SCOTUS rules that public officials may block people on social media in certain circumstances, tossing aside challenges against Michigan and California officials
but only sometimes, SCOTUS rules Lauren Feiner / The Verge : Supreme Court defines when it's illegal for public officials to block social media critics Chris Teale / Route Fifty : Supreme Court clarif...
After three hours of oral arguments, SCOTUS came to no consensus on whether public officials can block social media critics, part of two First Amendment cases
The Supreme Court will decide several cases this term that impact the future of free speech on social media platforms
The Oversight Board's decision on Trump's Facebook ban failed to send a clear message that a powerful public official can't use Facebook to endanger the public
and heated — reactions to Trump's suspension Siva Vaidhyanathan / The Guardian : Facebook is pretending it cares how its platform affects the world Marietje Schaake / Los Angeles Times : Op-Ed: Facebo...
A look at Tim Wu's work on tech policy issues, from coining the term “net neutrality” to stints at NY AG's office, the FTC and Obama's NEC, and more
so long! Adam Kovacevich / @adamkovac : Incoming White House tech policy advisor @superwuster's truth bomb on Section 230: Repeal would hurt small platforms more than big ones: https://superwuster.med...
Lawsuit claims a New Jersey man was jailed for 10 days based on an erroneous facial recognition match, and prosecutors kept pursuing him for nearly a year
unless you want others seeing your “hookers and blow requests” https://www.nbcnews.com/... https://twitter.com/... Rashida Tlaib / @rashidatlaib : Facial recognition technology is racist. Detroit shou...
At all-hands, Zuckerberg said that Biden won the election, Bannon violated policies but not enough to shutter his account, Facebook isn't adverse to legislation
Mark Zuckerberg https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Luke O'Brien / @lukeobrien : Mark Zuckerberg could not make a better case for regulation. https://www.reuters.com/... Rat King / @mikeisaac : Zuckerbe...
Nextdoor is building close ties with local law enforcement and public officials in the US, worrying some civil rights advocates
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Nextdoor launches new app for public agencies like police, fire departments, and city halls, allowing them to post updates and push out geotargeted alerts
Sarah Holder / CityLab : Tweets: @sarahsholder , @nextdoor , @citylab , @sarahsholder , @citylab , @math_rachel , @rickpaulas , @derektmead , and @hypervisible Tweets: Sarah Holder / @sarahsholder : ...
A new generation of cameras in the UK that feed into facial recognition software, enabling real-time identity checks, raises new privacy concerns among citizens
Adam Satariano / New York Times : Tweets: @clareangelyn , @kenroth , @nytimes , @sandrawachter5 , @nytimesbusiness , @cendemtech , and @satariano Tweets: Clare Garvie / @clareangelyn : “...police dep...
In Colorado, over two dozen law enforcement agencies statewide have encrypted their radio communications, making it hard for crime reporters to cover their beat
Colorado journalists on the crime beat are increasingly in the dark. More than two-dozen law enforcement agencies statewide … Tweets: @jonathanwpeters , @hollyzachariah , @awinston , and @mattsebasti...