JTDL: Public law copyright fight; Police shill for tech cos + New jobs
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News
Reuters failed to escape antitrust claims in “public law” copyright battle. (US Courts)
Minneapolis police used fake social media profiles to surveil Black people. (MIT Tech Review) Postal Service social media tracking tests crime unit’s power. (Bloomberg)
When police do marketing for surveillance tech companies. (Motherboard)
Tech giants were duped into giving up data used to sexually extort minors. (Bloomberg)
A bill to protect privacy rights during digital device examination at Canadian borders was tabled. (Federation of Law Societies of Canada) (h/t Len Polsky)
After encrypting radio channels, the San Diego Sheriff debuts a calls for service page. (Police1)
$100 million to cut the time tax. (Atlantic)
The unexpected impacts of a “Better Technology”. (Outside the Beltway)
Events
A talk by Danielle Citron on cyber civil rights is May 5. (Pitt)
RightsCon is June 6-10. (RC)
The Race to Regulate AI at the University of Oxford is June 30. (UOx)
Jobs & Opportunities
ACLU needs an associate software engineer. (ACLU)
Amnesty International Tech has multiple positions. (AIT) (h/t Damini Satija)
[New] 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)
Boundless has numerous openings. (B) (h/t Chase Hertel)
Center for Democracy and Technology has multiple open positions. (CDT) (h/t Alex Givens)
[New] Center for Policing Equity needs a VP of tech and data (an engineer). (CPE)
Color of Change needs devs and PMs. (CoC) (h/t Archana Ahlawat)
The Criminal Justice Administrative Records System at the University of Michigan is looking for fellows. (CJARS)
[New] Data & Society has numerous openings. (DS)
The Day One Project has numerous openings. (D1P)
[New] The Electronic Frontier Foundation needs a director of institutional support. (EFF)
Endless Frontier Fellowship is looking for fellows. (EFF)
Finequity needs a founding engineer. (h/t Briane Cornish) (FE)
Georgetown’s Center for Privacy and Technology needs a senior associate. (GU) (h/t Samantha Simonsen)
Harvard’s Library Innovation Lab needs research assistants. (LIL)
The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law needs a sustainable finance specialist. (HiiL)
JustFix is hiring for multiple roles. (JF) (h/t Pinky Chan)
Just Tech has numerous openings. (JT) (h/t Legal Tech Jobs)
LawSites needs a part-time editorial assistant. (LS)
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)
The New York County District Attorney’s Office needs a technical product specialist. (DANY)
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)
[New] The Policing Project has multiple openings. (PP) (h/t Kaylynn Lopez)
[New] 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)
Systemic Justice needs a comms director. (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)
Vera has numerous openings for data scientist and IT roles. (Vera)