David Greene
@davidgreene.bsky.social
Civil Liberties Dir. @EFF, 1st Amdt prof @ USF, ex-SFSU. NOT any of the other David Greenes, like the ex-NPR host, the ex-UGA QB, or the 1 who directed Grease. Posts r mine only, so hands off.
Too many cowards runs. (Applies to both U S Senate and MNF.)
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Too many cowards runs. (Applies to both U S Senate and MNF.)
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The court already ruled that Rubio and Noem are violating the First Amendment. Now we’re asking for remedies. knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...
Knight Institute Asks Court to Block Trump Administration From Deporting Foreign Citizens for Pro-Palestinian Advocacy
knightcolumbia.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The court already ruled that Rubio and Noem are violating the First Amendment. Now we’re asking for remedies. knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...
As others have said, this is to spy on protestors and organizers.
At a minimum.
At a minimum.
YIKES: NSO floats Pegasus spyware used in hypothetical "time of domestic crisis" in 🇺🇸America.
I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.
To hack Americans. 1/
I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.
To hack Americans. 1/
November 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
As others have said, this is to spy on protestors and organizers.
At a minimum.
At a minimum.
As foretold: www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
As foretold: www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
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The Grand Prairie Police Department in Texas searched for "g*psy" six times while using Flock's "Convoy" feature, which allows an agency to identify vehicles traveling together—in essence targeting an entire community of Roma without specifying a crime.
Anti-Roma racism is rampant in Flock Safety license plate searches www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
License Plate Surveillance Logs Reveal Racist Policing Against Romani People
More than 80 law enforcement agencies across the United States have used language perpetuating harmful stereotypes against Romani people when searching the nationwide Flock Safety automated license pl...
www.eff.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The Grand Prairie Police Department in Texas searched for "g*psy" six times while using Flock's "Convoy" feature, which allows an agency to identify vehicles traveling together—in essence targeting an entire community of Roma without specifying a crime.
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Thousands of cities allowed cops to run racists searches through their Flock Safety license plate reader databases. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
License Plate Surveillance Logs Reveal Racist Policing Against Romani
More than 80 law enforcement agencies across the United States have used language perpetuating harmful stereotypes against Romani people when searching the nationwide Flock Safety automated license
www.eff.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Thousands of cities allowed cops to run racists searches through their Flock Safety license plate reader databases. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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We've found DHS is giving local cops a new facial recognition app to find immigrants. Point camera at face, tells the cop to detain person or not. The app is available on Google's Play Store. Google took down apps that report ICE sightings but now hosts this app
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
DHS Gives Local Cops a Facial Recognition App To Find Immigrants
The app, called Mobile Identify and available on the Google Play Store, is specifically for local and regional law enforcement agencies working with ICE on immigration enforcement.
www.404media.co
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
We've found DHS is giving local cops a new facial recognition app to find immigrants. Point camera at face, tells the cop to detain person or not. The app is available on Google's Play Store. Google took down apps that report ICE sightings but now hosts this app
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
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EFF was created for scary moments like the one we’re facing now. For 35 years, EFF has fought to ensure your rights follow you online and wherever you use technology. Join us today: supporters.eff.org/donate/tbc
Defend Privacy and Free Speech
Don’t let tyrants co-opt tech. Join EFF and help fight back.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
EFF was created for scary moments like the one we’re facing now. For 35 years, EFF has fought to ensure your rights follow you online and wherever you use technology. Join us today: supporters.eff.org/donate/tbc
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There is some sad irony in McClatchy shutting its DC bureau the same day that Dick Cheney died.
That bureau (then Knight-Ridder) did some of the best, most skeptical reporting anywhere in the run-up to the Iraq War. And they took a lot of shit for it at the time.
www.cato.org/commentary/q...
That bureau (then Knight-Ridder) did some of the best, most skeptical reporting anywhere in the run-up to the Iraq War. And they took a lot of shit for it at the time.
www.cato.org/commentary/q...
November 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
There is some sad irony in McClatchy shutting its DC bureau the same day that Dick Cheney died.
That bureau (then Knight-Ridder) did some of the best, most skeptical reporting anywhere in the run-up to the Iraq War. And they took a lot of shit for it at the time.
www.cato.org/commentary/q...
That bureau (then Knight-Ridder) did some of the best, most skeptical reporting anywhere in the run-up to the Iraq War. And they took a lot of shit for it at the time.
www.cato.org/commentary/q...
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Requiring government ID just to make an app is a disaster for speech, privacy, and innovation. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Application Gatekeeping: An Ever-Expanding Pathway to Internet
Apple and Google use their app stores to shape what apps you can and cannot have on devices, but now more governments—including the U.S. government—are using legal and extralegal tools to lean on
www.eff.org
November 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Requiring government ID just to make an app is a disaster for speech, privacy, and innovation. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
"Face, please" expands to local law enforcement
New from 404 Media: CBP has quietly launched a facial recognition app for local cops to do immigration enforcement. Scans their face, tells cops whether to contact ICE about this person or not. A truly rapid expansion of ICE's facial recognition app to local cops
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
CBP Quietly Launches Face Scanning App for Local Cops To Do Immigration Enforcement
The app, called Mobile Identify and available on the Google Play Store, is specifically for local and regional law enforcement agencies working with ICE on immigration enforcement.
www.404media.co
November 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"Face, please" expands to local law enforcement
Over-under on the number of Dick Cheney FOIAs filed this morning (and assuming @jasonleopold.bsky.social filed first)?
November 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Over-under on the number of Dick Cheney FOIAs filed this morning (and assuming @jasonleopold.bsky.social filed first)?
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Free speech is the lifeblood of democracy. As more of our lives take place in digital spaces, it's important to protect our right to speak out about the government online and anywhere else. takebackctrl.org/stay-loud
November 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Free speech is the lifeblood of democracy. As more of our lives take place in digital spaces, it's important to protect our right to speak out about the government online and anywhere else. takebackctrl.org/stay-loud
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Wherein I say, "where human rights are at risk, digital rights are going to be at risk. We can't separate the two."
Always fun to talk about digital surveillance, authoritarianism, and spyware with @rondeibert.bsky.social
Always fun to talk about digital surveillance, authoritarianism, and spyware with @rondeibert.bsky.social
LISTEN: EFF’s @davidgreene.bsky.social joins the @darkreading.bsky.social Confidential podcast to discuss the rise of digital surveillance and authoritarianism around the globe.
www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/...
www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/...
October 31, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Wherein I say, "where human rights are at risk, digital rights are going to be at risk. We can't separate the two."
Always fun to talk about digital surveillance, authoritarianism, and spyware with @rondeibert.bsky.social
Always fun to talk about digital surveillance, authoritarianism, and spyware with @rondeibert.bsky.social
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Tunisian online media collective Nawaat’s activities have been suspended by the Tunisian government for one month. But they will not be silenced. Read our analysis:
EFF Stands With Tunisian Media Collective Nawaat
When the independent Tunisian online media collective Nawaat announced that the government had suspended its activities for one month, the news landed like a punch in the gut for anyone who remembers ...
www.eff.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Tunisian online media collective Nawaat’s activities have been suspended by the Tunisian government for one month. But they will not be silenced. Read our analysis:
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We @knightcolumbia.org are doing two online events on chilling effects: First on 11/17 on the state of 1A doctrine and current cases involving chilling effects claims, and 2nd on 12/10 on using social science to study the chill caused by particular laws and policies. RSVP links below & in next post:
Want to learn more about chilling effects and why they matter to the First Amendment? Join our webinar with litigators and experts on Monday, Nov. 17, including @carriedecell.bsky.social @evelyndouek.bsky.social @penney.bsky.social @stacylivingston.bsky.social:
knightcolumbia.org/events/litig...
knightcolumbia.org/events/litig...
Litigating Chilling Effects
knightcolumbia.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We @knightcolumbia.org are doing two online events on chilling effects: First on 11/17 on the state of 1A doctrine and current cases involving chilling effects claims, and 2nd on 12/10 on using social science to study the chill caused by particular laws and policies. RSVP links below & in next post:
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For those new to my work: I’m a historian writing about technologies of state power and policing, I track new emerging surveillance technologies, and I coordinate @eff.org’s counter-surveillance advocacy.
In this moment where big tech and authoritarianism have merged, EFF has launched #TakeBackCTRL
In this moment where big tech and authoritarianism have merged, EFF has launched #TakeBackCTRL
Take Back CTRL
Dont let tyrants co-opt tech. Join EFF and help fight back
takebackctrl.org
November 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
For those new to my work: I’m a historian writing about technologies of state power and policing, I track new emerging surveillance technologies, and I coordinate @eff.org’s counter-surveillance advocacy.
In this moment where big tech and authoritarianism have merged, EFF has launched #TakeBackCTRL
In this moment where big tech and authoritarianism have merged, EFF has launched #TakeBackCTRL
Wherein I say, "where human rights are at risk, digital rights are going to be at risk. We can't separate the two."
Always fun to talk about digital surveillance, authoritarianism, and spyware with @rondeibert.bsky.social
Always fun to talk about digital surveillance, authoritarianism, and spyware with @rondeibert.bsky.social
LISTEN: EFF’s @davidgreene.bsky.social joins the @darkreading.bsky.social Confidential podcast to discuss the rise of digital surveillance and authoritarianism around the globe.
www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/...
www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/...
October 31, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Wherein I say, "where human rights are at risk, digital rights are going to be at risk. We can't separate the two."
Always fun to talk about digital surveillance, authoritarianism, and spyware with @rondeibert.bsky.social
Always fun to talk about digital surveillance, authoritarianism, and spyware with @rondeibert.bsky.social
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A law that requires "age assurance" sounds reasonable and moderate. But if that law defines age assurance as requiring government ID verification, it's not moderate at all—it's mass surveillance. Here’s a guide to what all those terms mean: www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Age Verification, Estimation, Assurance, Oh My! A Guide to the
If you've been following the wave of age-gating laws sweeping across the country and the globe, you've probably noticed that lawmakers, tech companies, and advocates all seem to be using different
www.eff.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
A law that requires "age assurance" sounds reasonable and moderate. But if that law defines age assurance as requiring government ID verification, it's not moderate at all—it's mass surveillance. Here’s a guide to what all those terms mean: www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Sorting through the confusing nomenclature around mandated online age restrictions, the current biggest threat to a free and open internet www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Age Verification, Estimation, Assurance, Oh My! A Guide to the Terminology
If you've been following the wave of age-gating laws sweeping across the country and the globe, you've probably noticed that lawmakers, tech companies, and advocates all seem to be using different ter...
www.eff.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Sorting through the confusing nomenclature around mandated online age restrictions, the current biggest threat to a free and open internet www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
@jameeljaffer.bsky.social Hearkens back to ACLU's 3-hop surveillance graphic www.aclu.org/news/nationa... for the call detail records collection. Ahh memories.
October 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
@jameeljaffer.bsky.social Hearkens back to ACLU's 3-hop surveillance graphic www.aclu.org/news/nationa... for the call detail records collection. Ahh memories.
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Need to convince a friend that there are various ways they can opt themselves out the surveillance of tech giants? Share this ad with them so they can hop on this sweet #OptOutOctober deal!
October 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Need to convince a friend that there are various ways they can opt themselves out the surveillance of tech giants? Share this ad with them so they can hop on this sweet #OptOutOctober deal!
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We've zipped right past "Papers, please" authoritarianism to "Face, please" authoritarianism.
And, of course, there is rarely actually the "please" part
And, of course, there is rarely actually the "please" part
NEW: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document 404 Media obtained. Photos taken by the app are stored for 15 years, including of U.S. citizens. We've published the full document here: www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
www.404media.co
October 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We've zipped right past "Papers, please" authoritarianism to "Face, please" authoritarianism.
And, of course, there is rarely actually the "please" part
And, of course, there is rarely actually the "please" part