK...

Louis Rossmann wants YOU to let Austin City Council know that you do not want our parks under "AI-powered" video surveillance. This Thursday, 10:00 AM, BE THERE.

anyhow age verification laws are bad and they make kids less safe while gutting online free expression and privacy so maybe you should tell your lawmakers not to fall for this nonsense www.stoponlineidchecks.org

Next month's meetup features Henry Fisher, founder at @techlore.tech, talking to us about how to balance safety vs practicality in your privacy journey, join us! www.meetup.com/eff-austin/e...

Meetup tonight, join us! Note that we'll be the Captain America meeting room on the 8th floor.

EFF-Austin recently spoke with the City of Austin Technology Commission about ALPRs, you can find video of our presentation here: austintx.new.swagit.com/videos/349277

Next's month's meetup features @silicontongue.bsky.social chatting with us about her work as the Director of Digital Arts at The Museum of Human Achievement, join us! www.meetup.com/eff-austin/e...

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"EFF-Austin is mourning the loss of our beloved board member and friend, Chris Boyd. Help us honor Chris' memory by donating to Electronic Frontier Foundation in his name. Whether it's $5 or $500, we, and Chris, thank you. Link to donate in the comments."

Our next meetup features @eff.org's Cindy Cohn talking to us about code as speech, join us!

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EFF-Austin is mourning the loss of our beloved board member and friend, Chris Boyd. Help us honor Chris' memory by donating to Electronic Frontier Foundation in his name. Whether it's $5 or $500, we, and Chris, thank you. www.gofundme.com/f/honor-chri...

Victory! Austin's ALPR contract will be allowed to end by our city council at the end of the month. The battle is won, but the fight continues. Join us and other activist groups for a victory press release tomorrow at 11:30am at city hall!

KXAN interviewed EFF-Austin's Kevin Welch for their story around this week's debate about the ALPR program. www.kxan.com/video/around...

This video of today's Austin City Council Work Session contains invaluable community testimony standing in solidarity against ALPRs. Find EFF-Austin's testimony at 29m43s and 40m14s. austintx.new.swagit.com/videos/344520

Join us at Austin City Hall tomorrow for a press conference and on Thursday at the city council meeting to urge council members to REJECT our ALPR program, Item #67 (Against). These tools of mass surveillance can be stopped if YOU speak up. services.austintexas.gov/edims/docume...

Next Thursday, sign up to tell City Council to vote NO on Item #67, the continuing authorization of Austin's Automated License Plate Reader program. This dangerous surveillance threat to our civil liberties must end NOW. www.austintexas.gov/department/c...

Our meetup next month will feature Nate Bartram of @thenewoil.org discussing the basic of improving your phone privacy, join us!

"...Welch, president of...EFF-Austin, said the bill prohibits private right of action,... “I feel...[these laws] often end up...a lot of nice words and sentiments, but the...rights of citizens aren’t protected...if we...want to give these laws teeth,...make it where citizens can bring lawsuits.”"

We say goodbye to our board member and friend Chris Boyd, who just passed away suddenly. Chris was a brilliant man who knew more about networks than anyone I've ever met. Kind and compassionate, he always fought for the rights of others. We will miss him. www.allfaithsonline.com/obituaries/c...

Austin's audit of its Automated License Plate Reader program is finally available, and EFF-Austin has a LOT of questions that yet again make us urge council to seriously consider the effectiveness and legality of this program. Find our testimony here: austintx.new.swagit.com/videos/34310...

EFF-Austin's Kevin Welch sat down with @plutopia.io and EFF's Executive Director Cindy Cohn for a freewheeling discussion on digital civil liberties. plutopia.io/cindy-cohn-a...

Meetup tonight with @manton.org , join us! www.meetup.com/eff-austin/e...

Our meetup next month features @manton.org discussing micro.blog and the fediverse, join us!

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Our meetup next month features Louis Rossmann discussing right to repair, join us!

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A federal court has declared that warrantless searches of US person’s communications collected for national security purposes is unconstitutional. Now it’s our job to make sure Congress knows that when they renew this law in a little over a year.

Well-known academic and digital activist Ethan Zuckerman will be in Austin for two talks at UT this coming Thursday and Friday, we strongly encourage you to attend if you are available. t.e2ma.net/message/vdgn...

"At the end of December, Sean joined 34 other academics in an amicus brief on the US Supreme Court case, which argues convincingly that the TikTok ban is “shocking” overreach and that “free speech consequences are thus serious and wide-ranging.”"

Our meetup next month features Frank Force discussing code golfing to create digital art, join us! www.meetup.com/eff-austin/e...

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This is what happens when people outsource the accountability for decisions to machines.

Our next meetup will feature Kathy Mitchell discussing the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act, join us!

⭐️ATX PUBLIC INTEREST TECHIES ⭐on JAN 9, join Open Austin, tacos, and local civic celebs to build our ecosystem! Want to come but money is tight? DM me. I’m on the board at Open Austin, a community that advances grassroots civic technology and open government 🎟️https://bit.ly/atx-civictechmixer

Thank you to everyone who comes to our talks and supports what we do. We're looking forward to hitting the ground running in 2025. Texas will be considering a major AI regulation bill, and we're going to be involved in those conversations. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

Holiday party tonight! Make sure to RSVP via the link in the event to receive the address. We hope to see you there! www.meetup.com/eff-austin/e...

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