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Kathy Tran @kathykltran.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Today is Clean the Bay Day! We volunteered at Virginia’s Mason Neck State Park to help pick up trash — We were lucky to see some pretty cool wildlife, reminding us of the many reasons why it’s important to preserve the Chesapeake Bay! @chesapeakebayfdn.bsky.social
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Kathy Tran @kathykltran.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
We had a great canvass launch this morning — We’re getting out the vote for @senatorhashmi.bsky.social for Lieutenant Governor! Let’s Go Virginia!
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Wendy Y. Li @wendyyli.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
US business interests have been conspicuously silent in the face of threats to democracy and the rule of law. In this piece, I discuss how business has politically fractured over time, pursuing narrow, particular policy wins over long term collective interests. www.promarket.org/2025/05/09/t...
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The Deafening Silence of Big Business in Washington - ProMarket
Wendy Li writes that business leaders must rediscover past unity and put pressure on politicians to defend against President Donald Trump’s attacks on businesses and civil society and prevent democrat...
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Alex Stamos @stamos.org · 16/04/2025
Working with Chris Krebs and getting to know his wife Emily and their family has been one of the great honors of my life. The attack against their family should be condemned by all. I have written a post about what is happening to them here: www.linkedin.com/posts/alexst...
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Exclusive | Former Trump Official Targeted With Government Probe Vows to… | Alex Stamos
*The following is a message from Alex and Katie Stamos and does not represent any company or organization* Working with Chris Krebs and getting to know his wife Emily and their five children has been...
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Interesting development toward deeper state-to-state collaboration on #privacy and data policy. cppa.ca.gov/announcement...
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State Regulators Form Bipartisan Consortium to Collaborate on Privacy Issues
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Important words from @monicahesse.bsky.social. wapo.st/3RNa1Rs
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Opinion | If Kilmar Abrego García is doomed, we all are
It’s the administrative error from hell — and that should terrify all of us.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
“Here’s the thing: Once you give up the idea that we are all equal before the law and have the right to due process, you have given up the whole game.” Thank you for your wisdom and courage, @hcrichardson.bsky.social. Now is the time for all of us to find the courage to use our voices.
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Kathy Tran @kathykltran.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
This is what democracy looks like!!! We joined tens of thousands of people across the country today to say HANDS OFF!!! #handsoff
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 05/04/2025
people being in the streets means something. never let your cynicism convince you otherwise.
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Spotted on the National Mall today. #HandsOff #Privacy
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Not In Our Name. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | How (not) to keep Jews safe
President Donald Trump’s anti-antisemitism crusade should make everyone nervous.
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Deeply troubling. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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DOGE plays hardball in U.S. Institute of Peace takeover
DOGE, which stands for Department of Government Efficiency, took over the U.S. Institute of Peace after threatening its officials with criminal prosecution.
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Is the steep rise, and equally precipitous fall, of "vibe-coding" upon us? h/t @emmiehine.com for flagging this piece. arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/a...
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AI coding assistant refuses to write code, tells user to learn programming instead
Cursor AI tells user, “I cannot generate code for you, as that would be completing your work.”…
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
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The Collateral Damage of Trump’s Firing Spree
From veterans hospitals to national parks, rapid cuts to federal workers are eating into services.
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Inspiring to hear from legislators like @mepriestley.bsky.social and colleagues working to advance thoughtful AI policy at the Yale Digital Ethics Center Summit on State #AI Legislation. Kudos @emmiehine.com and team for a terrific event and thank you for the opportunity to join!
Rep. Monique Priestley speaks at the Yale Digital Ethics Center Summit on State AI Legislation.Emmie Hine speaks at the Yale Digital Ethics Center Summit on State AI Legislation.
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Monique Priestley @mepriestley.com · 07/03/2025
I spent the past week in DC after speaking on a panel with a group of State AGs at a global summit for the Centre for Information Policy Leadership. I filled the remainder of the week catching up with and learning from experts on data privacy and AI. I am incredibly thankful for everyone’s time.
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
The #Fulbright Program changed my life. It is a bridge for fostering understanding between Americans and people beyond our borders and deserves our support. On a human level, leaving American scholars abroad and their foreign counterparts in the U.S. in limbo is deeply callous. wapo.st/4kHfEOe
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Funding freeze leaves Fulbright and study-abroad scholars stranded
The Trump administration paused State Department money for international exchange and study-abroad programs. Participants wonder: Will it ever resume?
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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 10/03/2025
📬 Confused how "#AI #security" became the buzzword of the day? Me too. I dissect it in this week's Weekly Reckoning, plus news about space, #antitrust, and standing up for #science. Link ⬇️ #philtech #sts
WR 55: AI ethics ➡️ safety ➡️ security?
Weekly Reckoning for the week of 10/3/25
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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
ADD YOUR NAME: American Jews demand that Mahmoud be released from custody and returned to his family immediately with his green card intact. For Mahmoud’s safety and all of our safety. www.bendthearc.us/release_khalil
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Jews Demand: Release Mahmoud Khalil
We refuse to be used by Trump to enact his authoritarian agenda.
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The Centre for Information Policy Leadership @thecipl.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Here at the #CIPLSummit2025 Natascha Gerlach is moderating a panel with Global Data Protection Regulators on 'The Future of Effective Technology and Data Regulation, Oversight and Enforcement'. She is joined by regulators from the ICO, NPDC, EDPS, Garante, PDPC & Irish DPC for this discussion 📄
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The Centre for Information Policy Leadership @thecipl.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
📍The #CIPLSummit2025 is underway!   CIPL President Bojana Bellamy sat down with Heather Domin, Vice President and Head of Responsible AI and Governance at HCLTech, and Ed Britan, Senior Vice President for Global Privacy and Marketing Legal at Salesforce for a Fireside Chat on #agenticAI
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
@gzf.bsky.social and Christopher Kuner of @futureofprivacy.bsky.social have an excellent new piece on shifting geopolitics, digital sovereignty, and cross-border data flows. fpf.org/blog/geopoli...
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Geopolitical fragmentation, the AI race, and global data flows: the new reality
Most countries in the world have data protection or privacy laws and there is growing cross-border enforcement cooperation between data protection authorities, which might lead one to believe that the...
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Would it be a pipe dream to imagine somebody starting a new newspaper in the Washington, DC metro region to make a bid to attract subscribers who have fled the Post?
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Great discussion on U.S. state AI legislation in 2025 with Connecticut Senator James Maroney and @jedbracy.bsky.social on the @iapp.bsky.social Privacy Advisor podcast - well worth a listen as always. iapp.org/news/a/us-st...
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Found this to be a helpful Q&A about #DeepSeek. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/t...
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What is DeepSeek? And How Is It Upending A.I.? (Gift Article)
How did a little-known Chinese start-up cause the markets and U.S. tech giants to quake? Here’s what to know.
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Insightful look-ahead for U.S. federal #privacy and #AI policy developments from @cobun.bsky.social of @iapp.bsky.social. iapp.org/news/a/a-vie...
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
New edition of "The Ethical Reckoner" from @emmiehine.com is well worth the long read. ethicalreckoner.substack.com/p/wr-50-meta...
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WR 50: Meta's big pivot (and some other things)
Weekly Reckoning for the week of 13/1/25
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
@keirlamont.bsky.social has an insightful take on the importance of litigation action taken by the Texas AG under the state's "comprehensive" #privacy law. www.linkedin.com/posts/keirla...
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Keir Lamont on LinkedIn: Allstate and Arity Petition
It appears that we have the first litigation from an enforcement authority under a U.S. ‘comprehensive’ state privacy law - and it is squarely focused on the…
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Important perspectives on the intended and unintended impacts of #algorithms in new research by #CristianaFirullo - and great discussion with rebeccarand.bsky.social and @justinhendrix.bsky.social of @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/addressing-t...
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Addressing the "Cursed Equilibrium" of Social Media Algorithms | TechPolicy.Press
Audio reporter Rebecca Rand spoke to Cornell PhD candidate Cristiana Firullo about work her lab is doing on recommendation systems.
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Appreciated this piece by Ambassador Katherine Tai on the purpose of #TradePolicy. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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The Real Purpose of Trade Policy
How Biden internationalized “middle-out economics.”
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
A thought-provoking read on #privacy implications of #AI agents by @gerritd.bsky.social. wapo.st/4fQXBl2
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AI’s next leap requires intimate access to your digital life
Tech companies say “AI agents” are the next big thing in artificial intelligence after chatbots. Early versions have unresolved privacy and security flaws.
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Key regulatory development for Privacy-enhancing Technologies (PETs): New U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Security Requirements for Restricted Transactions call for application of PETs such as homomorphic encryption and differential privacy to covered data. #DataPrivacy
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Thoughtful piece by Eduardo Ustaran of @hoganlovells.bsky.social on the future of global #DataFlows. iapp.org/news/a/the-f...
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Our team @thecipl.bsky.social wrote a new discussion paper about Applying Data Protection Principles to Generative AI. Did we get it right? Would look forward to your feedback. #AI #dataprotection www.informationpolicycentre.com/uploads/5/7/...
Cover of Centre for Information Policy Leadership report on Applying Data Protection Principles to Generative AI.
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Terrific piece by @cfiesler.bsky.social on the #ethics of using public #socialmedia data for research.
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Super thought-provoking new paper on the concept of "openness" in #AI models and systems, from @meredithmeredith.bsky.social, @davidthewid.bsky.social, and @smw.bsky.social in #Nature.
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Inspired by the work of #StandingTogether and looking forward to the visit of their leaders @alonlee.bsky.social and Rula Daood to DC next week. Info on other coming events in the U.S. here: omdi.me/usaevents. www.eventbrite.com/e/hope-amids...
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Hope Amidst War: Standing Together Co-Directors in Washington, DC
Standing Together's National Co-Directors, Rula Daood and Alon-Lee Green, offer their insights, reflections and calls to action.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
People are leaving Twitter because it’s not fun anymore and no one is obligated to be on a platform they don’t enjoy. It’s not rocket science.
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Interesting statement from Australian Human Rights Commission on the move to ban social media for kids under 16 in Australia. humanrights.gov.au/about/news/o...
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Australian parents and kids deserve better
In a joint op-ed, National Children's Commissioner Anne Hollonds and Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay contend that the proposed ban on social media access for Australians under 16 merely addr...
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Interesting and important story from @404media.co below. I like @bsky.app and the community that is emerging here, but do think it is important for all of us using it to be cognizant of what's public and what isn't. I found this guidance a helpful read. blueskyweb.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/art...
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Data Privacy
What is public and what is private on Bluesky? Bluesky is a public social network. Think of your posts as blog posts – anyone on the web can see them, even those without an invite code. An invite c...
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Devastating line: "From one angle, LinkedIn may have inadvertently created the ideal laboratory for AI writing. Nobody’s logging on expecting profundity, hilarity, or sincerity... Artificiality, in other words, is what everyone is expecting." #AI www.wired.com/story/linked...
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Yes, That Viral LinkedIn Post You Read Was Probably AI-Generated
A new analysis estimates that over half of longer English-language posts on LinkedIn are AI-generated, indicating the platform’s embrace of AI tools has been a success.
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
#ScottKennedy of @csis.org makes the case for a thoughtful approach to US-China technology relations in @foreignaffairs.com. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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How America’s War on Chinese Tech Backfired
And why Trump’s plans would make things even worse.
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
So beautiful it makes you stop the car to make a @bsky.app post. #Chopin #music
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
"But where can they find the inspiration for such a vision?The answer lies in the work of the towering 20th century political philosopher John Rawls." - Daniel Chandler www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/o...
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Opinion | The Democrats Are in Trouble. This Man Can Save Them.
The theories of the 20th-century philosopher John Rawls can inspire a new way for Democrats to find relevance.
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Remembering the amazing #RoyHaynes, one of the great #jazz drummers of our time and all time. Feel so fortunate to have seen him perform live twenty years ago - he was already nearly 80 but still a force to behold. #music wapo.st/3Op6kQq
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Roy Haynes, influential drummer with a vibrant style, dies at 99
In a career spanning almost 80 years, he worked with Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald and John Coltrane.
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
In One More Minute… We’re Six! 👑 🎵
Two people watching the musical Six!
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Luis Alberto Montezuma 路易斯·阿尔贝托·蒙特祖玛 @montezumachavez.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Proposed Regulations on CCPA Updates, Cybersecurity Audits, Risk Assessments, Automated Decision-making Technology (ADMT), and Insurance Companies was submitted to OAL. The written comment period closes on January 14, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. Pacific Time. lnkd.in/d2SZ5V7i.
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
As a native Floridian, I'm still dazzled every time I see snowflakes, even though I moved northward almost 30 years ago. A beautiful sight to see here in DC today, even if it's just a few flurries. #Snow #DC
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a cartoon of snoopy laying in a red shack in the snow with the words trendreisst below him
Alt: a cartoon of snoopy laying in a red shack in the snow with the words trendreisst below him
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Lewis @lewisrm.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Super-useful new report on state #privacy law from @jordfran.bsky.social of @futureofprivacy.bsky.social.
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