Subscribe to the Deconstructed podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Radio Public, and other platforms. New to podcasting? Click here. Over the weekend, Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to voice his frustrations about the ongoing Covid-19… Read More ›
Archive for May 2020
House Legislation Guarantees Internet Access for Those Affected by COVID-19
The House of Representatives has introduced new COVID-19 emergency response legislation to address the largest public health and economic calamity the United States has faced in generations. Like the crisis it is meant to address, the bill is massive. One… Read More ›
Democracy Now! 2020-05-13 Wednesday
Democracy Now! 2020-05-13 Wednesday Headlines for May 13, 2020 Naomi Klein: Healthcare Industry Sees “Potential Bonanza” of Profits in COVID-19 Crisis Screen New Deal: Naomi Klein on How Companies Like Google Plan to Profit in High-Tech COVID Dystopia Download this… Read More ›
What Reconstruction and the New Deal Can Teach Us About What Comes After the Pandemic Presidency
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Governments Shouldn’t Use “Centralized” Proximity Tracking Technology
Companies and governments across the world are building and deploying a dizzying number of systems and apps to fight COVID-19. Many groups have converged on using Bluetooth-assisted proximity tracking for the purpose of exposure notification. Even so, there are many… Read More ›
Court Upholds Public Right of Access to Court Documents
A core part of EFF’s mission is transparency and access to information, because we know that in a nation bound by the rule of law, the public must have the ability to know the law and how it is being… Read More ›
David Perdue Got Sweetheart Deal That Grew North of $6 Million After Election to the Senate
David Perdue, after his election to the U.S. Senate, was granted a lucrative compensation package by a financial technology firm that would grow to be worth more than $6 million, according to a review of congressional financial disclosures and Securities and… Read More ›
The Pandemic Brings Out the Authoritarian and the Libertarian in Us All. Can We Meet in the Middle?
Illustration: Kelsey Wroten for The Intercept The Irish columnist and astute U.S.-watcher Fintan O’Toole recently wrote that Donald Trump’s two claims, “I have total authority” and “I don’t take responsibility at all,” reveal a man “incapable of coherence.” I think… Read More ›
The Santa Clara Principles During COVID-19: More Important Than Ever
This blog post with co-authored with Spandana Singh of New America’s Open Technology Institute, a Santa Clara Principles partner. As COVID-19 has spread around the world and online platforms have scrambled to adjust their operations and workforces to a new… Read More ›
Understandable But Nonetheless Troubling: Facebook's Ban On In-Person Events
We’re closely watching how Facebook enforces its newly-announced policy that limits speech by users who are organizing public protests. This policy is deserving of special attention since it effects free expression on two levels: the organization of the protest itself,… Read More ›