fediverse We're here, we're queer, and we're federated: How queer, trans, and non-binary people helped create Mastodon and are shaping today's fediverse (REVISED DRAFT) Happy Pride!
fediverse Eight days later: Kbin, Lemmy, the landed gentry, and the rise of the "threadiverse" (DRAFT) Draft! Work in Progress! Feedback welcome!
fediverse Don't tell people "it's easy", and seven more things Kbin, Lemmy, and the fediverse can learn from Mastodon (UPDATED) The fediverse has always grown in waves, and it looks like the next one's in progress.
fediverse Don't tell people "it's easy", and six more things Kbin, Lemmy, and the fediverse can learn from Mastodon (REVISED DRAFT) DRAFT! Feedback welcome! Updated on June 10
meta discussion Taking a break ... With the Washington state legislative session wrapping up, it's a good time for me to take a break for a couple of months. While there's still a lot more to do, My Health My Data passing is the culmination of the successful multi-year battle by grassroots
Washington state privacy legislation My Health My Data goes to the Governor's desk: Washington state privacy update, April 20 Gov. Inslee is expected to sign the bill, probably next week.
Washington state privacy legislation My Health My Data in the home stretch: Washington privacy legislation update, April 17 Update: My Health My Data has passed the legislature!
Washington state privacy legislation My Health My Data heads to the Senate floor: Washington privacy legislation update, April 4 The Senate's likely to vote on the consumer helath data privacy bill as soon as tomorrow.
Automated Decision Systems Another try at regulating Automated Decision Systems in Washington state (UPDATED) You can probably guess what happened
privacy news Privacy News Roundup: February 13 mega-post Data brokers selling Americans mental health data, legal theory, state and federal privacy legislation, and more!
Washington state privacy legislation A watered-down substitute advances: Washington privacy legislation update, February 6 The new version of My Health My Data incorporates many of the "improvements" (haha) industry lobbyists suggested
privacy news Privacy News Roundup: February 1 Privacy after Roe, an FTC enforcement action, a federal privacy legislation update ... and more!
Washington state privacy legislation The session's in high gear: Washington privacy legislation update, January 31 With only 105 days in Washington's legislative session, things are moving quickly
Washington state privacy legislation #Privacy activism in "the other Washington": #waleg #MyHealthMyData #PeoplesPrivacyAct and more It might or might not work, but we'll learn a lot, so it's worth a try.
privacy news Privacy News: January 26 State and federal privacy regulation, facial recognition, what's on tap for 2023 ... and more!
Washington state privacy legislation A very encouraging first step: My Health My Data's first hearing Part two of Washington state privacy legislation 2023
privacy news Privacy News: January 20 Websites selling abortion pills sharing data with Google, the My Health My Data Act, the "no fly" list accidentally exposed, a state privacy legislation bonanza ... and more!
privacy news Privacy News: January 17 Algorithms of oppression (re)producing racism, pushing back on AI hype, a new approach to try to make GDPR's protections real, state privacy legislation ... and more!
mastodon Social threat modeling and quote boosts on Mastodon How can Mastodon improve tools for preventing, and defending against, harassment and abuse?
privacy news Privacy News: January 12 President Biden weighs in, facial recognition in Iran, medium on Mastodon ... and more!
Washington state privacy legislation A much more favorable environment, but a lot of complexity: Washington state privacy legislation 2023 (UPDATED) There's good reason for optimism!
privacy news Privacy News: January 9 Lots of surveillance stories, fines for Facebook, Google, and Apple, and much much more!
privacy news Privacy News: January 3 Looking back at 2022, a good book list, another Black man mistakenly arrested because of facial recognition tecnnology ... and more!