JTDL: Abortion data protections; fighting public benefit algorithms + New jobs

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News

California lawmakers approve a bill that limits out-of-state law enforcement from attaining in-state data pertaining to abortion. (StateScoop)

Florida's secretive toll road surveillance program. (St. Augustine Record)

The California Attorney General is investigating racial bias in healthcare algorithms. (LA Times)

A new organization launched to fight algorithm-based and technology-enabled cuts to public benefits. (BTAH)

Russia’s war on Wikipedia editors. (Rest of World)

The White House released a new memorandum to ensure free, immediate, and equitable access to federally funded research. (WH)

JusticeText raises $2.2 million to increase transparency in criminal evidence-gathering. (TechCrunch)

Algorithmic accountability in U.S. cities: Transparency, impact, and political economy. (Big Data & Society)

Borrowing from the law to filter training data for foundation models. (Stanford) (h/t Irina Raicu)

How to interview a tech company. (AI Now)

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Events

The Colour of Surveillance Europe Conference is Sept. is 15-16. (EDRi)

The Benefits Tech Advocacy Hub launch webinar is Sept. 22. (BTAH) (h/t Emily Paul)

Computation Law on Edge is Nov. 3-4. (CLE)

Jobs & Opportunities

[New] Access Now needs a legal compliance officer. (AN)

Amnesty International needs a researcher focused on tech an inequality. (AI) (h/t Bharati Narumanchi)

All Tech is Human is hiring a program associate. (ATIH)

Aspen Institute needs a deputy director for its tech equity work. (AI)

Boundless has numerous openings. (B) (h/t Chase Hertel)

Center for Democracy and Technology has multiple open positions. (CDT) (h/t Alex Givens)

Color of Change needs a director of tech and media justice. (CoC) (h/t Archana Ahlawat)

[New] Consumer Reports is hiring for a number of positions. (CR)

[New] Data and Society is hiring for various roles. (DS)

The Day One Project has numerous openings. (D1P)

FastForward’s accelerator has opened its applications. (FF) (h/t Summer Kennedy)

FreeWorld, a post-incarceration economic support organization, has multiple roles open. (FW) (h/t Jason Wang)

Georgetown’s Center for Privacy and Technology needs a senior associate. (GU)

[New] Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center needs a project manager for research. (BKC)

Just Tech has numerous openings. (JT) (h/t Legal Tech Jobs)

JusticeText needs a biz dev lead. (JT) (h/t Devshi Mehrotra)

Legal Services of Northern California need an IT manager. (LSNC) (h/t Amy Williams)

Measures for Justice has multiple positions open. (M4J)

[New] The MIT Teaching Systems Lab needs a postdoctoral associate for digital teaching simulations and AI coaching. (MIT)

The National Center for State Courts needs court consultants. (NCSC)

Neighborhood Defender Services is hiring an access to justice fellow focused on policing, indigent defense, and data. (NDS)

[New] New America’s Open Technology Institute needs a policy counsel. (NA)

The Omidyar Network needs principals for their Responsible Tech initiative. (ON)

Paladin has multiple openings. (P) (h/t Felicity Conrad)

[New] Pew is hiring an associate to work with state civil courts on justice tech, policy reform, and process improvements. (Pew) (h/t Erika Rickard)

[New] The Philly District Attorney's Office is looking to fill a number of roles, including for a DB admin. (PDAO) (h/t Oren Gur)

The Policing Project has multiple openings. (PP) (h/t Kaylynn Lopez)

The Presidential Innovation Fellowship is accepting applications. (PIF)

SimpleCitizen, an immigration tech company, has engineering, product and sales roles. (SC) (h/t Eleni Manis)

[New] Syracuse University’s Autonomous Systems Policy Institute needs a director. (SU)

Theory and Principle, a legal software development boutique, is hiring. (T&P)

Upsolve, the bankruptcy platform, is hiring for multiple roles. (US)