David Greene
@davidgreene.bsky.social
@EFF's Senior Counsel, 1st Amdt prof @ USF, ex-SFSU. NOT any of the other David Greenes, like the ex-NPR host, the ex-UGA QB, or the 1 who directed Grease. Posts r mine only, so hands off.
For a look into what kinds of tech ICE has been collecting, read this deep dive into ICE contracts and the vendors from @eff.org
ICE Is Going on a Surveillance Shopping Spree
We need to have a hard look at the surveillance industry. It is a key enabler of vast and untold violations of human rights and civil liberties, and it continues to be used by aspiring autocrats to th...
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In light of the revelation today of DHS’s massive operation to spy on social media critics of their policies, remember this I posted a few months ago about the tech they bought that can do just this—and how the company markets itself to do political surveillance.
Matthew Guariglia@mguariglia.bsky.social · 5mo agoJust learning that ICE has a $4.2 million contract for social media surveillance/AI analysis with Fivecast. A few years ago I came across a brochure of theirs which used as an example for potential police customers their ability to map left-wing groups. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Experts (at least me) also say it violates the First Amendment right of access
NPR@npr.org · 4d agoThe president's media company is offering investors early access to his Truth Social feed for up to $100,000 a month. Experts say the service may violate insider trading laws.
I really want to see a study that looks at which young people are being forced offline, broken down by socio-economic and class factors. But that's a population that may not be readily surveyed. As I've said many times, I suspect that poor kids are the ones who will suffer most from these laws.
Ben Schwarz@benschwarz.bsky.social · 2d agoAustralia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...
I really want to see a study that looks at which young people are being forced offline, broken down by socio-economic and class factors. But that's a population that may not be readily surveyed. As I've said many times, I suspect that poor kids are the ones who will suffer most from these laws.
Ben Schwarz@benschwarz.bsky.social · 2d agoAustralia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...
Would be something if the SCOTUS released opinions the way baseball news breaks in the final hours before the MLB trade deadline ...
Check out this clip and make sure you search the Atlas of Surveillance to see what surveillance technologies are being used in your community. www.atlasofsurveillance.org
Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · 2d ago"Flock cameras are just one part of a vast ecosystem," @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver warned his audience last night. "Check out resources like the EFF's Atlas of Surveillance, which catalogs each of the technologies used in your area." www.atlasofsurveillance.org/
Experts (at least me) also say it violates the First Amendment right of access
NPR@npr.org · 4d agoThe president's media company is offering investors early access to his Truth Social feed for up to $100,000 a month. Experts say the service may violate insider trading laws.
"The SCREEN Act also targets VPNs .... and bill requires covered websites to verify users' ages based on their IP addresses unless the service can determine that the user is outside the United States, and specifically requires age verification on traffic coming from known VPN addresses."
The SCREEN Act Threatens Privacy Far Beyond Adult Websites
The Senate Commerce Committee is set to consider S. 737, the SCREEN Act, a sweeping age-verification bill that would require online services to verify users’ ages before they can access any sexually e...
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The new CHATBOT Act doesn’t just require parental permission for teens to use AI. It requires AI companies to build monitoring systems that store and analyze entire conversations, creating new privacy risks for entire families. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
The CHATBOT Act Forces One Parenting Model On Every Family
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing education, and the way people search for information. Parents, teenagers, teachers, and schools are struggling with tough questions about when AI should,
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Our deep dive (73pp) into the FCC forcing ABC to apply to renew its broadcast licenses, the most egregious abuse of power in the 92-year history of the FCC. This is Carr at his most shameless, ruthless, and dangerous. techfreedom.org/fcc-cant-use...
Handing your ID to a bouncer shouldn’t mean signing up for a private database. Californians deserve to know why bars are collecting and sharing information from your government-issued IDs and sharing it. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Why Are Gay Bars Building Databases of Their Patrons?
Recent reports have raised alarm about the use of PatronScan, an ID-checking and face-scanning system, at multiple LGBTQ+ bars in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood. For venues serving vulnerable
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🌐 A ruling by the EU Court of Justice could deprive online platforms of liability protection because of how they organize and disseminate user content, wrote @tylium.bsky.social for @eff.org buff.ly/KoCPNxL
New EU Court of Justice ruling on platform liability could cause collateral damage to freedom of expression - IFEX
A ruling by the EU Court of Justice could deprive online platforms of liability protection because of how they organize and disseminate user content.
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"The young people who could probably least afford to be cut off from their communities are the ones who tend to be suffering and getting harmed the most by these types of laws" says me in the Journal of Medical Internet Research re social media and chat bot age bans www.jmir.org/2026/1/e107251
Ross Douthat passing a charisma test for 60 Minutes has obliterated my imposter syndrome
Youth "deserve our full support & imagination. What they have received instead is a moral panic about social media, one that steers the conversation away from the structural failures of housing, climate, economic inequality, & democratic exclusion, & onto the devices in young people's hands."
Silencing a Generation: Youth power, the Milk Tea Alliance and the rise of age-gating laws in Asia-Pacific | Manushya Foundation
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This is a wild exchange if you read Gonzales, the leading 2nd Cir. case on reporters’ privilege. The entire case is about the government trying to get the phone records of NYT journalists…the same thing the gov is trying to do now. What do you mean you didn’t know about that aspect of it 😂
Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social · last wk.Earlier this month, a New York Times journalist was watching “The Sheep Detectives” when FBI agents showed up at his door with a subpoena. Last week, a judge had some questions. It didn’t go well for the Justice Department. My dispatch from the NYT hearing: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
Big news for spyware accountability in the UK 🇬🇧, where judges continue to rule in favour of dissidents and dismiss governments' arguments for sovereign immunity 👇 www.reuters.com/world/bahrai...
Bahrain loses bid to block dissidents' spyware lawsuit in UK
Bahrain cannot claim state immunity to block a lawsuit brought in Britain by two dissidents who say its government hacked their laptops with spyware, the United Kingdom's Supreme Court ruled on Mond...
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"The young people who could probably least afford to be cut off from their communities are the ones who tend to be suffering and getting harmed the most by these types of laws" says me in the Journal of Medical Internet Research re social media and chat bot age bans www.jmir.org/2026/1/e107251
The KIDS Act is not just some benign form of digital “carding.” If passed, the bouncer at the door is an online entity capturing and storing personal data from users who simply want to access legal, First Amendment-protected content on the internet, EFF’s @irmck.bsky.social wrote for @coindesk.com.
The KIDS Act is way worse than digital carding — it is a mass surveillance system
The fact that lawmakers are even contemplating a bill that would create a surveillance and censorship regime should be a wake-up call for everyone who values privacy and free expression, argues Electr...
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Over the past year, the EU's Court of Justice has gradually narrowed the scope of intermediary liability protections, with potentially far-reaching consequences for freedom of expression online. Find out why: www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
New EU Court of Justice Ruling on Platform Liability Could Cause
Intermediary liability laws around the world recognize that social media platforms, search engines, and other online service providers have become an integral part of our lives: they shape how we
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Trying to learn more about Flock cameras and other ways you're being monitored in your neighborhoods? CNET has a fantastic write-up of EFF's Atlas of Surveillance, which is a great way to start educating yourself. www.cnet.com/news/privac...
This Searchable Tool Is Helping Track Flock Surveillance Cameras in Your City - CNET
The Atlas of Surveillance database is the largest-ever repository of police surveillance technologies in the US.
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As foretold. www.wired.com/story/for-ta...
For Taylor Swift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly Went Dark
MSG’s sprawling surveillance system can monitor guests down to the second. Its owners made an exception for the pop star’s rehearsal dinner.
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David Greene@davidgreene.bsky.social · last mo.She may be the one person who could make MSG turn off its panopticon facial recognition surveillance.
These laws actually get in the way of carefully tailored efforts to create safer spaces for young people online. Bad for the rights of young people to speak, access information, art and culture, and form community. Bad for their safety.
NPR@npr.org · 2w agoThe move makes France the first country in the European Union to pass a blanket ban on platforms as concerns grow worldwide over the harmful effects of digital content on kids. n.pr/3TMwz94
What does a court case about drivers reporting police checks have to do with social media and freedom of speech? Potentially, a lot. A new ruling of the EU's top court risks pushing platforms to monitor what we say online. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
New EU Court of Justice Ruling on Platform Liability Could Cause
Intermediary liability laws around the world recognize that social media platforms, search engines, and other online service providers have become an integral part of our lives: they shape how we
eff.org
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