mastodon 4.5.19Digital rights are human rights. There's hardly anything as important as ensuring that our shared future has freedom of expression and creativity at its core.
Absolutely wild that these cops are using PayPal transaction records to justify a militarized raid on a bail fund.
We're going to be talking about financial surveillance of marginalized folks & funds that support them at #DwebCamp if you're going > https://endabortionsurveillance.com/dweb/
(Screenshot sourced from https://twitter.com/SairaForGeorgia/status/1663961599109890074)
Amazon has become one of the biggest players in the entertainment industry. But like its warehouse workers, it refuses to pay its writers a fair wage. That’s why US writers are on strike right now. Sign to support their fight: https://makeamazonpay.com/its-writers/. #WGAstrike #MakeAmazonPay
Data brokers are constantly tracking, collecting, and selling our personal information to the highest bidder. We have the chance now to stop them from continuing this. Write to the CFPB to let them know how this impacts you http://www.stopdatabrokers.org
“When a city chooses to ban [facial recognition] technology they are taking an enormous step and stand for people’s rights, privacy, and freedom of speech" -Leila Nashashibi, ❤️Fight Campaigner
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/facial-recognition-software-is-everywhere-with-few-legal-limits
We need better tech for bodily autonomy. At #DwebCamp2023, we'll be hosting sessions with abortion & gender affirming care orgs from across the US.
Join us to learn more about building tech for this very important front line activism: https://www.endabortionsurveillance.com/dweb/
Coming to #DwebCamp? Join our tech for bodily autonomy track!
This year, we're hosting multi-day sessions with #abortion and gender affirming care funds in an effort to build alliances & better tools to empower front line activists.
Learn more: https://endabortionsurveillance.com/dweb/ @dweb@social.coop #DwebCamp2023
We applaud 🐦FTC for issuing this policy statement to help address the harms of facial recognition & other biometric surveillance tech, & call on the agency to act to protect consumers from the dangers of facial recognition in stores, restaurants, venues, & other public places.
QT FTC: FTC warns about misuses of biometric information and harm to consumers. Agency issues policy statement addressing emerging technologies that might harm… https://twitter.com/twitter/status/1659238222847721472
Love to see it: EU moving forward a ban on invasive surveillance - including facial recognition tech!
QT edri: 🥳 Today, 🐦EP_SingleMarket 🐦EP_Justice committees voted to put people first in the #AIAct!
MEPs sided with civil society to BAN discriminatory #surveillance🚫
🚨 Concerns remain about the definition of high risk AI & use of AI in migration.
This is messed up 🐦elonmusk. People need to be able to trust their messages are safe, and rolling out a half-baked version of end-to-end encryption, and only for people who pay, doesn't do that. Stop f**king around and take end-to-end encryption of Twitter seriously. #MakeDMsSafe
QT elonmusk: Early version of encrypted direct messages just launched.
Try it, but don’t trust it yet.
Just announced: our #Dweb Camp Tech for Bodily Autonomy sessions will next Thursday & Friday be from 11-12:30 in the Mycelium Pavilion.
If you're headed to #DwebCamp2023 and you care about reproductive & gender justice, don't miss these.
Learn more: https://www.endabortionsurveillance.com/dweb/
HEY! Are you a part of an organization that uses Slack? And/or are you a part of any Slack communities? Send us a message and check out http://MakeSlackSafe.com to sign onto a letter calling for end-to-end encryption and blocking features at Slack! #MakeSlackSafe
Everyone should have safe places to communicate online, & this half-assed approach isn't going to cut it. End-to-end encryption must be the default, & not just accessible to people who can pay for it. 🐦Twitter needs to take this seriously and #MakeDMsSafe
https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-encrypted-dm-signal-whatsapp/