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Letter from the Editor I hope everyone’s summer is off to a great start. I have two housekeeping items to share: Apropos of this very newsletter, I nee…

Jun 7

News [Must Read] A newly public report says the federal courts’ data management system needs to be replaced and lays out how to do it. (18F) Twilio pow…

Jun 1

News A crime app falsely accused a homeless man of starting a wildfire. (Guardian) Fighting over algorithmic disclosure in criminal cases continues in …

May 24

News The Texas House passed a bill that would require the statewide use of a risk model. (Dallas Morning News) A ransomware attack on the DC police led…

May 17

News The harms of police surveillance technology monopolies. (SSRN) Everything local surveillance laws are missing in one post. (Belfer Center) (h/t Re…

May 10

News Nextdoor will alert users if it thinks they’re about to post something racist. (Verge) Racist users have been an ongoing problem for the platform,…

May 3

News Darnella Frazier captured George Floyd's death on her cellphone, the video shaped the Chauvin trial. (New York Times) What’s the purpose of sharin…

Apr 26

News After the police killing of Adam Toledo in Chicago, the ShotSpotter gunfire detection system deserves serious scrutiny. (Intercept) A wrongfully a…

Apr 19

News The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that websites are not public accommodations, unless they create an intangible barrier that excludes disabl…

Apr 12

News Former prisoners struggle to reenter society, especially when society moves online. (NBC) When it comes to email, prisoners say attorney-client pr…

Apr 5

News Florida prisons buy up location data from data brokers. (Techdirt) A prison mail surveillance company keeps tabs on those on the outside, too. (VI…

Mar 29

News Tinder and OkCupid could soon let you background check your date. (ProPublica) I wrote about a similarly bad idea in 2017. (ABA Journal) Zoom cour…

Mar 22

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