Emma Llanso

Director of @CenDemTech's Free Expression Project. Tweets are my own.

[Emma Llanso @ellanso]

Wondering what's hype & what's not in the latest content moderation debate?

Fighting hard for people's rights vs. algorithms but wanting more weedy technical detail?

Still concerned about dangerous filtering mandates?

We've got another paper for you! https://t.co/3WtwkOGVkX

[Center for Democracy & Technology @CenDemTech]

.@CenDemTech is delighted to announce the appointment of @kate_ruane as Director of its Free Expression Project 👏👏👏👏👏

Kate succeeds longtime CDT expert @ellanso, who after 14 years leading at CDT is transitioning to a role in the federal gov't:

https://t.co/KZlsMQuWGG

[Center for Democracy & Technology @CenDemTech]

"KOSA would also incentivize Big Tech platforms to engage in even more intrusive data collection, which disproportionately puts trans kids & their families at risk as more & more states move to strip us of our rights/criminalize our kids’ health care, education & very existence."

[Ariana Aboulafia @ArianaAboulafia]

a fantastic thread on some of the vital work that @CenDemTech is doing (alongside our wonderful partners!) to center disability rights & justice in tech policy ⤵️🧵

[Daphne Keller @daphnehk]

65 civil society groups call on Breton to walk back his rash remarks about Internet shutdowns & the DSA. The letter is powerful. The huge signatory list tells us how many activists around the world saw Breton’s remarks as a threat to them where they live.

https://t.co/F2UmTUsSgZ

[Asha Allen @AshaOAllen]

Arbitrarily blocking online platforms is not justified under the #DSA!
Internet shutdowns pose a grave threat to free expression, access to info & freedom of association
@cdteu joins 60+ CSO partners in demanding clarification on @ThierryBreton recent comments
#fundamentalrights

[Center for Democracy & Technology @CenDemTech]

.@CenDemTech's @ellanso: Civil society from across the Asia-Pacific region highlight the risk that @UNESCO's draft guidelines for regulating platforms could inadvertently bolster digital authoritarianism & anti-democratic regulation. UNESCO must listen to these serious concerns.

[Center for Democracy & Technology @CenDemTech]

💡🦾 Today, @CenDemTech is releasing a new report, “Lost in Translation: Large Language Models in Non-English Content Analysis” – a comprehensive look at how #LLMs try (and often fail) to understand text in languages other than English.

https://t.co/HXJz4hhzHw

[Center for Democracy & Technology @CenDemTech]

Thank you @SenAlexPadilla for entering the letter from 133 human rights orgs, released this week and led by @CenDemTech, expressing our continued concerns with the #EarnItAct. We'll say it once more – the bill is deeply flawed & should go no further. 🔊🔊

https://t.co/iUeiHl9ZsS

[Center for Democracy & Technology @CenDemTech]

📢 📢 Déjà vu: #EarnItAct passes out of Senate Judiciary Committee on a voice vote, after multiple senators express concerns about the bill’s threat to #encryption and the scope of state litigation it would enable.

[Center for Democracy & Technology @CenDemTech]

.@CenDemTech is delighted to welcome @krmaher to its Board of Directors 👏 Maher is the former CEO and Executive Director of @Wikimedia, which owns and operates @Wikipedia & other free knowledge projects.

https://t.co/8Q6vvq5bU1

[Center for Democracy & Technology @CenDemTech]

🚨 BREAKING: Today’s executive order from @POTUS is a major step forward on #spyware. By committing to refrain from using dangerous spyware other governments have abused, the U.S. sets a powerful example. #surveillance https://t.co/4cai4LOinB

[Michal Luria @[email protected] @michalluria]

Recently, @tiktok_us launched an in-person Transparency Center in LA, where visitors can learn more about TikTok and how it operates. This is a refreshing take on the usually dense text-based reports, so why is its effectiveness limited? A post-visit reflection 🧵 1/

[Jonathan Stray @jonathanstray]

If platforms shouldn't optimize just for engagement, what should they optimize for?
We designed an experiment to test selecting Feed content for long term user value, a collaboration between an international group of researchers and Meta.
1/3
https://t.co/q2zkTbNmVQ

[Center for Democracy & Technology @CenDemTech]

📻 On the radio: "[@WNYC's @onthemedia] reporter @MicahLoewinger digs into what happened, and where the conversation over the [online speech] rules of the world wide web might go next, featuring:"

* @CenDemTech's @ellanso
* @birnbaum_e
* @mjs_DC
https://t.co/Obwhz2cs10

[Deirdre K. mulligan @DMulliganUCB]

Totally thrilled to join @WHOSTP at a time when public values are at the center of every discussion about tech and data. Such a privilege to join @amac46 @DeniceRoss46 & the rest of the CTO team as @POTUS doubled down on commitments to equity & privacy for all Americans

[CiTiP KU Leuven @CiTiP_KULeuven]

This Friday, we’re honored to have the great @AshaOAllen from @cdteu at our lunch seminar to discuss the EU’s attempts to tackle #GenderBasedViolance online. See her piece on the #DSA https://t.co/cyIKHxwtKB

[Kate Klonick @Klonick]

Please join us virtually on TUESDAY 2/21 @ 9:30 for a live analysis of oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google!

With @zittrain @ma_franks @sfmnemonic @ellanso @grimmelm @GusHurwitz @VolokhC @jkosseff @ARozenshtein hosted by @BKCHarvard

https://t.co/lQHyQLe6wE

[Neil Chilson ⤴️⬆️🆙📈 🚀 @neil_chilson]

Really nice summary of the recent @RSI event on Government influence on content moderation that I participated in with @senatorshoshana @ellanso and @katersully. https://t.co/ISmMo9T4yI

[Louise Matsakis @lmatsakis]

In the newsletter today, I asked @GabeNicholas & @AliyaBhatia about what the rise of ChatGPT means for people who don't speak English. Our first group chat!! https://t.co/vvAtsUVaYQ