Concerned with tech, media and democracy. CEO & Editor at Tech Policy Press. Research & Adjunct Professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Opinions mine.
Justin Hendrix
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"Trump administration officials have asked a government artificial-intelligence testing unit to stop issuing public reports, the latest signal that the White House is tightening control over AI models as national-security concernsmoratorium?"
Two new Brazilian executive decrees tackle online fraud, gender-based violence and AI-generated intimate imagery. Nina Santos, Deputy Secretary for Digital Policies, and João Brant, Secretary for Digital Policies at the Brazilian Presidency, on why it matters in Brazil and beyond.
My latest piece for @techpolicypress.bsky.social, debunking the false claims & fear-mongering in a letter from Intelligence and Judiciary Cmte. Chairs Cotton and Grassley:
FISA 702 collection doesn't stop if sunset happens, and there is broad bipartisan opposition to simply continuing the status quo
"Having the White House publish synthetic content is deeply troubling, Farid said, because it muddies the historical record and makes it harder for the public to trust any visual evidence published by government officials."
The UK health system is rolling out a Palantir-built data platform that consolidates fragmented patient data, while experts raise concerns about transparency, oversight, and potential use in future, report Jade-Ruyu Yan and Aman Sethi.
"AIAL performs its work by collaborating with researchers, civil society, and rights groups across the globe—a strategy that gives the Lab the weight needed to advance its mission."
a brief story about yours truly and @aial.ie
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In response to a direct question, Prof. Bryan Fair said that @SPLC sees evidence of extremism having influence in this federal administration. SPLC has just released it’s annual report and it’s important research: www.splcenter.org/presscenter/...
wonderful piece from @clintsmithiii.bsky.social that, among other things, makes abundantly clear that pete hegseth and the trump administration are engaged in a racist purge of black officers under the belief that being black and having "merit" are mutually exclusive.
“Brad Paisley, a Grammy Award-winning American country music singer and songwriter, urged his followers to sign a petition to stop the construction of a 69,000-square-foot data center that would be 50 yards from the Nashville Zoo, which he called “an absolute nightmare scenario”
New: the FCC is trying to ban burner phones by forcing all telecoms to store ID information on all new and renewing customers. That includes a government issued ID number. Massive privacy-impacting change
“We never thought that would happen here,” the ACLU says www.404media.co/fcc-wants-to...
Two new executive decrees translate a Supreme Court ruling into enforceable obligations targeting online harms, write Nina Santos and João Brant.
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The unit’s future was thrown into doubt after its public work was halted despite winning praise from AI developers.
Jake Laperruque argues that lawmakers should reject fearmongering over a FISA 702 lapse and allow votes on bipartisan reforms to curb surveillance abuses.
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UC Berkeley professor Hany Farid is in a race to stay ahead of AI-generated fraud.
The FCC wants to legally force telecoms to collect new and renewing customers' government issued identity number and physical address, impacting everyone from the privacy-conscious to domestic abuse s...
THIS: Rep Hank Johnson powerfully states that this House Judiciary Committee hearing that has targeted @SPLC reminds him of the 1950s & the House Un-American Committee & names the mainstreaming of white supremacy. Remember this powerful news story.
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