Caitriona Fitzgerald
@caitrionafitz.bsky.social
Privacy advocate • Deputy Director at @epic.org • Pronounced "Katrina,” just spelled the Irish way.
Happy Maryland Online Data Privacy Act effective date! As of today, Marylanders have some of the strongest privacy rights in the country. MODPA requires companies to align their data pratices with what consumers expect, not just collect data for whatever purpose they please. epic.org/maryland-onl...
Maryland Online Data Privacy Act Comes Into Effect
<p>Today, October 1, 2025, the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act came into effect. This law marks a significant shift in state privacy law landscape toward laws that meaningfully limit personal data co...
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October 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Happy Maryland Online Data Privacy Act effective date! As of today, Marylanders have some of the strongest privacy rights in the country. MODPA requires companies to align their data pratices with what consumers expect, not just collect data for whatever purpose they please. epic.org/maryland-onl...
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of #privacy. I love my city.
249 years ago, The Declaration of Independence was read at the Old State House.
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness would be impossible without the right of privacy.
Declare digital privacy as an essential right, and support legislation to secure that right: aclum.org/data-independence
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness would be impossible without the right of privacy.
Declare digital privacy as an essential right, and support legislation to secure that right: aclum.org/data-independence
July 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of #privacy. I love my city.
Thank you Commissioner Slaughter for getting right back to work pushing the FTC to do it's job: protecting American consumers from harmful practices lie subscription traps!
July 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Thank you Commissioner Slaughter for getting right back to work pushing the FTC to do it's job: protecting American consumers from harmful practices lie subscription traps!
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Join @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, @carissaveliz.bsky.social and me TODAY at 9am PT / noon ET / 5pm BT for a podcast on Substack entitled “Privacy Is Power”. Link is below.
LIVE TODAY!
On 'Privacy is Power'
With @carissaveliz.bsky.social, @moonalice.com & @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
5pm BST / 9am PST on Citizens Reunited
Watch here:
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
On 'Privacy is Power'
With @carissaveliz.bsky.social, @moonalice.com & @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
5pm BST / 9am PST on Citizens Reunited
Watch here:
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
LIVE SOON: Privacy Is Power (ft. Carissa Veliz, Roger McNamee & Carole Cadwalladr)
Starting Jul 9 at 12:00 PM EDT
open.substack.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Join @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, @carissaveliz.bsky.social and me TODAY at 9am PT / noon ET / 5pm BT for a podcast on Substack entitled “Privacy Is Power”. Link is below.
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🚨 JUST IN: On a 99-1 vote this morning, the Senate overwhelmingly passed an amendment to remove the "AI Moratorium," a budget bill provision that would have prevented states from passing regulations on AI systems for 10 years.
July 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🚨 JUST IN: On a 99-1 vote this morning, the Senate overwhelmingly passed an amendment to remove the "AI Moratorium," a budget bill provision that would have prevented states from passing regulations on AI systems for 10 years.
In the wee hours of the morning, amendment 2814 by Senators Blackburn, Collins, and Cantwell stripping the AI state law moratorium from the bill passed 99-1!!! A huge thanks to my Senator @markey.senate.gov for his leadership on this too.
By a vote of 99-1, the #Senate adopted the Blackburn amendment #2814 to strike the section relating to support for artificial intelligence. Senator Tillis voted no.
July 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM
In the wee hours of the morning, amendment 2814 by Senators Blackburn, Collins, and Cantwell stripping the AI state law moratorium from the bill passed 99-1!!! A huge thanks to my Senator @markey.senate.gov for his leadership on this too.
That’s my Senator! Thank you @markey.senate.gov for your leadership on this.
Last night, Republicans agreed to a so-called compromise on the AI moratorium. Don’t be fooled: This is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, and it will devastate state attempts to protect children online. That’s why I filed an amendment with @cantwell.senate.gov to strip this provision
June 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
That’s my Senator! Thank you @markey.senate.gov for your leadership on this.
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EPIC opposes the revised AI moratorium: “The multiple iterations of the AI state law moratorium demonstrate that, at the end of the day, members of Congress recognize that a sweeping ban on state-level AI regulation simply does not work,” said @caitrionafitz.bsky.social, EPIC's Deputy Director.
June 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
EPIC opposes the revised AI moratorium: “The multiple iterations of the AI state law moratorium demonstrate that, at the end of the day, members of Congress recognize that a sweeping ban on state-level AI regulation simply does not work,” said @caitrionafitz.bsky.social, EPIC's Deputy Director.
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The House’s 10-year ban on state AI regulation would wreak havoc on our country. The language is so broad that it could upend everything from state privacy law to contract law. It could even break the internet. I will do everything in my power to stop it. www.techpolicy.press/the-big-beau...
The Big Beautiful Bill Could Decimate Legal Accountability for Tech and Anything Tech Touches | TechPolicy.Press
To understand how the so-called “AI moratorium” will destroy state laws and the internet, consider the literal meaning of its text, writes David Brody.
www.techpolicy.press
May 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The House’s 10-year ban on state AI regulation would wreak havoc on our country. The language is so broad that it could upend everything from state privacy law to contract law. It could even break the internet. I will do everything in my power to stop it. www.techpolicy.press/the-big-beau...
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Inject the second paragraph of this footnote directly into my veins.
(And then send it to the nine firms that have bent the knee.)
(And then send it to the nine firms that have bent the knee.)
Howell drips with disdain for the firms who capitulated to the White House and says of those who resisted "will be the models lauded when this period of American history is written." ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
May 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Inject the second paragraph of this footnote directly into my veins.
(And then send it to the nine firms that have bent the knee.)
(And then send it to the nine firms that have bent the knee.)
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Time for another musical digital security PSA! Here’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” but it’s about breaking up with Google 💔
April 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Time for another musical digital security PSA! Here’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” but it’s about breaking up with Google 💔
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On 4/24, EPIC Executive Director @alanindc.bsky.social and Deputy Director @caitrionafitz.bsky.social will speak at “The United States of Surveillance Capitalism vs. The Rule of Law” hosted by the Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights. tinyurl.com/asbfz4s7
Note: This event is only open to HUID holders.
Note: This event is only open to HUID holders.
The United States of Surveillance Capitalism vs. The Rule of Law
Join Shoshana Zuboff (moderator), Alan Butler, Rohit Chopra, Caitriona Fitzgerald, and Jonathan Kantor as they look at the current high-stakes clash between the competing institutional orders of surve...
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April 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
On 4/24, EPIC Executive Director @alanindc.bsky.social and Deputy Director @caitrionafitz.bsky.social will speak at “The United States of Surveillance Capitalism vs. The Rule of Law” hosted by the Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights. tinyurl.com/asbfz4s7
Note: This event is only open to HUID holders.
Note: This event is only open to HUID holders.
Thanks to @bostonglobe.com for printing my letter pointing out that state privacy laws are only as good as their consumer protections.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/20/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/20/o...
Data privacy laws are only as good as their consumer protections - The Boston Globe
The biggest weakness in these laws is that they do not require companies to take proactive steps and instead put the onus on consumers to correct or delete their data — rights that very few consumers ...
www.bostonglobe.com
April 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Thanks to @bostonglobe.com for printing my letter pointing out that state privacy laws are only as good as their consumer protections.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/20/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/20/o...
Well, well, well, the CT AG released a new report on the CT Data Privacy Act and look what it says about data minimization!
Full report: portal.ct.gov/-/media/ag/p...
Full report: portal.ct.gov/-/media/ag/p...
April 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Well, well, well, the CT AG released a new report on the CT Data Privacy Act and look what it says about data minimization!
Full report: portal.ct.gov/-/media/ag/p...
Full report: portal.ct.gov/-/media/ag/p...
The leaders of the House Energy & Commerce Committee wrote to #23andme saying that since there is no federal comprehensive data privacy law, they have "great concern" about the safety of Americans' most sensitive personal info. Not at all frustrating.
energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairm...
energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairm...
Chairmen Guthrie, Bilirakis, and Palmer Launch Investigation into 23andMe and its Handling of Americans’ Sensitive Medical and Genetic Information
The Committee on Energy and Commerce is the oldest standing legislative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives and is vested with the broadest jurisdiction of any congressional authorizing com...
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April 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The leaders of the House Energy & Commerce Committee wrote to #23andme saying that since there is no federal comprehensive data privacy law, they have "great concern" about the safety of Americans' most sensitive personal info. Not at all frustrating.
energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairm...
energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairm...
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President Trump just fired almost the entire staff of the CFPB, who protect you from getting scammed by Wall Street.
This is another assault on consumers and our democracy by Trump's lawless Administration.
We will fight back with everything we've got.
This is another assault on consumers and our democracy by Trump's lawless Administration.
We will fight back with everything we've got.
April 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
President Trump just fired almost the entire staff of the CFPB, who protect you from getting scammed by Wall Street.
This is another assault on consumers and our democracy by Trump's lawless Administration.
We will fight back with everything we've got.
This is another assault on consumers and our democracy by Trump's lawless Administration.
We will fight back with everything we've got.
Thank you @carolecadwalla.bsky.social: "Privacy is power. [...] There is a beautiful internet of the future, free from corporate capture and data tracking. We can build it. It is going to take a movement."
I'm fired up for the fight ahead.
www.ted.com/talks/carole...
I'm fired up for the fight ahead.
www.ted.com/talks/carole...
This is what a digital coup looks like
“We are watching the collapse of the international order in real time, and this is just the start,” says investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr. In a searing talk, she decries the rise of the “bro...
www.ted.com
April 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Thank you @carolecadwalla.bsky.social: "Privacy is power. [...] There is a beautiful internet of the future, free from corporate capture and data tracking. We can build it. It is going to take a movement."
I'm fired up for the fight ahead.
www.ted.com/talks/carole...
I'm fired up for the fight ahead.
www.ted.com/talks/carole...
Excited to see that Sunday's @bostonglobe.com editorial urges MA to adopt a strong comprehensive privacy law! Let's do this! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/13/o...
23andMe bankruptcy highlights need for data protection law - The Boston Globe
Consumers should be allowed to control how their private info is used.
www.bostonglobe.com
April 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Excited to see that Sunday's @bostonglobe.com editorial urges MA to adopt a strong comprehensive privacy law! Let's do this! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/13/o...
"Of course, this raises a bigger question: Why should anyone be able to buy the genetic data of millions of Americans in a bankruptcy proceeding? The answer is simple: Lawmakers allow them to."
www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/28/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/28/1...
How a bankruptcy judge can stop a genetic privacy disaster
Any new owner of 23AndMe’s data will want to find ways to make money from it. Lawmakers have a big opportunity to help keep it safe
www.technologyreview.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"Of course, this raises a bigger question: Why should anyone be able to buy the genetic data of millions of Americans in a bankruptcy proceeding? The answer is simple: Lawmakers allow them to."
www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/28/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/28/1...
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EPIC’s @caitrionafitz.bsky.social will testify before a MA Legislature Joint Committee today in support of the Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act and the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act.
Watch EPIC’s testimony this afternoon: malegislature.gov/Events/Heari...
Watch EPIC’s testimony this afternoon: malegislature.gov/Events/Heari...
Hearing Details - Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity
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April 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
EPIC’s @caitrionafitz.bsky.social will testify before a MA Legislature Joint Committee today in support of the Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act and the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act.
Watch EPIC’s testimony this afternoon: malegislature.gov/Events/Heari...
Watch EPIC’s testimony this afternoon: malegislature.gov/Events/Heari...
Know who sends a great monthly newsletter and will never sell your e-mail address? @epic.org!
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April 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Know who sends a great monthly newsletter and will never sell your e-mail address? @epic.org!
Signup for the EPIC Alert here: epic.org/alert/
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EPIC & @consumerreports.org are pleased to re-release the State Data Privacy Act with lots of new endorsements!
Now endorsed by:
Accountable Tech | CDT | Common Sense Media | CFA | Issue One | PIRG | Public Knowledge | Young People's Alliance
Learn more: epic.org/state-data-privacy-act
Now endorsed by:
Accountable Tech | CDT | Common Sense Media | CFA | Issue One | PIRG | Public Knowledge | Young People's Alliance
Learn more: epic.org/state-data-privacy-act
April 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
EPIC & @consumerreports.org are pleased to re-release the State Data Privacy Act with lots of new endorsements!
Now endorsed by:
Accountable Tech | CDT | Common Sense Media | CFA | Issue One | PIRG | Public Knowledge | Young People's Alliance
Learn more: epic.org/state-data-privacy-act
Now endorsed by:
Accountable Tech | CDT | Common Sense Media | CFA | Issue One | PIRG | Public Knowledge | Young People's Alliance
Learn more: epic.org/state-data-privacy-act
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Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid
March 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid
I feel like I need a week to recover from reading this article.
American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. theatln.tc/IuULQFiY
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
theatln.tc
March 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I feel like I need a week to recover from reading this article.
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Terry was scammed out of most of his savings and was supposed to get his money back—until Donald Trump and Elon Musk gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Part one:
Part one:
March 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Terry was scammed out of most of his savings and was supposed to get his money back—until Donald Trump and Elon Musk gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Part one:
Part one: