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Jillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

One of them was German and was very obnoxious about Ossie history, while being born significantly later than the fall of the wall.

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Jillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Listening to three very confidently wrong Gen Z talk about their digital security habits.

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Jillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I love these kinds of replies from people who have never read anything I've ever written or heard anything I've ever said.

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Unlike Australia's ban, John Matheson writes, Canada's Safe Social Media Act asks a different question: not whether to keep children off social media, but whether platforms can be built to deserve them.

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Canada Is Not Banning Teenagers from Social Media — It’s Trying Something New

John Matheson says Canada's approach shifts the question from whether to keep kids off social media to whether social media can be built to deserve them.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 21/09/2026

“Algorithmic censorship doesn’t need to erase testimony. It can leave it online while gradually stripping it of reach, discoverability and an audience,” EFF’s @jillian.bsky.social told @aljazeera.com.

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Echoicide: Who decides which truths survive in Gaza?

From Gaza to the digital age, visibility has become one of the central political struggles of modern conflicts.

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Jillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“Algorithmic censorship doesn’t need to erase testimony. It can leave it online while gradually stripping it of reach, discoverability and an audience" - me for Al Jazeera www.aljazeera.com/news-analysi...

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Echoicide: Who decides which truths survive in Gaza?

From Gaza to the digital age, visibility has become one of the central political struggles of modern conflicts.

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Jillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I never thought much at all about Ed Sheeran until last week and now I can't open any social media (*especially* reddit) without having to see his face over and over. Please rotate this news cycle out of hell.

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Jillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If you're an artist who's experienced unwanted content moderation or shadowbanning, consider joining Don't Delete Art's call on 1 October to share your experience and hear from other artists www.dontdelete.art/artist-meeti...

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Artist Meetings — Don't Delete Art

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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Swedes still deporting pre Brexit residents Brits, despite prospective new government promises new laws to give them a second chance. I met this man hours after he was deported - he was distraught to say the least www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

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‘I have nothing in the UK at all’: British man torn from his Swedish wife and home

Charles lands at Heathrow with just two bags and nowhere to go as a result of Brexit and Stockholm’s hardline immigration position

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Xero Reynolds 41/100 on Patreon @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.

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Jillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Fascinating how Bernie Sanders didn’t endorse NH’s (female) progressive candidates but was willing to go on stage with Steve Bannon.

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Jillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I bought the Irish colored Hirbawi kuffiyeh a couple of years ago during a drop because it was the only color left and apart from marching with Irish folks in Berlin and on a visit to Dublin, haven't worn it much. After this week, it's back in rotation.

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eminemerald fennell @fireh9lly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 10/09/2026

Technology and the laws that regulate it should support and empower young people. California’s AB 1709 - signed into law today by Gov. Gavin Newsom - falls far short of this goal, say EFF and its allies.

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We All Deserve a Better Internet, Not A Smaller One

SAN FRANCISCO - Technology and the laws that regulate it should support and empower young people. California’s AB 1709 - signed into law today by Gov. Gavin Newsom - falls far short of this goal, say ...

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 10/09/2026

Freedom, openness, and interoperability defined the internet's promise 25 years ago. Today a handful of centralized platforms control our data and set the rules. Join our livestream with Q&A on 9/17 at 11AM PT to talk about a different model. eff.org/livestream-...

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David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"Digital sovereignty" is poorly defined. But as @jillian.bsky.social and @evacide.bsky.social explain, it should mean "having the capacity to control one’s digital destiny—though the implications of that will obviously differ considerably whether you’re talking about an individual or a country."

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Digital Sovereignty: What It Is, What It Could Be

The term “digital sovereignty” has become ubiquitous. European officials invoke it in debates about cloud infrastructure, AI, semiconductors, and platform regulation. Governments throughout the global...

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Jillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Major exception is the inept and poorly trained “border support” agents at LIS, who sent me to the wrong e-gates and almost made me miss my flight.

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Jillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I’ve been complimented randomly by every single woman I’ve interacted with at Lisbon airport this morning. I have dirty hair and am wearing sweatpants. Best day ever.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 31/08/2026

“They are going after the messenger,” EFF's @jillian.bsky.social told @theintercept.com. “I don’t think that the members of the group would necessarily condone the actions of the people that they hosted. What they do condone is the freedom to host, the ability to be anonymous, ... to be private.”

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Trump Goes After Anonymous Email Provider in Italy. The Real Target Is Free Speech in the U.S.

Trump designated a collective that provides anonymous email services as a foreign “terrorist” group. It could curtail free speech in the U.S.

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Jillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Title cut off but should say …to worker-led platform accountability. This panel will take place at FIFAfrica next month in Mauritius!

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Jillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Milo Yiannopoulous getting deported after advocating for ICE is something.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 26/08/2026

From EFF Senior Counsel @davidgreene.bsky.social: “Young users will now have less access to Meta products, and a lesser ability to exercise their rights to speak, access information and art and culture, associate and form communities, and play. (1/4)

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Jillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

man the NH gubernatorial race is bleak. anti-trans republican vs. former opioid lobbyist.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 27/08/2026

"The idea that an organization that is an alternative host—for email, websites, and other services—could be designated a terrorist organization simply for providing a service that a lot of people want…is scary," EFF’s @jillian.bsky.social told @reason.com.

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Rubio uses terrorism law to ban secure email service

The State Department doesn’t accuse Autistici/Inventati of doing anything more than providing surveillance-free email accounts. But that’s enough to declare it a terrorist organization.

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Jillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Sad to learn of the passing of Bertrand de La Chappelle, a great thinker and, if I may say, fashion icon.

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Jillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly, Tim, Meta’s terrible decision making around age gating and now Autistici/Inventati named a terrorist org, may this day please end

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Luis Villa @lu.is · 20/08/2026

this is, uh, not a good look for sooooo many institutions. (To be clear, not Google; they're doing what they need to do here, including historically funding @lumendatabase.bsky.social exactly so that there can be this sort of transparency.)

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Jillian C. York @jillian.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It absolutely boggles my mind that while every other airline offers Apple and Google wallet or emails you your boarding pass, British Airways is like "here, download this PDF and email it to yourself."

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Lynn Tramonte @lynntramonte.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

One of our friends is in Eswatini. We have a plan to get him out + he has a terrific lawyer, but we are trying to raise some money to make it happen. He needs to get to a country that is safe for a gay man in Africa. Appreciate any help + boost! ohioimmigrant.app.neoncrm.com/campaigns/he...

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Help Issa Start Over in a Safe Place

Issa is outgoing, justice-minded, and loves people from every background. For most of his life, he called the United States home, and Cincinnati is where he feels safest. But today, he sits in a maxim...

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I came first in the Clacton by-election! Of the candidates who bothered to turn up for the results. Here is my victory speech!

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 10/07/2026

“I am energized by all the opportunity ahead for us to build on EFF’s strong foundation and make it even mightier. And we need you and others in the fight. Please renew your membership, become a recurring monthly supporter, and introduce someone new to EFF by snagging them a gift membership.” (5/5)

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Defend Privacy and Free Speech

Donate to the Electronic Frontier Foundation and support the mission to defend civil liberties and human rights online. You can help EFF’s attorneys, activists, and technologists protect privacy,...

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 14/08/2026

He means the bin. The establishment candidate is the bin.

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BREAKING
Farage says he has won by-election
'convincingly'
Nigel Farage tells GB News that he has won the Clacton by-election "fairly convincingly".
Speaking at a party put on for Reform UK volunteers in Clacton, Farage says: "I have managed to beat the establishment candidate."
• As a reminder, votes are still being counted and a final result is expected in the coming hours.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 12/08/2026

LISTEN: EFF’s @MGuariglia.bsky.social joined Florida’s @wusf.org today to discuss FLOCK ALPR cameras, along with Carl Gunn – the “Flock Blocker” who has taken up sitting in a lawn chair and blocking Flock cameras with a sign taped to a pool skimmer pole.

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Why the 'Flock Blocker' opposes these cameras, and an iconic game room pulls the plug

What in the heck is a Flock camera? Depending on whom you ask, it’s a crime-fighting tool or a symbol of creepy surveillance. Meet the “Flock Blocker,” who believes the latter and protests against the...

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

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One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention

My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.

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