Law Professor & Social Scientist | Osgoode Hall Law School | PhD @oiioxford | Research Fellow and Affiliate @citizenlab, @bkcharvard, @CCRInitiative | Twitter: @jon_penney | Post: https://post.news/jonathon | Web: https://jonpenney.com | law, technology, & human rights
So, I wrote about the TikTok ban for the The Globe and Mail. Op-Ed is online and in today's print edition.
I argue the ban is dead for a few reasons, but mostly because its' design failed to account for the new era that Trump's admin represents: persistent merger and weaponization of tech and state power: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-tiktok-ban-is-already-dead-in-the-water/
A critical new investigation by WIRED Magazine (@WIRED)’s Dhruv Mehrotra (@dmehro) and Jesse Marx on police drone surveillance. I'm quoted in there on the chill and impact of such persistent and invasive observation. https://www.wired.com/story/the-age-of-the-drone-police-is-here/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhtwitter&utm_content=app.dashhudson.com%2Fwired%2Flibrary%2Fmedia%2F417379906
I have a new op-ed out, co-authored with Bruce Schneier in Slate on AI Microdirectives -- the Future of AI and the Law. We argue that they will pose an unprecedented threat to fundamental rights and freedoms. https://slate.com/technology/2023/07/artificial-intelligence-microdirectives.html
‘The Dutch government has collapsed because of differences between coalition parties over asylum policies’
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66139789
#netherlands #law #politics #immigration
I want to expand more on the comedy of errors that led to the eviction of #Twitter from their Boulder, Colorado office.
The story that leads up to this building even existing is bizarre and hilarious, so here goes...
A thread 🧵
Very excited to announce that we have 4 new vacancies (3 PhDs & 1 postdoc) at IViR in Amsterdam in my new research group on law and governance of quantum technologies, focusing on questions related to law and digital infrastructure.
PhD - Governance of Access to (Quantum) Computing;
PhD - (Quantum) Data Governance and the Law of Sensing and Measurement;
PhD - Law and Innovation in Quantum Technologies;
Postdoc - Constructing the Field of Quantum Technology
https://www.ivir.nl/law-and-governance-of-quantum-technologies/
RT @NUSL@twitter.com
We are pleased to announce that @Elibietti@twitter.com , an expert on market regulation, data and antitrust law, will join the @Northeastern@twitter.com community on July 15, 2023, as assistant professor of law and computer science. #NUSLPride https://law.northeastern.edu/elettra-bietti-professor-of-law-and-computer-science/
@NUGlobalNews@twitter.com
RT @BKCHarvard@twitter.com
TOMORROW at 3PM ET: Join @BKCHarvard@twitter.com Fellow @lizdubois@twitter.com for a talk on hate and harassment in health communication and journalism.
https://citap.unc.edu/event-elizabeth-dubois/
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BKCHarvard/status/1615782448838623244
RT @daniellecitron@twitter.com
via @NYTOpinion@twitter.com—yes indeed. There are no tricks to wealth. Let’s bid magical thinking about technologies and see them for what they really are and what we all really need to do to make the world better. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/16/opinion/the-crypto-collapse-magical-thinking-capitalism.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/daniellecitron/status/1615350248888586240
Come be a part of this incredible community.
RT @BKCHarvard@twitter.com
Interested in joining @BKCHarvard@twitter.com and researching Internet & society issues? Apply to be a Fellow today! Applications close Jan. 9.
https://cyber.harvard.edu/getinvolved/fellowships/2324Fellows
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BKCHarvard/status/1604846513942691846
RT @BKCHarvard@twitter.com
Interested in joining @BKCHarvard@twitter.com and researching Internet & society issues? Apply to be a Fellow today! Applications close Jan. 9.
https://cyber.harvard.edu/getinvolved/fellowships/2324Fellows
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BKCHarvard/status/1604846513942691846
I have a new article out in Foreign Affairs called "The Autocrat in your iPhone: How Mercenary Spyware Threatens Democracy." The article is paywall free right now here; https://www.foreignaffairs.com/world/autocrat-in-your-iphone-mercenary-spyware-ronald-deibert
An entrance to NYC's Central Park will serve as a permanent acknowledgement of the five teenagers who were wrongfully convicted in 1989 of the brutal assault of a jogger (the so-called "Central Park Five"). Entrances around the Central Park perimeter have historically been named for the varied groups the park serves, e.g.., "Engineers' Gate". "Artists' Gate", etc. Now there will also be a Gate of the Exonerated, at the northeast corner of the park.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/12/arts/design/central-park-five-gate.html
@randomwalker on TikTok, recommendation algorithms, and the power of design.
Siva Vaidhyanathan in The New Republic https://newrepublic.com/article/168881/must-fight-better-america-no-choice
@rondeibert @citizenlab Great!
Great to see the European Parliament's PEGA Committee first draft out.
Dutch MEP Sophie in ‘t Veld has called out member states for lack of transparency, and gives a nod to the work of @citizenlab, @amnesty, and investigative journalists to uncover abuses and raise awareness.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/08/dutch-mep-says-spyware-a-grave-threat-to-democracy
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