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Recovering Hill Staffer. Current EFF Director of Federal Affairs. Vanderbilt University alumna. All opinions are my own, etc etc etc.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 17/09/2026
EFF regularly talks to lawmakers and their staff to ensure that Congress defends civil liberties in the digital age. Hear from EFF's Director of Federal Affairs, @irmck.bsky.social, about what we're up to this week in Washington, D.C. You can sign up for Action Alerts at eff.org/signup!
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Daphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Age assurance is Flock cameras for the Internet.
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Come for dismantling FLOCK, stay for ending mass surveillance: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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EFF's Policy Position on ALPR Surveillance: Eliminate It and Reduce Its Harms
Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) build a searchable map of everywhere a driver goes, fed into databases that police, ICE, and private vendors can query after the fact. Networked across a city, ...
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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I don't want a "Smart Fridge" that orders milk for me. I want a fridge that lasts 25 years and doesn't have a privacy policy that allows it to share my late-night snacking habits with my health insurance provider.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 28/07/2026
Bars should stop using ID scanners that share information, return to standard ID checks, and prove to their customers that their privacy and security still matters.
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Why Are Gay Bars Building Databases of Their Patrons?
Recent reports have raised alarm about the use of PatronScan, an ID-checking and face-scanning system, at multiple LGBTQ+ bars in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood. Much of the attention has focused...
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Fun fact! You do not actually have to show an ID to get on an airplane. You may be subject to extra screening, but you don't have to show an ID to travel domestically.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 13/06/2026
The eagle has landed. shopeff.org/products/ns...
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NSA T-Shirt
We’ve brought back our popular NSA Spying shirts for the first time since 2013, with an updated EFF logo and design.   The image of the NSA's glowering, red-eyed eagle using his talons to tap into your data depicts the collaboration of telecommunication companies with the NSA. Wear yours to tell the world: Unplug Big B
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 11/06/2026
It doesn’t matter who’s in charge. FISA 702 can’t be renewed without real reforms. Case in point: Trump’s latest nominee for director of national intelligence was peddling election conspiracies just a few days ago.
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Oh hey, I know her.
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Patrick G. Eddington @pgeddington.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Positively delicious. 😎
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House GOP FISA tensions boil over as Johnson hunts for a plan
The speaker said a deal could come as soon as Thursday.
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
It would really help if you contacted your Member of Congress RIGHT NOW and told them not to extend 702 without a warrant requirement. 202-224-3121 or click here: act.eff.org/action/congr...
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Reform Section 702
There are no excuses for any Member of Congress to support a clean reauthorization of Section 702. Anyone who votes to do so does not take your privacy seriously. Full stop. Section 702 of the Foreign...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 15/04/2026
EFF urges Congress to “do the hard & responsible thing & come to the table to put in real protections for Americans,” EFF’s @irmck.bsky.social told @theguardian.com. “By just doing a straight-up clean extension, you’re abdicating your responsibility to the people that you are elected to represent.”
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Fisa surveillance vote sparks fierce debate as Congress splits on warrantless monitoring
Donald Trump says he is ‘working very hard’ with House Republicans to extend Section 702 without changes
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 10/04/2026
Your representative needs to hear from you right now, before the April 20 deadline. Contact them today. Tell them: No vote on any bills that would reauthorize Section 702 without meaningful reform.
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
As I say in the piece below, this is the wrong question. While it's certainly politically popular to talk about protecting children, it misses what we actually need: a comprehensive consumer privacy bill that restricts data collection for all users and bans behavioral advertising.
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Just finished watching the space shuttle launch, and I found myself feeling surprisingly emotional. Happy Space Day!
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
So...can we use this precedent to strike down abortion related laws where the providers *must* first provide "counsel" to the patient that may or may not be medically accurate?
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
And to be clear - I do blame the elected officials, but I also blame the voters who elected them to do this and who are encouraging this. This doesn’t happen in a vacuum.
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Running a government is actually really complicated. But not even pretending to do the absolute rock bottom bare minimum? 🤮
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
House Republicans rejecting the Senate’s deal to reopen most of DHS out of hand without an alternate plan is just so profoundly irresponsible.
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
media.tenor.com
a man in a suit and tie says i 'm so sick of congress
ALT: a man in a suit and tie says i 'm so sick of congress
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Congratulations and welcome!
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
oh hey I know her
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Always fun when EFF gets the last word (even if I sound a bit like a pretentious philosophy major - I promise that I did not major in philosophy): www.spglobal.com/market-intel...
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
When I am made God Emperor, I plan to make sure the design people who decided you only get half a door to the shower area are added to the pile.
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Also, it's always a fun day at work when EFF litigators get feisty.
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
We sometimes joke that Congress/ the companies do weird or shady stuff to see if we are awake and paying attention. Turns out, we are.
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 03/02/2026
I am calling on @icegov.bsky.social Director Todd Lyons to immediately confirm or deny the existence of a “domestic terrorist” database. If true, you’re violating the Constitution. If not, maybe talk to your “border czar” to get your stories straight. This isn’t a game–it’s the Constitution.
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
This is a fairly odd PR stop: thehill.com/blogs/in-the...
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt to advocate for Section 230 reform at Capitol on Wednesday
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is taking on Big Tech with a trip to the Capitol to call for reforms to a law that shields companies from lawsuits over user-generated content.  The “500 Days of Summer&#…
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 09/12/2025
LISTEN: Those “year-in-review” insights from your apps might seem fun to see and share, but they’re a symptom of the surveillance culture that permeates the internet and threatens your privacy, EFF’s @irmck.bsky.social told @KCBSRadio.bsky.social. www.audacy.com/podcast/kcb...
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
It's Giving Tuesday, and thus, I ask for your support. EFF is actually grassroots funded, which is awesome, because that means I get to lobby on behalf of internet users, not internet companies. It's one of the reasons this job is the best. But we do still need money to do stuff, like go to DC.
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Just wanted to say this a little louder before I go to bed tonight - there's a lot EFF can do to represent internet users, but when people take the time to also speak for themselves, our message hits a little differently. Keep sending those emails!
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Emailing works too, but you have to take the step of finding the website and clicking some buttons. It’s different for all of them, and I can’t send you to just one website. Point is: Pick your pain point, and do the thing.
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
(Telling the internet doesn’t count. Call).
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Periodic reminder - if Congress is about to vote on a bill, and you have an opinion about that bill, you should tell your elected peeps directly. Most of us have 3 (sorry, DC), and they don’t coordinate, so you have to tell all 3 yourself. Call this, and ask to be connected: 202-224-3121
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Shameless self promotion: Right now in a minute, I’m speaking on Section 230’s misunderstood legacy at #FutureOfSpeech 2025, hosted by @cdt.org & @StandTogether. I'm newly back from sabbatical, so I'm rested and extra feisty. Join us! 🎟️ standtogether.swoogo.com/foso25/9611460
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Shutdowns are always dumb. This one, from the outside, appears to be more dumb than usual.
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Math problems are entirely the Speaker’s problem. Full stop.
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
But if the Republicans don’t negotiate with those Democrats to write a bill that any Democrat actually wants to vote for, the majority has a math problem.
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Now, there is a non-insignificant part of the majority party who just hates spending bills and will vote No on anything that requires the government to do its job, so the Republicans have had to rely on some conservative Democrats to get things done.
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Caveat: I’m on sabbatical for a bit, so I’m not in the weeds at all on the current political situation. However, when one party has unified control of DC, it is absolutely bonkers to blame a shutdown on the minority.
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
wow it's too bad no one at the ftc ever has done work around algorithmic discrimination in pricing. if only a person (or two??) there had been ready for this future
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Hard agree. Plus I love that the dog participates.
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Just going to leave this here. Just in case. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Yes, You Have the Right to Film ICE
Across the United States, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has already begun increasing enforcement operations, including highly publicized raids. As immigrant communities, families, allies, ...
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Don't spend your money to voluntarily put surveillance devices in your own home.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
the future is flying cars that are snitches
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 15/05/2025
Congress is bringing back the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). It doesn’t protect kids—it gives government officials power to pressure platforms to take down lawful speech.
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The Kids Online Safety Act Will Make the Internet Worse for Everyone
The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is back in the Senate. Sponsors are claiming—again—that the latest version won’t censor online content. It isn’t true. This bill still sets up a censorship regime dis...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 15/04/2025
The deadline is almost here to vote for EFF’s “How to Fix the Internet” podcast in The Webby Awards. Cast your vote today!
vote.webbyawards.com
Vote for the best of the internet
I just voted in The Webby People's Voice Awards and checked my voter registration.
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
There's this: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Congress Must Reject Transparent Efforts to Undermine the Courts
Earlier this week, the House Judiciary Committee passed H.R. 1526, a bill by Rep. Darrell Issa to prevent courts from issuing nationwide injunctions. This bill could receive a vote on the House floor ...
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India McK @irmck.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
No bored immune systems over here!
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