Joshua Casey 😷 @JoshuaACasey@social.cleverlibre.org

Jeremy Malcolm writes about how ""groomer" slurs are used against LGBT people, and also against people working in the field of child abuse prevention. https://jere.my/2022-year-of-the-groomer/

Oh. my. god.

Madison Square Garden used facial recognition to identify and stop a mom from attending a Christmas show with her kid because she's an attorney at a firm who is engaged in litigation with them.

This is why it's not enough to just ban government and law enforcement use of #facialrecognition. There are so many ways private companies and even individuals can abuse #biometric #surveillance tech.

#BanFacialRecognition entirely. Yesterday.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/msgs-facial-recognition-stops-mom-from-attending-christmas-show-with-child/4004471/

Encryption protects us, so we need to protect it. Hear from Afsaneh Rigot, #LGBTQ+ activist from MENA region, on why encryption is crucial for keeping people in marginalized communities safe.

A film by Global Encryption Coalition #saveencryption #e2ee

#mastodon #fediverse
With talk growing about going back to 🐦 since man child 🤡 is talking about "not being CEO" (also revealed in his now public texts weeks ago), this excellent article by @mmasnick from 2019 about building protocols & not platforms needs to be surfaced again to avoid the social silos that dominate much of the internet that lack portability & interoperability 👇🏾

https://knightcolumbia.org/content/protocols-not-platforms-a-technological-approach-to-free-speech

When I tell parents that secretly spying on their kids' internet activities is not a great look, they ask me "Well, what SHOULD I do?"

There is no all-purpose parenting answer, but this report from Malwarebytes outlines many of the key considerations: https://www.malwarebytes.com/resources/attachments/parenting-and-growing-up-online-10-2022.pdf

there's not really a winner there; we'll end up with rules around AI that make ethical uses impossible and still screw over small creators, would be my guess.

I'm old enough to remember Joe Biden promising a "whole of government response" to abortion bans
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/20/omnibus-bill-family-planning-00074786 #TitleX

Here's @team statement on this:

We call for #MadisonSquareGarden to immediately end all use of #facialrecognition and #biometric #surveillance tech.

And we call on lawmakers to enact a ban on all use of facial recognition in places of public accommodation, as defined by the ADA.

https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2022-12-20-breaking-madison-square-garden-uses-facial-recognition-to-bar-mom-from-attending-christmas-concert-with-her-daugher

STATEMENT: Harrowing incident at Madison Square Garden shows why lawmakers should ban the use of facial recognition in all places of public accommodation, such as bars, restaurants, and venues https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2022-12-20-breaking-madison-square-garden-uses-facial-recognition-to-bar-mom-from-attending-christmas-concert-with-her-daugher

Totally random, but here's some non-Twitter ways to keep up with our work in the coming months https://fftf.link/tree

Quit trying to gatekeep how others use #Mastodon / the #Fediverse. That’s not what this place is about.

(I do realize the irony of this post, but it still stands.)

"Twitter rival Mastodon has grown eight times its size in a matter of weeks, going from approximately 300,000 users in October to 2.5 million in November, according to a blog post by the platform’s founder, Eugen Rochko": As Twitter backlash grows, rival Mastodon reaches 2.5 million monthly users | CNN Business https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/20/tech/mastodon-twitter-usage/index.html

Everything Marta Belcher says here is correct https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2022/12/20/elizabeth-warrens-new-financial-surveillance-bill-is-a-disaster-for-privacy-and-civil-liberties/

I could care less about the "crypto industry," but I care deeply about preserving basic rights like the right to code, the right to contribute to open source software projects, and the right to privacy including financial privacy.

That's why I oppose misguided legislation like this. Crack down on grifters and scams and centralized exchanges and wall street, not privacy tools and self-hosted wallets.

❤️ Fight has been around for 10+ years, running campaigns that shift what’s possible for tech policy and human rights. But our work takes resources. If you’re able, consider becoming a donor >> https://www.fightforthefuture.org/donate/campaigns/endofyeardrive2022

Good people need good encryption.

An irregular reminder that calling this place "Mastodon" has a bit similar energy as saying "I just sent you a GMail."

"Fediverse" (or "fedi") is a better term.

Mastodon is just one of many software projects that talk to each other to create this multi-instance social network:
https://axbom.com/fediverse/

(kudos to @axbom for this fantastic infographic!)

There are blogs, Reddit-like communities, video instances and many more, all part of fedi.

#TwitterMigration #NewHere

NEW: He Defended the NYPD in Court. Then They Arrested Him.

For 11 years, Karl Ashanti represented New York City cops in civil-rights cases. Then he was charged with a crime he didn’t commit.

https://www.propublica.org/article/nypd-karl-ashanti-special-federal-arrest @ProPublica