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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) launches the Street Level Surveillance Hub, a resource for learning about invasive technologies used by U.S. law enforcement. The website contains accessible intros to cell-site simulators, gunshot detection systems, predictive policing, and other troubling technologies, and identifies related civil liberties concerns. “Understanding this panopticon is the first step in protecting our rights,” says EFF Policy Analyst Matthew Guariglia.

“I think the Bitcoiners that are celebrating these enforcement actions tend to be later on the adoption curve and lower on the IQ spectrum than folks that actually know what’s going on. They’re cultists.”
– Crypto analyst Ryan Selkis, on the Bitcoin purists vocally celebrating recent SEC lawsuits that claim (at least as far as America is concerned) other leading cryptocurrencies are securities
“If your world view is ‘somebody’s out to get me and I need to protect myself from them.’ Well, then you view everything through that lens.”
– Baylands CEO Greg Vilkin, dismissing recent American paranoia that 15-minute city-style urban planning infringes on civil liberties. The developer observes decreasing our reliance on cars makes a statement: “I buy society’s rules as part of something I have to do to be part of an active community.”
“Digitization reproduces and deepens existing social inequalities in regards to access to digital services, presence and visibility on platforms as well as discrimination through algorithmic decision making.”
– Equity advocates SUPERRR Lab, contextualizing why feminist digital policy is necessary. Published in English just in time for International Women’s Day, their resource defines feminist tech policy, and provides case studies and references for further research.
“By attempting to shield consumers from high prices, governments will only encourage consumption via lower prices, prolonging the energy crisis.”
– Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Senior Research Fellow Adi Imsirovic, advising against governments deploying “subsidies, retail price caps, and tax reductions” to placate cash-strapped consumers. “Such actions only support the rich,” encourage fossil fuel use, and stifle innovation, he argues.
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