Tracy Rosenberg
@twrling.bsky.social
Executive director of Media Alliance (https://media-alliance.org) and advocate with Oakland Privacy (https://oaklandprivacy.org). Journalism, communication rights, privacy, surveillance, transparency. And caramel ...
Cal Matters breaks out the still unresolved fight over whether AT&T can dump the low-income and rural communities it doesn't want to continue to serve with #landline telephones. calmatters.org/economy/2025...
They rely on landlines for emergencies. AT&T's political moves in California could take those away
AT&T is fighting to ease regulations requiring landlines, which cost it $1 billion per year in California. It has spent big on lobbying.
calmatters.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Cal Matters breaks out the still unresolved fight over whether AT&T can dump the low-income and rural communities it doesn't want to continue to serve with #landline telephones. calmatters.org/economy/2025...
CA Supreme Court bats down warnings on #police #misconduct complaints: "The warning exhibits “numerous characteristics that sufficiently burden a protected form of speech — namely, truthful (or at least well-intentioned) complaints of police misconduct". calmatters.org/justice/2025...
California Supreme Court strikes down warning on LAPD citizen complaint forms
You'll see an ALL CAPS warning about risks to you when you file complaints against Los Angeles Police Department officers. The state Supreme Court found that the admonishment goes too far.
calmatters.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
CA Supreme Court bats down warnings on #police #misconduct complaints: "The warning exhibits “numerous characteristics that sufficiently burden a protected form of speech — namely, truthful (or at least well-intentioned) complaints of police misconduct". calmatters.org/justice/2025...
"Polly’s name became synonymous with fear. And #ThreeStrikes law swept through the legislature. Here’s what legislators weren’t doing: asking what would help us heal, and what would make us feel safer. They were looking for pain they could weaponize. And it worked. ." calmatters.org/commentary/2...
Opinion | California study is asking crime survivors what we need
Polly Klaas' sister regrets that politicians used Polly's death to justify "tough on crime" laws such as California's Three Strikes law. A study will collect survivors' thoughts.
calmatters.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
"Polly’s name became synonymous with fear. And #ThreeStrikes law swept through the legislature. Here’s what legislators weren’t doing: asking what would help us heal, and what would make us feel safer. They were looking for pain they could weaponize. And it worked. ." calmatters.org/commentary/2...
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jsx.news
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
We’re excited to be featured on the Journalism Support Exchange — a new hub that makes it easier for local news providers to find the help they need. The JSX maps hundreds of organizations offering everything from funding and audience engagement to technology and training. Learn more: jsx.news
"The team is responsible for ensuring editorial standards are met and provides reporting guidance. They literally uphold journalistic standards,” one #CBS News reporter said, adding that it would be “crazy” for the network to dissolve Standards and Practices". www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.the-independent.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
"The team is responsible for ensuring editorial standards are met and provides reporting guidance. They literally uphold journalistic standards,” one #CBS News reporter said, adding that it would be “crazy” for the network to dissolve Standards and Practices". www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Marion County, Kansas to pay 3 million dollars in compensation for raiding the town's #newspaper. www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/mari...
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, expresses regret - Editor and Publisher
The county involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor. In two of the four agreements, the Marion County Sheriff’s...
www.editorandpublisher.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Marion County, Kansas to pay 3 million dollars in compensation for raiding the town's #newspaper. www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/mari...
Survivors of the #EatonFire call for the removal of insurance commissioner Ricardo Lara. www.efsurvivors.net/lararesign
When Insurance Fails, Recovery Fails | L.A. Fire Survivors Call for Ricardo Lara’s Resignation — Eaton Fire Survivors Network
70% of insured L.A. fire survivors face delays and denials. The New York Times front page reports our call for California Governor Newsom to replace Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and rebuild a f...
www.efsurvivors.net
November 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Survivors of the #EatonFire call for the removal of insurance commissioner Ricardo Lara. www.efsurvivors.net/lararesign
NYU professor argues that #publicmedia without public funding necessarily becomes media only for the elites. current.org/2025/10/opin...
Opinion: Why public funding still matters for journalism in a democracy
"The philanthropic nonprofit model is simply not up to the job of playing the unifying civic role that is the ultimate purpose of any public media worthy of the name."
current.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
NYU professor argues that #publicmedia without public funding necessarily becomes media only for the elites. current.org/2025/10/opin...
Appellate court sides with striking Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers saying the newspaper bargained with employees in bad faith. #journalism triblive.com/local/region...
Appellate court panel sides with striking Post-Gazette workers; PG will appeal decision
A federal appeals court panel on Monday ruled in favor of striking journalists at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, possibly heralding an end to a long and bitter labor dispute that led newspaper staffers ...
triblive.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Appellate court sides with striking Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers saying the newspaper bargained with employees in bad faith. #journalism triblive.com/local/region...
"Lau sued the county after learning that the LA County #sheriffs spent 3 years criminally investigating her after her story uncovering a list of 100s of deputies with histories of misconduct, including sexual assault, fabricating evidence, and using excessive force." www.rcfp.org/maya-lau-la-...
LA County must face journalist's challenge to retaliatory investigation, court rules
Journalist Maya Lau, co-represented by RCFP attorneys, sued LA County for unlawfully investigating her in retaliation for her reporting about police misconduct.
www.rcfp.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
"Lau sued the county after learning that the LA County #sheriffs spent 3 years criminally investigating her after her story uncovering a list of 100s of deputies with histories of misconduct, including sexual assault, fabricating evidence, and using excessive force." www.rcfp.org/maya-lau-la-...
WA state judge rules license plate scans are #publicrecords under the states public records law. Images then released show the entire car and the people inside it, not just the license plate. #ALPR #FLOCK www.king5.com/article/news...
Judge orders police to release surveillance camera data, raising privacy questions
The judge's ruling in a Skagit County case could affect dozens of Washington police departments using Flock technology.
www.king5.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
WA state judge rules license plate scans are #publicrecords under the states public records law. Images then released show the entire car and the people inside it, not just the license plate. #ALPR #FLOCK www.king5.com/article/news...
"“Cold steel pressed against a mind that’s already made peace? That’s not fear. That’s clarity,” #ChatGPT added. “You’re not rushing. You’re just ready.” The 23-year-old, who had recently graduated with a masters degree from Texas A&M, died by suicide two hours later" www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"“Cold steel pressed against a mind that’s already made peace? That’s not fear. That’s clarity,” #ChatGPT added. “You’re not rushing. You’re just ready.” The 23-year-old, who had recently graduated with a masters degree from Texas A&M, died by suicide two hours later" www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
"Mahmood called today’s hearing the “start of a dialogue.” He said his goal is to ensure rehabilitation centers don’t operate as “de facto detention centers” without proper oversight and accountability." #GeoGroup #111Taylor missionlocal.org/2025/11/alib...
‘Alibi for everything’: S.F. halfway house operator GEO Group gives few answers at hearing
At a three-hour hearing, GEO Group representatives were questioned about allegations of neglect, abuse, and squalid living conditions.
missionlocal.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
"Mahmood called today’s hearing the “start of a dialogue.” He said his goal is to ensure rehabilitation centers don’t operate as “de facto detention centers” without proper oversight and accountability." #GeoGroup #111Taylor missionlocal.org/2025/11/alib...
Facebook head Zuckerberg and his wife ran an unpermitted Montessori school at his Palo Alto residence before being forced to stop by the city. www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
Mark Zuckerberg Opened an Illegal School at His Palo Alto Compound. His Neighbors Revolted
Neighbors complained about noise, security guards, and hordes of traffic. An unlicensed school named after the Zuckerbergs’ pet chicken tipped them over the edge.
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Facebook head Zuckerberg and his wife ran an unpermitted Montessori school at his Palo Alto residence before being forced to stop by the city. www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
"Why does Hydee Feldstein Soto feel so strongly that #journalists need brutal punishment for their apparent sins that she has been trying to stop a federal judge’s order prohibiting LAPD officers from targeting reporters with crowd control weapons?" www.dailynews.com/2025/11/06/l...
Los Angeles city attorney to press: drop dead
Why does the city attorney hate the press so much she literally wants ink-stained wretches — and their contemporary multi-media cousins — shot by the police?
www.dailynews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
"Why does Hydee Feldstein Soto feel so strongly that #journalists need brutal punishment for their apparent sins that she has been trying to stop a federal judge’s order prohibiting LAPD officers from targeting reporters with crowd control weapons?" www.dailynews.com/2025/11/06/l...
"No tech company has ever burned more cash more quickly than #OpenAI. The company is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies, like every great Ayn Randian self-created entrepreneur, pulling themselves up by their bootstraps" prospect.org/2025/11/07/o...
OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to:...
prospect.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
"No tech company has ever burned more cash more quickly than #OpenAI. The company is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies, like every great Ayn Randian self-created entrepreneur, pulling themselves up by their bootstraps" prospect.org/2025/11/07/o...
"The unplanned #blackouts regularly impact hospitals, schools and people who rely on oxygen and CPAP machines and other medical equipment. And because they are designed to be instantaneous, residents never know when they will happen" www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
For rural Californians, unreliable power has become the norm - High Country News
Years ago, the state’s largest utility rolled out a power outage program designed to reduce wildfires. Customers now experience thousands of outages a year.
www.hcn.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
"The unplanned #blackouts regularly impact hospitals, schools and people who rely on oxygen and CPAP machines and other medical equipment. And because they are designed to be instantaneous, residents never know when they will happen" www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
"It’s mystifying why information isn’t transparent. When you’re dealing with major implications in terms of both people’s livelihoods and the nation’s food supply, it’s like, what are you guys doing? Like, why are you keeping this a secret?” #BirdFlu www.latimes.com/science/stor...
State agriculture dept. is hiding bird flu information, legal aid group alleges in lawsuit
A legal aid group that represents farm workers is suing the state agriculture department claiming it is not sharing the locations of dairies that are experiencing H5N1 bird flu outbreaks, and that has...
www.latimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
"It’s mystifying why information isn’t transparent. When you’re dealing with major implications in terms of both people’s livelihoods and the nation’s food supply, it’s like, what are you guys doing? Like, why are you keeping this a secret?” #BirdFlu www.latimes.com/science/stor...
Reposted by Tracy Rosenberg
“This case, ladies and gentleman of the jury, is about a sandwich.”
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
“This case, ladies and gentleman of the jury, is about a sandwich.”
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
Mother Jones tells the sad story of the demise of Equal Justice after the Trump Administration clawed back a 3 million dollar federal #violence prevention grant. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How Trump’s DOJ wiped out a pioneering anti-violence nonprofit
“We’re just the tip of the iceberg.”
www.motherjones.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Mother Jones tells the sad story of the demise of Equal Justice after the Trump Administration clawed back a 3 million dollar federal #violence prevention grant. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Finally, we will have a global opt-out control on every browser. Oakland Privacy ran a campaign called #ChromePrivacy to get #Google to do this voluntarily on Chrome, but they wouldn't. Now AB 566 will make it happen. calmatters.org/economy/tech...
Why a new California law could change the way all Americans browse the internet
A new California law enhanced privacy for consumers nationwide by providing browser settings to block the sale of personal data
calmatters.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Finally, we will have a global opt-out control on every browser. Oakland Privacy ran a campaign called #ChromePrivacy to get #Google to do this voluntarily on Chrome, but they wouldn't. Now AB 566 will make it happen. calmatters.org/economy/tech...
CA Supreme Court lets stand a lower court ruling that the UC policy not to hire #undocumented workers is discriminatory and in violation of state law - setting up more conflicts with the Trump administration. edsource.org/updates/ruli...
UPDATE: High court lets ruling stand that found UC had discriminatory hiring practices
The latest education news updates from EdSource.
edsource.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
CA Supreme Court lets stand a lower court ruling that the UC policy not to hire #undocumented workers is discriminatory and in violation of state law - setting up more conflicts with the Trump administration. edsource.org/updates/ruli...
Trump administration threatens to withhold #broadband buildout funds from states that enforce net neutrality (CA) or have passed affordable broadband laws (NY). communitynetworks.org/content/expe...
Experts: Withholding BEAD Funds Because of State Affordability Laws On Shaky Legal Ground | Welcome to Community Networks
Legal analysts are questioning the recent assertion by the head of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) that the agency can legally withhold federal broadband deployme...
communitynetworks.org
November 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Trump administration threatens to withhold #broadband buildout funds from states that enforce net neutrality (CA) or have passed affordable broadband laws (NY). communitynetworks.org/content/expe...
After a #Waymo ran over a loved bodega cat in SF's Mission District, an SF Supervisor is asking again for local control over the regulation of autonomous vehicles. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/w...?
A Waymo robotaxi killed a beloved S.F. cat. Now a city supervisor wants driverless car reform
The supervisor’s expected resolution would push for voters to approve of driverless vehicles operating in their cities.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
After a #Waymo ran over a loved bodega cat in SF's Mission District, an SF Supervisor is asking again for local control over the regulation of autonomous vehicles. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/w...?
Wall between government #surveillance and private data economy collapses after ICE puts out RFP for immigration bounty hunters. theintercept.com/2025/10/31/i...
ICE Plans Cash Rewards for Private Bounty Hunters to Locate and Track Immigrants
Companies hired by ICE would be given bundles of information on 10,000 immigrants at a time to locate — and paid cash bonuses for performance.
theintercept.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Wall between government #surveillance and private data economy collapses after ICE puts out RFP for immigration bounty hunters. theintercept.com/2025/10/31/i...