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The TikTok ban ignores the global labyrinth of surveillance. We need privacy legislation that protects us from spying from all governments - not just China.
Quote by @Asher_Wolf — “..noise..Americans..making about TikTok must be seen less as a sincere desire to protect citizens from surveillance & influence operations, & more..an attempt to ring-fence and consolidate national control over social media” https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/3/28/bid-to-ban-tiktok-raises-hypocrisy-charge-amid-global-spying
The FBI has spied on feminist movements (especially Black womens' movements) since the 1960s, often using woman informants.
...representation win?
The #FBI has taken the 30x30 Pledge to recruit more women agents and police, in an effort expected to advance diversity, strengthen partnerships, and enhance operational success. Read more at: https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/fbi-takes-30x30-pledge
Facial recognition puts us all in a perpetual police lineup, and is shown to be biased against Black and Brown faces. Go California, and let's bring that energy national!
Tell Congress to pass a federal biometric moratorium act: https://rightsanddissent.salsalabs.org/biometricmoratorium2023/index.html
BREAKING: AB 1034 was approved by the CA Assembly Public Safety Committee!
This bill bans body camera facial recognition, the digital equivalent of showing your papers to every police officer you pass.
California can, and must, stop mass face surveillance.
Through multiple presidential admins, the DHS has targeted & criminalized Muslim, Black, brown, &immigrant communities under the guise of “homeland security,” at a cost of $1.4 trillion to taxpayers.
@ashahshahani & Setareh Ghandehari discuss:
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/dhs-immigration-biden/
.@DanielEllsberg on the classification system:
"It is a protection system against the revelation of mistakes, false predictions, embarrassments of various kinds and maybe even crimes."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/opinion/international-world/ellsberg-nuclear-war-ukraine.html