Funneling scholars into a few major platforms isn’t just annoying, it’s corrosive to intellectual freedom. Institutions should support researchers moving to more democratic and decentralized alternatives.
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Science Must Decentralize
Knowledge production doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Every great scientific breakthrough is built on prior work, and an ongoing exchange with peers i...
If you’re confused about the difference between “age verification,” “age estimation,” “age assurance,” and “age gate” — you’re not alone. Let’s help you make sense of it all.
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Age Verification, Estimation, Assurance, Oh My! A Guide to the Terminology
Age verification, age assurance, age estimation, age gating—they get thrown around interchangeably, but they technically mean different things. A...
Security means different things for different people. Check out our surveillance self-defense guides for protesters, researchers, LGBTQ youth, human rights defenders, and more.
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Thousands of cities allowed cops to run racists searches through their Flock Safety license plate reader databases.
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License Plate Surveillance Logs Reveal Racist Policing Against Romani People
More than 80 law enforcement agencies across the United States have used language perpetuating harmful stereotypes against Romani people when searc...
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LISTEN: EFF’s Sarah Hamid joined KPFA Radio’s Law & Disorder on Tuesday to discuss how Flock Safety’s automated license plate readers are enabling warrantless, mass surveillance that threatens our privacy and civil rights.
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What is FLOCK surveillance w/ EFF's Sarah Hamid; Oakland Police Commission w/ Ricardo Garcia Acosta and Omar Farmer | KPFA
Flock Surveillance refers to the camera and data systems developed by Flock Safety, a private technology company that provides automated license pl...
Requiring government ID just to make an app is a disaster for speech, privacy, and innovation.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Application Gatekeeping: An Ever-Expanding Pathway to Internet Censorship
Apple and Google use their app stores to shape what apps you can and cannot have on devices, but now more governments—including the U.S. governme...
Cops ran hundreds of searches for license plates using targeted and offensive terms such as "roma" and "g*psy," and in many instances, without any mention of a suspected crime---perpetuating systemic harm by demeaning individuals based on their race or ethnicity.
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License Plate Surveillance Logs Reveal Racist Policing Against Romani People
More than 80 law enforcement agencies across the United States have used language perpetuating harmful stereotypes against Romani people when searc...
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