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It's time for King County to ban governmental use of facial recognition

The King County Council votes this week on an ordinance to ban governmental use of facial recognition technology.

JEDII Tech News: May 7

Links, and occasional tweets, from around the web curated from The Nexus Today - an intermittent series Update, November 2021: most of the semi-regular "tech news roundups" I did in early 2021 are now hidden. This top story on this one, though, relates to the the Washington privacy

Comments on King County facial recognition ban

From the May 5 King County Council "Committee of the Whole" meeting. I’m Jon Pincus, a technologist, entrepreneur, and long-time Bellevue resident. Following up on my comments from two weeks ago, I’d like to highlight a key difference between the proposed King County Ordinance 2021-

The Clock Ticks Down on the Bad Washington Privacy Act

With less than a week left in the session, the stakes are high!

The Bad Washington Privacy Act: An Illusion of Rights And As Cher Would Say, "What a Monet"

As Cher says in the 1995 movie Clueless, "It's like a painting, see? From far away, it's okay, but up close, it's a big old mess."

House Appropriations Testimony on SB 5062 - the snarky version

This is the testimony I actually wound up giving at the hearing

House Appropriations Testimony on Fiscal Impacts of SB 5062

What I didn't say at the hearing.

Bad Bills Advance in the Senate: Washington Privacy Legislation Update

SB 5010 was gutted, and SB 5062 hasn't improved.

JEDII Tech News: February 28

Links from around the web ...

JEDII Tech News: February 27

A roundup of links from around the web ...

JEDII Tech News: February 26

I've been working on longer posts, but now's a good time ime to get back to a more regular rhythm!

Going beyond 'The Social Dilemma': what you can do (and what they didn't discuss)

Things you can do today -- and some topics the movie didn't cover.

Automated Decision Systems regulation advances, but no hearing yet on the People's Privacy Act: Washington state legislation update

Washington privacy legislation update

SB 5026 Testimony for the Ways & Means Hearing

An expanded version of what I said at the hearing, also submitted as written testimony.

The illusion of protection and SB 5062 (the Bad Washington Privacy Act)

Just how good *is* the Bad Washington Privacy Act?

A good hearing on Automated Decision Systems, a bad privacy bill advances: Washington state legislation update

An update on SB 5116, SB 5062, and Flights and Rights this Wednesday

Criticism and praise for at the hearing for SB 5062 (the Bad Washington Privacy Act)

Most recent update: January 29 SB 5062's official title is Concerning the management, oversight, and use of data. It's generally referred to as the "Washington Privacy Act," but as Jennifer Lee of ACLU of Washington said in her testimony at the January 14 hearing,

The stakes are high: Washington state privacy, facial recognition, and automated decision systems legislation 2021

SB 5104, SB 5116, the People's Privacy Act, the Bad Washington Privacy Act, and more.

JEDII Tech Links - January 15

Apologies for missing a few days! Yesterday I testified at a state Senate hearing on SB 5062, the Bad Washington Privacy Act, and let things slide here as I prepared. As you can probably tell I'm still working on getting the right rhythm for the newsletter! Here'

New on The Nexus Today: Accountability, Impeachment, and Insurrection

The Nexus Today is a news aggregator, highlighting interesting links from around the web on a variety of topics.

DRAFT: How social media algorithms embed and magnify racism, sexism, and misogynoir

DRAFT! Work in progress! Please do not forward broadly yet. Feedback welcome! There's a comment section at the bottom, experimenting with Commento, or you can get in touch with me via email or social networks. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Reddit and other social networks use algorithms to decide what

JEDII Tech Links - January 8

Back to links on diverse topics today ... including a video! My Data Rights by Chenai Chair on My Data Rights (mydatarights.africa) A feminist review of AI, privacy and data protection to enhance digital rights. Are we all equal in the eyes of AI? What are the opportunities and challenges

Social networks, disinformation, and the white supremacist mob

JEDII Tech links for January 7, 2021

JEDII Tech Links - January 6

Quite a crop of links today! Envisioning a Decolonised Digital Rights Field – and Charting Next Steps By Nani Jansen Reventlow and Claire Fernandez on Digital Freedom Fund (digitalfreedomfund.org) If together we had built a digital rights field in which all groups in society have their voices heard and which

Privacy Roundup - JEDII Tech Links for January 5

With the People's Privacy Act about to be introduced in Washington state, I'll be focusing even more than usual on privacy for the next few months.