Elizabeth Eagen
@eleag.bsky.social
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Who's in the room when legislators make tech decisions? What makes communities visible? What makes science legible? Some highlights from CAT Lab @cornelluniversity.bsky.social Summit on NY State tech policy.
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At CAT Lab Summit on New York State Tech Policy, a Call for Listening - Citizens and Technology Lab
For most of us, daily life depends on government data of one kind or another. Your payroll taxes (or unemployment check), the bus schedule, your property taxes or medical bills—all of these are genera...
citizensandtech.org
October 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Who's in the room when legislators make tech decisions? What makes communities visible? What makes science legible? Some highlights from CAT Lab @cornelluniversity.bsky.social Summit on NY State tech policy.
citizensandtech.org/2025/10/at-c...
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defend science and the rule of law.
HRDAG remains a nonpartisan, nonpolitical organization. Our mission is focused on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Today, we denounce violations of human rights occurring in the United States. hrdag.org/in-the-face-...
Today, we denounce violations of human rights occurring in the United States. hrdag.org/in-the-face-...
October 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
defend science and the rule of law.
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HRDAG remains a nonpartisan, nonpolitical organization. Our mission is focused on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Today, we denounce violations of human rights occurring in the United States. hrdag.org/in-the-face-...
Today, we denounce violations of human rights occurring in the United States. hrdag.org/in-the-face-...
October 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
HRDAG remains a nonpartisan, nonpolitical organization. Our mission is focused on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Today, we denounce violations of human rights occurring in the United States. hrdag.org/in-the-face-...
Today, we denounce violations of human rights occurring in the United States. hrdag.org/in-the-face-...
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BREAKING
@knightcolumbia.org just won their case against Trump admin’s policy arresting/deporting noncitizen stud. & fac. participating in pro-Palestinian activism
This is a threat mailed to chambers of the 84yo Reagan appointed judge. He started the opinion with it and this is how he ended.
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@knightcolumbia.org just won their case against Trump admin’s policy arresting/deporting noncitizen stud. & fac. participating in pro-Palestinian activism
This is a threat mailed to chambers of the 84yo Reagan appointed judge. He started the opinion with it and this is how he ended.
1/2
September 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
BREAKING
@knightcolumbia.org just won their case against Trump admin’s policy arresting/deporting noncitizen stud. & fac. participating in pro-Palestinian activism
This is a threat mailed to chambers of the 84yo Reagan appointed judge. He started the opinion with it and this is how he ended.
1/2
@knightcolumbia.org just won their case against Trump admin’s policy arresting/deporting noncitizen stud. & fac. participating in pro-Palestinian activism
This is a threat mailed to chambers of the 84yo Reagan appointed judge. He started the opinion with it and this is how he ended.
1/2
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We’re a small team of just four full-time data scientists, but our work has a global impact. Every donation helps us take on the toughest challenges, from exposing state violence to ensuring that victims are never erased from history.
Please support us today. hrdag.networkforgood.com
Please support us today. hrdag.networkforgood.com
Put Data Science to Work for Justice and Human Rights
Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) We are data scientists for human rights. We are non-partisan and non-profit. We seek opportunities where the debate hinges on a question of fact. Our work…
hrdag.networkforgood.com
September 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We’re a small team of just four full-time data scientists, but our work has a global impact. Every donation helps us take on the toughest challenges, from exposing state violence to ensuring that victims are never erased from history.
Please support us today. hrdag.networkforgood.com
Please support us today. hrdag.networkforgood.com
A man with his shoes off in first class on this airplane, reading an email called “15 Subtle Habits to Make People Secretly Respect You More”
September 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
A man with his shoes off in first class on this airplane, reading an email called “15 Subtle Habits to Make People Secretly Respect You More”
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Read part two of @hrdag.org's "Gathering the Data" series on substack, in which we explore how human rights workers document evidence even in the face of death threats and potential violence.
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substack.com/home/post/p-...
Scatter and Keep Working
Human rights workers and everyday citizens are asking: how do we deal with the evolving and very real threats we are facing?
substack.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Read part two of @hrdag.org's "Gathering the Data" series on substack, in which we explore how human rights workers document evidence even in the face of death threats and potential violence.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Watch this compelling interview with
@hrdag.org's Patrick Ball on
@plutopia.io
.
"People who commit violence and, even more so, those who apologize for people who commit violence, always lie about it."
youtu.be/7mG4Tt5rEEM?...
@hrdag.org's Patrick Ball on
@plutopia.io
.
"People who commit violence and, even more so, those who apologize for people who commit violence, always lie about it."
youtu.be/7mG4Tt5rEEM?...
Patrick Ball: Data and Human Rights
YouTube video by Plutopia News Network
youtu.be
June 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Watch this compelling interview with
@hrdag.org's Patrick Ball on
@plutopia.io
.
"People who commit violence and, even more so, those who apologize for people who commit violence, always lie about it."
youtu.be/7mG4Tt5rEEM?...
@hrdag.org's Patrick Ball on
@plutopia.io
.
"People who commit violence and, even more so, those who apologize for people who commit violence, always lie about it."
youtu.be/7mG4Tt5rEEM?...
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One of grants frozen at Cornell: $6.7M (4 yrs) to develop heart pumps for babies born w/ heart defects.
It took decades of work to get to point of prepping device for in-human clinical trials. No private company could do this.
The cruelty of the Trump administration is heartbreaking. So to speak.
It took decades of work to get to point of prepping device for in-human clinical trials. No private company could do this.
The cruelty of the Trump administration is heartbreaking. So to speak.
Research at risk: Life-saving heart pumps for babies | Cornell Chronicle
After receiving a stop-work order from the federal government, the future of a device to help children with heart defects is uncertain.
news.cornell.edu
May 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
One of grants frozen at Cornell: $6.7M (4 yrs) to develop heart pumps for babies born w/ heart defects.
It took decades of work to get to point of prepping device for in-human clinical trials. No private company could do this.
The cruelty of the Trump administration is heartbreaking. So to speak.
It took decades of work to get to point of prepping device for in-human clinical trials. No private company could do this.
The cruelty of the Trump administration is heartbreaking. So to speak.
Peeps always think they can control the insight machine because they learned how to talk down to their human underlings but they forget the underlings make the administrative wheels and rules that eventually shape the whole institution while all the while smiling and taking condescension on the chin
April 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Peeps always think they can control the insight machine because they learned how to talk down to their human underlings but they forget the underlings make the administrative wheels and rules that eventually shape the whole institution while all the while smiling and taking condescension on the chin
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Friends attending #CHI2025, keep your eyes peeled for the AMAZING @cyberbya.bsky.social. She's doing incredible research on anti-harassment using community-led and anti-colonial practices!
citizensandtech.org/2025/04/embo...
citizensandtech.org/2025/04/embo...
Embodying Stories for Resisting Technology: Anti-Colonial Approaches to Human-Computer Interaction
How can we create interactive narratives that foster a liberatory approach to current and potential sociotechnical systems?
citizensandtech.org
April 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Friends attending #CHI2025, keep your eyes peeled for the AMAZING @cyberbya.bsky.social. She's doing incredible research on anti-harassment using community-led and anti-colonial practices!
citizensandtech.org/2025/04/embo...
citizensandtech.org/2025/04/embo...
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Why everyone needs privacy. @meredithmeredith.bsky.social of @signal.org explains. #SXSW Surveillance power can be used to devastate anyone.
March 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Why everyone needs privacy. @meredithmeredith.bsky.social of @signal.org explains. #SXSW Surveillance power can be used to devastate anyone.
Wear a suit, they said.
But don't wear a trouser suit if you're a girl.
Enough jewelry to display status, but not too many earrings.
Tattoos only in quiet, covered places.
Make sure, they said, not to offend with your dress.
But don't wear a trouser suit if you're a girl.
Enough jewelry to display status, but not too many earrings.
Tattoos only in quiet, covered places.
Make sure, they said, not to offend with your dress.
February 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Wear a suit, they said.
But don't wear a trouser suit if you're a girl.
Enough jewelry to display status, but not too many earrings.
Tattoos only in quiet, covered places.
Make sure, they said, not to offend with your dress.
But don't wear a trouser suit if you're a girl.
Enough jewelry to display status, but not too many earrings.
Tattoos only in quiet, covered places.
Make sure, they said, not to offend with your dress.
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Given recent actions by the new admin, more folks looking to encryption. We thought we'd share early reflections from a survey of encrypted app users. Participants share that privacy means a lot of things, but importantly, for folks at risk, privacy IS safety.
opcandado.citizensandtech.org/blog/
opcandado.citizensandtech.org/blog/
Blog – Operation Candado
opcandado.citizensandtech.org
February 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Given recent actions by the new admin, more folks looking to encryption. We thought we'd share early reflections from a survey of encrypted app users. Participants share that privacy means a lot of things, but importantly, for folks at risk, privacy IS safety.
opcandado.citizensandtech.org/blog/
opcandado.citizensandtech.org/blog/
The US has been in a situationship with digital identity for a long time. We've never had a mandatory digital identity system, but critical data about us is spread across hundreds of systems, each with decisive input to how we live our lives. 🧵
February 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The US has been in a situationship with digital identity for a long time. We've never had a mandatory digital identity system, but critical data about us is spread across hundreds of systems, each with decisive input to how we live our lives. 🧵
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News that wiki editors are facing threats from Musk and the Heritage Foundation because of “bias” should be raising alarm bells for platforms that rely on user moderation (basically all of them, but Reddit esp. since its mods have come under fire recently).
Wikipedia Prepares for 'Increase in Threats' to US Editors From Musk and His Allies
🔗 www.404media.co/wikipedia-pr...
🔗 www.404media.co/wikipedia-pr...
February 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
News that wiki editors are facing threats from Musk and the Heritage Foundation because of “bias” should be raising alarm bells for platforms that rely on user moderation (basically all of them, but Reddit esp. since its mods have come under fire recently).
Much how-to safety work and rights material has been drafted for specific constituencies and often we don’t fit into those categories as cleanly. lots of historical reasons why. Read widely and broadly to see what you personally can use.
To our many American friends. The National Academies have assembled a package of resources for researchers facing threats or attacks in the US
www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...
www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...
www.nationalacademies.org
February 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Much how-to safety work and rights material has been drafted for specific constituencies and often we don’t fit into those categories as cleanly. lots of historical reasons why. Read widely and broadly to see what you personally can use.
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We're just going to leave this here…
Here’s how to share sensitive leaks with the press
Thinking about securely leaking information to news organizations? This guide will show you how.
freedom.press
January 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We're just going to leave this here…
Last year, we at the Citizens and Technology Lab we did a deep and interesting dive into how to collaborate on evidence for platform accountability. @mwoluchem.bsky.social followed up to create insights we're excited to share with you. With thanks to all the participants! @lmbing.bsky.social
How can scientists provide courts with reliable evidence in tech litigation?
@mwoluchem.bsky.social interviewed researchers, civil society, & litigators CAT Lab convened to ask this question. Here's her report: A Collective Front Toward Platform Accountability
citizensandtech.org/2025/01/scie...
@mwoluchem.bsky.social interviewed researchers, civil society, & litigators CAT Lab convened to ask this question. Here's her report: A Collective Front Toward Platform Accountability
citizensandtech.org/2025/01/scie...
Building Bridges for Science in Technology Litigation
How can we bridge the knowledge gaps between empirical researchers, litigators, and regulators?
citizensandtech.org
January 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Last year, we at the Citizens and Technology Lab we did a deep and interesting dive into how to collaborate on evidence for platform accountability. @mwoluchem.bsky.social followed up to create insights we're excited to share with you. With thanks to all the participants! @lmbing.bsky.social
Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More (Alexei Yurchak) (my roman empire) It's not every day your fav history about the collapse of the Soviet Union gets an insta reel relating it to today's experience of truthiness and soured information channels www.instagram.com/distill_soci...
Distill Social on Instagram: "Hypernormalization!
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#resist #notmypresident #history #facts"
858 likes, 12 comments - distill_social on January 18, 2025: "Hypernormalization!
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#resist #notmypresident #history #facts".
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January 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More (Alexei Yurchak) (my roman empire) It's not every day your fav history about the collapse of the Soviet Union gets an insta reel relating it to today's experience of truthiness and soured information channels www.instagram.com/distill_soci...
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“Social media is The New Public Square!” was always bankrupt and hollow. It was a lazy, ahistorical analogy by grandiose founders desperate to prove a path to $$$, not an accurate model of social media’s role in the democratic process. A really damaging idea. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
December 21, 2024 at 10:37 AM
“Social media is The New Public Square!” was always bankrupt and hollow. It was a lazy, ahistorical analogy by grandiose founders desperate to prove a path to $$$, not an accurate model of social media’s role in the democratic process. A really damaging idea. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Strategy-making takes a lot of effort— work that pays off when events are happening too fast to slow down & build consensus.
I'm SO grateful to @eleag.bsky.social & @sarahagilbert.bsky.social for the collab on CAT Lab's plan & I feel more ready than ever to take our work into 2025 and beyond. <3
I'm SO grateful to @eleag.bsky.social & @sarahagilbert.bsky.social for the collab on CAT Lab's plan & I feel more ready than ever to take our work into 2025 and beyond. <3
December 17, 2024 at 1:03 AM
Strategy-making takes a lot of effort— work that pays off when events are happening too fast to slow down & build consensus.
I'm SO grateful to @eleag.bsky.social & @sarahagilbert.bsky.social for the collab on CAT Lab's plan & I feel more ready than ever to take our work into 2025 and beyond. <3
I'm SO grateful to @eleag.bsky.social & @sarahagilbert.bsky.social for the collab on CAT Lab's plan & I feel more ready than ever to take our work into 2025 and beyond. <3
The AI safety net is moving slower than the AI boom. How can researchers and lawyers work together for safer, fairer tech policy? Learn how CAT Lab @knightcolumbia.org & partners are working to close the gap. www.techpolicy.press/new-tools-mo... via @techpolicypress.bsky.social and @jedm.bsky.social
New Tools Move Faster Than New Rules: Bridging Science and Law for a Better Technology Ecosystem | TechPolicy.Press
At a workshop on “Platforms, Causality, and the Law," CAT Lab and partners emphasize grounding AI in science and community impact, writes Jed Miller.
www.techpolicy.press
December 13, 2024 at 6:12 PM
The AI safety net is moving slower than the AI boom. How can researchers and lawyers work together for safer, fairer tech policy? Learn how CAT Lab @knightcolumbia.org & partners are working to close the gap. www.techpolicy.press/new-tools-mo... via @techpolicypress.bsky.social and @jedm.bsky.social
as we're seeing the extraordinary unfold in #Syria, this work from @hrdag.org counting deaths in custody is a testament to years of collaboration & the critical professional work of many civil society organizations who witness, document, share, process, and retain human rights data. thank you all.
December 13, 2024 at 5:03 PM
as we're seeing the extraordinary unfold in #Syria, this work from @hrdag.org counting deaths in custody is a testament to years of collaboration & the critical professional work of many civil society organizations who witness, document, share, process, and retain human rights data. thank you all.