Jennifer Brody @[email protected]

fighting for human rights in the digital age

[PEN America @PENamerica]

"The murder of O’Shae Sibley was devastating—and a signal of a disturbing trend. Increasing violence toward #LGBTQ+ people, and attempts to quash their personal and artistic expression, are on the rise in the United States," writes @hbhicks4 in @WashBlade https://t.co/WWmyUKFwIc

[Sam Gregory @SamGregory]

🧵Watermarking AI content? I recently talked to @shiringhaffary about provenance and AI images. Now as we see the White House push companies to commitments on this, what to bear in mind? Thread https://t.co/yEiMfNe3h4 via @voxdotcom

[Amnesty Tech @AmnestyTech]

🚨Voluntary safeguards are far from what we need in a rapidly moving AI landscape, lawmakers must quickly implement binding and enforceable regulation putting human rights at the heart of AI legislation.
https://t.co/OQlWW6FsOy

[EPIC @EPICprivacy]

"While EPIC appreciates the Biden Administration’s use of its authorities to place safeguards on the use of artificial intelligence, we both agree that voluntary commitments are not enough when it comes to Big Tech." - @CaitrionaFitz, EPIC Deputy Director (1/2)

[Meredith Whittaker @mer__edith]

This is the real, human cost of mass surveillance of everyone's private digital communications.

If we actually care about keeping people safe, we need more end-to-end encryption not less.

[Freedom on the Net @freedomonthenet]

In a win for freedom from #surveillance, the 4th Amendment Is Not For Sale Act advances out of the House Judiciary Committee! 🎉

The bill would protect the #privacy of people in the US from unwarranted government surveillance.

[Freedom on the Net @freedomonthenet]

It's time to combat surveillance & protect the privacy of people in the US.

The 4th Amendment Is Not For Sale Act is a major step in the right direction and up for markup tomorrow in the House Judiciary Committee👏 https://t.co/2mPhaEbwjk @JudiciaryGOP @HouseJudiciary

[Jennifer Brody @[email protected] @brodygoes]

Read more here 👇

https://t.co/paslGrmupr

[Jennifer Brody @[email protected] @brodygoes]

BIG NEWS 📢

Thanks to civil society advocates like @jsrailton @natynettle @mdedora @lawyerpants & more, USG added spyware purveyors Intellexa & Cytrox to the Commerce Department's Entity List for "threatening the privacy and security of individuals and organizations worldwide"

[Jennifer Brody @[email protected] @brodygoes]

Tell Congress: The Fourth Amendment is not for sale. Your Senators and Representatives need to hear that the government should be barred from purchasing personal data it would otherwise need a warrant to acquire. https://t.co/mlTez57F0X

[Jennifer Brody @[email protected] @brodygoes]

Hi @usembassysjo! Could you please assist me with something? My Costa Rican partner's G-4 visa to work in the US is in process at the Consulate. We are unclear if she needs to book an appt, and it is not possible to do so online for the G-4 visa. Could you please assist? Thanks!

[Jennifer Brody @[email protected] @brodygoes]

@lufthansa @Lufthansa_USA Thank you! I appreciate your message. I just sent you a DM with the requested information.

I have sent multiple emails to Lufthansa customer relations and have called Lufthansa many times over the past 8 months, to no avail. I hope to receive a refund soon. Thank you.

[Common Cause @CommonCause]

NEWS: In a major victory for media and democracy, we JUST stopped a hedge-fund proposed media merger from going forward. We will never stop fighting for diverse voices in media and building up local newsrooms—not tearing them down. 🎉https://t.co/uweyNAxUot

[Business and Human Rights Centre @BHRCmedia]

🆕 Digital defenders pushing for #tech sector accountability face opaque business practices, inaccessible company structures & poor engagement - especially in the Global South.

We spoke to #DigitalRights groups about their challenges & strategies... 1/ https://t.co/Nhp2L8dt6B

[Jennifer Brody @[email protected] @brodygoes]

🎟️ I just registered for RightsCon Costa Rica (June 5-8, 2023)! Will you join me at the world's leading summit on human rights in the digital age? Get your ticket today, and see you there!
➡️ https://t.co/qgulxlzEID

[Jennifer Brody @[email protected] @brodygoes]

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[Business and Human Rights Centre @BHRCmedia]

Ahead of the 2023 #SummitForDemocracy, civil society urges world leaders, tech companies & investors to prevent the gross abuse & continual misuse of spyware

https://t.co/PcO58DuMP3

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[Center for Democracy & Technology @CenDemTech]

@HouseCommerce .@CenDemTech's @CaitlinVogus delved into the issues at play, making clear that banning TikTok would undermine #FreeSpeech in the US & abroad – & wouldn't solve the problems the gov't believes TikTok creates. For that, we need federal privacy legislation.

https://t.co/lmn1PUNjGi

[Joseph Cox @josephfcox]

New: 80 civil society, racial justice, and immigration advocacy organizations are urging DHS to cancel ICE's contract with LexisNexis. Company sells access to billions of data points, ICE using it to get data that sanctuary states won't share with them https://t.co/aUcX1L7hXI