JTDL: Location tracking since Carpenter; 911 data collection + New jobs
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News
The mass shooting in Buffalo, NY was planned on Discord and streamed on Twitch. (Kotaku)
A federal appeals court ruled that covid protocols violated a man’s right to a public trial. (New York Times)
As the 911 system adapts to the age of cellphones, it’s gaining access to all kinds of new data. (Vox)
The FBI provided Chicago Police with fake online identities for a “Social Media Exploitation” team. (Intercept)
Connecting dots to challenge e-carceration. (Public Books)
Google knows where you’ve been, should it tell the police? (Slate)
An overview of how lower courts have applied the Supreme Court’s location tracking case, Carpenter v. US. (Google Docs)
Public defenders are about to be on the front lines for protecting abortion rights. (New Republic) Data privacy after Roe v. Wade. (1A) We need to take our privacy back. (New York Times)
An Ohio appeals court ruled that being near a ShotSpotter alert is not reasonable suspicion for a search. (Ohio Courts)
After years of gang list controversy, the NYPD has a new secret database. (Gothamist)
The US Justice Department says “good faith researchers” will no longer will face hacking charges. (Washington Post)
How to create a virtual court clerk. (Tiny Chats)
A quick guide to the most important AI law you’ve never heard of. (MIT Tech Review)
Understanding court data privacy from a non-US perspective. (Tiny Chats)
If tech fails to design for the most vulnerable, it fails us all. (Wired)
Events
Data Tracking, Digital Surveillance, and Roe v. Wade at Fordham’s Center on Law and Information Policy is May 24. (CLIP)
Conversation on the Datafied State at Data & Society is May 25. (D&S)
FastFoward’s non-profit tech accelerator demo day is May 25. (FF)
RightsCon is June 6-10. (RC)
Reimagining Justice: From Ideas To Impact by the American Bar Foundation is June 23-5. (ABF)
The Race to Regulate AI at the University of Oxford is June 30. (UOx)
The Colour of Surveillance Europe Conference is Sept. is 15-16. (EDRi)
Jobs & Opportunities
Access to Justice Tech Fellows opened summer placement positions for law students. (ATJ)
Bay Area Legal Services (Florida) needs a legal tech and digital project manager. (BALS)
[New] Berkeley Law’s Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic needs a clinical professor. (UCB)
Boundless has numerous openings. (B) (h/t Chase Hertel)
[New] Brookings’ Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology initiative needs a Project Coordinator. (BI)
Carnegie Melon University needs an ED for its tech and society center. (CMU)
Center for Democracy and Technology has multiple open positions. (CDT) (h/t Alex Givens)
Center for Policing Equity needs a VP of tech and data (an engineer). (CPE)
[New] Color of Change needs a director of IT and infosec. (CoC) (h/t Archana Ahlawat)
The Criminal Justice Administrative Records System at the University of Michigan is looking for fellows. (CJARS)
The Day One Project has numerous openings. (D1P)
[New] European Digital Rights needs a comms director. (EDRi)
The Electronic Frontier Foundation needs a director of institutional support. (EFF)
Georgetown’s Center for Privacy and Technology needs a senior associate. (GU) (h/t Samantha Simonsen)
[New] The Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy’s student writing competition is open. (ITLP) (h/t Mary Pat Dwyer)
Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center needs a coordinator. (BKC)
[New] The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law has openings. (HiiL)
[New] Huton Andrews Kurth needs an AI & Emerging Technologies Fellow. (HAK)
Just Tech has numerous openings. (JT) (h/t Legal Tech Jobs)
Measures for Justice has multiple positions open. (M4J)
MIT needs a postdoctoral associate focused on digital teaching simulations and AI coaching. (MIT)
The National Center for State Courts needs court consultants. (NCSC)
[New] New America’s New Practice Lab needs a deputy director. (NA)
[New] The Omidyar Network needs principals for their Responsible Tech initiative. (ON)
Paladin has multiple openings. (P) (h/t Felicity Conrad)
The Philly District Attorney's Office is looking to fill a number of roles, including for a dev. (PDAO)
The Policing Project has multiple openings. (PP) (h/t Kaylynn Lopez)
SimpleCitizen, an immigration tech company, has engineering, product and sales roles. (SC) (h/t Eleni Manis)
Stand Together Ventures Lab needs an investment analyst. (STVL)
Stanford Law School needs a justice innovation lead. (SLS) (h/t Andrew Wichmann)
Stanford RegLab needs a research director. (SRL) (h/t Christine Tsang)
Surveillance Technology Oversight Project has openings. (STOP) (h/t Eleni Manis)
[New] Systemic Justice needs a strategic partnership lead. (SJ) (h/t Keith Porcaro)
TechCongress needs a program operations manager. (TC)
Theory and Principle, a legal software development boutique, is hiring. (T&P)
Texas Indigent Defense Commission needs a data analyst. (TIDC)
The University of Helsinki Legal Tech Lab needs a doctoral researcher in automated systems and administrative legal frameworks. (UH)
Upsolve, the bankruptcy platform, is hiring for multiple roles. (US)
Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center needs a principle research associate. (UI) (h/t Emily Tiry)
The US General Services Administration needs a tech lawyer. (GSA)
Vera has numerous openings for data scientist and IT roles. (Vera)
[New] The World Economic Forum needs early career folks for their AI Action Alliance, Tech & Digital, and UpLink teams. (WEF)