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working towards a world where privacy is for everyone. founder @GeorgetownCPT, co-founder @EsperanzaDMV. proud @CASAforall board member. on good days, poetry.

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    1. Alvaro Bedoya‏ @alvarombedoya 10 Apr 2018

      1/ As the lead staffer to the Senate privacy subcommittee, I organized several oversight hearings of tech companies like Facebook, Apple, and Google. Some context for folks who don’t normally watch these kinds of hearings.

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    2. Alvaro Bedoya‏ @alvarombedoya 10 Apr 2018

      2/ The first is that, for better or worse, this is not a true fact-finding expedition. This is 70% kabuki theater, 30% cross-examination. The script is mostly known; the question is how it's said.

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    3. Alvaro Bedoya‏ @alvarombedoya 10 Apr 2018

      3/ The Internet is full of (interesting) “Here’s what to REALLY ask Zuckerberg” stories — as if he’ll divulge thus far undisclosed, sensitive information about Facebook on live national television… this is possible... but it’s unlikely.https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/03/what-congress-should-ask-mark-zuckerberg/556655/ …

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    4. Alvaro Bedoya‏ @alvarombedoya 10 Apr 2018

      4/ Instead, Facebook purposefully divulged the most negative facts *last Wednesday,* including that Cambridge Analytica got data on 87M (not 50M) users and that “most” of Facebook’s 2 billion users may have had their profiles scraped by “malicious actors.” https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/04/restricting-data-access/ …

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    5. Alvaro Bedoya‏ @alvarombedoya 10 Apr 2018

      5/ This way, when Zuckerberg takes a seat this afternoon, he’ll have had a weeklong media cycle to (a) get the outrage out of people’s systems and (b) study the reaction from critics.

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    6. Alvaro Bedoya‏ @alvarombedoya 10 Apr 2018

      6/ This does not mean there isn’t a value to this hearing. In my view, there’s two kinds of questions that are perfect for this setting: the “unanswerable” question, and the request for a pledge.

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    7. Alvaro Bedoya‏ @alvarombedoya 10 Apr 2018

      7/ An unanswerable question works regardless of the answer. “Have you tested the current News Feed’s algorithm to see if it prioritizes divisive content?” “No”—> build the case for oversight “Yes”—> “Pledge to make those results public?” “I don’t know”—> [wrong answer]

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    8. Alvaro Bedoya‏ @alvarombedoya 10 Apr 2018

      8/ Often, execs have trained backwards and forwards to not divulge *information*... but haven’t prepared for a simple request for a promise. The pressure of dozens of Senators staring at you is real. In that setting, people promise things they normally wouldn’t.

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    9. Alvaro Bedoya‏ @alvarombedoya 10 Apr 2018

      9/ If I were back in the Senate, the one area I would press Zuckerberg on — that I think most people are missing — is the fact that *as he testifies,* lobbyists paid by Facebook are lobbying to block or gut critical *state* privacy laws. See California: http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-amid-cambridge-analytica-debacle-1521569410-htmlstory.html …

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    10. Alvaro Bedoya‏ @alvarombedoya 10 Apr 2018

      10/ Or Illinois. This one is crazy. *The day after Zuckerberg testifies,* the legislature will consider an amendment to gut the strongest biometric privacy law in the US... an effort that FB has openly supported since 2016: https://www.theverge.com/2016/5/27/11794512/facial-recognition-law-illinois-facebook-google-snapchat … Text: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/PDF/10000SB3053sam002.pdf …

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      Alvaro Bedoya‏ @alvarombedoya 10 Apr 2018

      11/ Senators should ask Zuckerberg, point blank: Will you pledge, right here and now, that Facebook will not lobby — or pay others to lobby — to block or water down privacy laws in Congress or in the states? I suspect he can't make that pledge, and people need to hear that.

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        2. Alvaro Bedoya‏ @alvarombedoya 10 Apr 2018

          12/ If “too much industry lobbying” doesn’t strike you as an existential problem for privacy, stare at this chart a little while. (Source: https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/12/13/20538/lobbying-muscle-may-help-tech-titans-trump-trump …)pic.twitter.com/7somLKqnyd

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        3. Alvaro Bedoya‏ @alvarombedoya 10 Apr 2018

          13/ *All of that said,* while we should go hard at Facebook, people need to calm down about Zuckerberg the person. Like, don’t try to steal his garbage. The guy has kids. This is really dumb.https://theoutline.com/post/3994/it-is-weirdly-hard-to-steal-mark-zuckerbergs-trash?zd=2&zi=yrtxnsr4 …

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        4. Alvaro Bedoya‏ @alvarombedoya 10 Apr 2018

          14/ For a good counterpoint on Zuckerberg as a person, read this heartfelt Facebook post from Don Graham (former Washington Post owner & FB board member): https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156076011846469&id=507266468 …

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        5. Alvaro Bedoya‏ @alvarombedoya 10 Apr 2018

          15/ Anyways, if you’re interested in this stuff, I’ll be watching the hearing with @lauramoy & @GeorgetownCPT staff, @paulohm and potentially some special guests. Likely doing some tweeting. See you all at 2:30pm ET.

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        1. Abogado374  🇺🇸‏ @6495hf 10 Apr 2018
          Replying to @alvarombedoya

          The US privacy laws are already watered down. How about making US privacy laws at least as protective as other nations’ privacy laws?

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        1. CP‏ @CPtte 10 Apr 2018
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          Of course he will say yes. He will say whatever it takes to dodge their wrath.

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        1. John Nettleton‏ @john_nettleton 10 Apr 2018
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          @SenatorCantwell @PattyMurray I think this is a good question to ask Zuckerberg when the cameras are rolling

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        1. Josh King‏ @joshuamking 10 Apr 2018
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          The right answer to "pledge" demands is "I don't make pledges, because policymaking is nuanced and the details always matter."

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        1. Tim "Trust Me" Walters‏ @tim_walters 24 Jan 2019
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          Arguably (though sadly), it would be a violation of fiduciary responsibility for a publicly (sic, in this case) held company not to deploy legal efforts to influence legislation in its favor.

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