TIME quotes me about DOGE and VA, gets stuff wrong
The TIME article contains two substantive errors, several minor errors, and a curious omission.
Long article about DOGE in Der Spiegel
The article features my concerns about DOGE and VA. Unlike mainstream U.S. media, the piece effectively debunks DOGE’s claims without equivocation. This is the kind of reporting we need to see (but won’t) from U.S. media.
Mar. 13 NPR “Consider This” talks about risks of DOGE data access, with cameo by me
NPR’s Ailsa Chang; Elizabeth Lair of the Equity and Civic Technology Project at the Center For Democracy and Technology; Jonathan Kamens, late of the Department of Veterans Affairs; and University of Virginia law professor Danielle Citron, talk about the risks of DOGE having access to federal government data and how the Privacy Act of 1974 is being used to push back on it.
Comcast attempts to intimidate me into taking down a blog post
Comcast sent me two intimidating letters and a bogus DMCA takedown notice in a misguided effort to get me to take down content they didn’t like because it has Comcast executive email addresses in it.
My international debut on TV Tokyo
(1) You need to call your senators TODAY. (2) I was featured briefly in a TV Tokyo news segment Friday night.
Weird article which mentions me; is this AI slop?
I recently stumbled across this article that mentions me: https://evrimagaci.org/tpg/federal-and-state-actions-reshape-privacy-regulations-237420 (archive link) I found it curious. I’m guessing that it’s AI-generated, and that therefore probably the whole site, “The Pinnacle Gazette”, is probably just an AI slop farm, despite its claim that it is a haven for “intelligent journalism”. What do you think?
“America Unhinged” conversation, segregation returns, news roundup
You can watch my conversation with Francesca Fiorentini and Wajahat Ali last night on America Unhinged here if you missed it last night. Skip to the 30-minute mark if you don’t want to watch the whole episode. It’s worth watching the live chat replay (click “Show chat replay” in the web app): folks who were… Read More »
Live Thu, Mar 6 on “America Unhinged”, plus Stand Up For Science, other recent updates
Hello, democracy lovers! Please join me on America Unhinged at 8pm Eastern on Thursday, March 6, where I will be talking with hosts Francesca Fiorentini and Wajahat Ali about DOGE’s slash-and-burn march through the federal government, what it means for the American people if we don’t stop it, and how we can do that. I… Read More »
March 1 news roundup
GSA fires 18F, More Perfect Union releases video interview about VA infosec firing, AP video interview about VA firing published by Newsweek, NextGov/FCW writes about VA.gov migration project damaged by USDS hosage, USDS group resignation reported by NPR, and a bunch of other links.
Online privacy protection for people in the resistance: DeleteMe, Block Party
If you can make it go from taking 30 seconds to 30 minutes for a bad actor to find something private about you online, you’ll dramatically decrease the number of people willing to go through the effort. Think of it like putting an alarm-system sign on your lawn to encourage burglars to skip your house.