Alan Butler

@AlanInDC

Privacy advocate, Interim Executive Director in Washington, DC. Interested in: privacy, national security, and technology law.

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Joined June 2009
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    Nov 19

    Tonight at 8:30pm ET, join for a panel discussion about & with , , and . Moderated by 's , with special guest . RSVP:

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    Nov 19

    This is a terrible development: in a time when they're most needed, is undergoing major "belt tightening" cutbacks which will result in "bringing fewer expert intensive cases" and a "hiring freeze".

    News: An internal FTC memo announces major cost cuts ahead of possible action against the tech giants. It amounts to "A breathtaking constraint on capacity" former FTC chair William Kovacic tells me. More here:
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    Nov 16

    Finished ? See how my squad takes on imperial tech powers. Watch here Highlighting

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    Nov 12

    There's a lot of excitement about using new computational tools to understand people and society, but rigorous social science is hard and the tools are relatively immature. A new paper shows how gender biases in computer vision tools made them useless to social scientists.

    As participants of 2018, we were excited about using image recognition for social science research, but it didn't take long for us to realize substantial problems. So we analyzed 220,000 Twitter and Wikipedia images of U.S. Congress to investigate:
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  5. Nov 7

    Yuge

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    Nov 5

    According to this, Michigan is the 13th state to add electronic communications to its state constitution. Lots of interpretive fun for and Co.!

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    Nov 4

    Wondering if your ballot is among the 300,000 that are sitting in a post office somewhere? Don't just sit there. here: … If yours hasn't been received or has a problem, call 866.867.8683 to get directions for what to do.

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    Nov 4

    California’s new privacy ballot passes. Funds new privacy enforcement division, closes some loopholes on the major data collectors (Google, Facebook) and makes it very hard for them to weaken in the future. Enforcement in 2023.

    RACE CALLED: California’s Proposition 24, which would expand the state’s landmark consumer privacy law, was passed by voters Tuesday night.
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    Nov 3

    Checking in on the [other] big ballot initiative tonight: With 35% of precincts reporting, Michigan Prop 20-2 to require law enforcement to obtain a search warrant to gain access to electronic data or communications leads 88 to 12%

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    Nov 3

    Robocalling has destroyed trust in COVID tracing and promulgated election misinformation. This is a threat killing people and making us unsafe. There's no more time for consensus or industry feedback. You host this stuff you go to prison.

    NEW: NY Attorney General joins FBI, others in investigating robocalls telling people to "stay home" or spreading election misinformation, as we first reported this AM:
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    Nov 2

    If you need smthg to focus on & I filed an amicus on behalf of an incredible group of law profs supporting /’s case against Clearview for violating BIPA. Clearview moved to dismiss the case; we argued why BIPA survives 1A scrutiny.

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    Nov 3

    This. Replacing identifiers with pseudonyms is not anonymization, and really some enterprising lawyers should go prove that this lie is a lie with consequences in court.

    anyway, when a company or government tries to tell you not to worry about how much data they're collecting on you because it's "anonymized" or "de-identified" you should laugh at them
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    Nov 2

    Putting your absentee ballot in the mail or dropbox was only the first step. Track your ballot to make sure your vote was counted. Most problems can be solved with a quick phone call to your local election officials. Read our guide today at :

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    Nov 2

    Here is the full *reprocessed* report with the redactions removed. And a hat tip to and for getting the sections unsealed.

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    Nov 2

    Bombshell

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    Nov 2

    EXCLUSIVE Facial recognition used to arrest Lafayette Square protester. Case reveals powerful National Capital Region database of 1.4 million people used more than 12,000 times since 2019, operating almost entirely outside public view, by and me

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  17. Nov 2

    New material released in the Mueller Report on pages 176-79 and 188-90

    BREAKING: The Department of Justice has released a reprocessed version of the Mueller Report with new material as part of /'s FOIA lawsuits.
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    Nov 2

    BREAKING: The Department of Justice has released a reprocessed version of the Mueller Report with new material as part of /'s FOIA lawsuits.

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    Nov 2

    In an amicus brief, urged the Supreme Court to cabin agency use of the deliberative process privilege to withhold documents from requesters. Oral argument happening now. Follow the link to watch:

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    Oct 27

    1. In response to the President's claim that we "must have final total" election results *on* Election Day, here's a on how and why presidential elections *actually* work under state and federal law — and why, in fact, we've *never* had final results *on* Election Day.

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