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Jolynn Dellinger

@mindingprivacy.bsky.social
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Privacy Law & Policy, Repro rights, Tech Ethics at Duke Law & Duke Science and Society. Focus: privacy and surveillance after Dobbs. Co-founder Data Privacy Day.

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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Super intelligence”? Really?
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Lacey Chabert as Gretchen Wieners: That's So Fetch!
ALT: Lacey Chabert as Gretchen Wieners: That's So Fetch!
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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
When it comes to surveillance 👀 — I’m really okay when it’s lettuce we are talking about — bring back regulation #health #science
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
It's been almost a week since I reported that the Texas Republican party is publicly supporting a group that wants to execute abortion patients. There hasn't been one bit of media coverage since jessica.substack.com/p/texas-gop-...
jessica.substack.com
Texas Republican Party Publicly Supports 'Abolitionists' Who Want Abortion Patients Executed
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 22/05/2026
Legit good news: for the first time, a Planned Parenthood affiliate is offering what's called "advance provision" of abortion medication—meaning people in Hawaii and Washington state can get mifepristone and misoprostol to keep on hand for future use 💊
npr.org
Abortion pills "just in case"? Planned Parenthood will offer them in two states
In Washington state and Hawaii, residents can now get mifepristone and misoprostol from Planned Parenthood to keep in their cabinets in case they need to end a pregnancy at a later time.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 01/05/2026
Misoprostol is also effective on its own, and providers have been preparing a backup plan since 2023 when a previous suit threatened mife
jezebel.com
If the Main Abortion Pill Is Banned This Week, Providers Are Prepared to Go Off-Label
Eight abortion providers told Jezebel they're planning to offer misoprostol-only abortions if a federal judge blocks mifepristone nationwide.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Me on the Fifth Circuit's *massive* Friday night ruling purporting to re-impose the in-person dispensation requirement for Mifepristone; how it’s déjà vu all over again; and how it's a good reminder of why, sometimes, we *need* an emergency docket at #SCOTUS: www.stevevladeck.com/p/224-the-re...
stevevladeck.com
224. The Return of the Mifepristone Mess
A Friday night ruling from the Fifth Circuit will have massive, nationwide effects even in states in which abortions are still generally available—unless and until the Supreme Court steps in.
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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Crafters of #NYTcrossword may live in NC and VA but guessing they did not grow up reading Joel Chandler Harris - no spoilers but dubious
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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Well, this is a start — a recognition of the problem and the role that Meta played is worth a lot. Understanding that something is manipulative and addictive is necessary part of being able to fight back. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...
theguardian.com
Meta and YouTube designed addictive products that harmed young people, jury finds
Six-week trial including whistleblowers and top executives at Meta and YouTube was first of its kind to go to trial
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Wesley Hogan @wesleyhogan.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
The Supreme Court granted states almost unlimited power to legislate pregnancy in Dobbs. Now an important new study finds the deceptive crisis pregnancy center industry received at least $491 million in taxpayer funding across 21 states. With no oversight. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/taxp...
newsfromthestates.com
Taxpayer dollars flood pregnancy centers. Oversight hasn't followed.
Editor's note: This is the first report in an ongoing series.The patient came in with a belly full of blood, Dr. Leilah Zahedi-Spung recalled. Her pregnancy was ectopic, no longer viable, and could ha...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Anthropic responds to Hegseth. www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...
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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Preach! “Tech makes many things better, but you shouldn’t have to learn how to use a house,” @jasonfried writes: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... When you realize you just have to make everything last bc you are never making a modern purchase.
theatlantic.com
Smart Homes Are Terrible
You shouldn’t need a tech tour and app to turn the lights on.
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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Holding the line on privacy of the home - @dukelaw.bsky.social colleagues Kate Evans and Elana Fogel for the Hill on necessary restrictions for ICE thehill.com/opinion/judi...
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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
It is mind-bending how republican after republican in the hearing today evoked pervasive domestic violence committed by men against women as a justification for withholding evidence-based medical care from women. Male violence being used to limit women’s freedom — yet again.
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Caitlin Kelly @caitlinkelly.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
NEW: In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant. She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency. Then she died. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
propublica.org
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
NEW: Billions of pounds of food are imported to the U.S. each year. The FDA inspects foreign producers to ensure what we're eating is safe from pathogens and dangerous manufacturing practices. But now, after Trump's drastic staff cuts, these inspections have plummeted to a historic low. 🧵/
propublica.org
Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts
The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food, which accounts for the vast majority of the nation’s seafood and more than half its fresh fru...
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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Paxton jumping on RFK’s anti-tylenol during pregnancy train claiming Johnson & Johnson “knew” acetaminephin causes autism and ADHD, relying on “considerable body of evidence” recently highlighted by Trump admin - www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/release...
texasattorneygeneral.gov
Attorney General Paxton Sues Big Pharma Manufacturers for Deceptively Marketing Tylenol to Pregnant Mothers Despite Known Dangers to Unborn Children
Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue for deceptively marketing Tylenol to pregnant mothers despite knowing that early exposure to acetaminophen, Tylenol’s only active ingredie...
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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Because they need to innovate faster…. so utterly on brand for Meta. Without more effective regulation no company is going to spend the money to protect privacy. God forbid they have to have more conversations before sending another crappy product into the world. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/t...
nytimes.com
Meta Layoffs Included Employees Who Monitored Risks to User Privacy
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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
The illegal firing without cause of former FTC Commissioners @bedoyausa.bsky.social and Rebecca Slaughter robbed Americans of a bipartisan FTC working for the protection of the people - fortunately Bedoya is still sharing insights from his service, describing a way forward
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 03/10/2025
Ring founder: “I’m focused on: How can I get the highest density of camera coverage in a neighborhood matched with AI to make neighborhoods safer?…It’s not just hard crime.” Just put this guy and the Flock guy on a deserted island together so they can surveill each other until the end times.
cnbc.com
Ring founder 'backs the blue,' says AI is helping Amazon-owned doorbell unit fight crime
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff returned to the company he founded in April to lead the business, which is part of Amazon's devices division.
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Marin K. Levy @marinklevy.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
““Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone,” Dr. Kornbluth wrote.” Love the leadership by MIT here www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
nytimes.com
M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Honestly what will it take for people to quit buying into this Amazon surveillance nightmare? Hard pass - ditch the ring And of course people whose jobs require them to go to people’s homes will have no choice. Oh right…. Amazon employees. techstory.in/amazons-subs...
techstory.in
Amazon’s Subsidiary Ring Plans to Scan Every Face at the Door - TechStory
Amazon’s subsidiary, Ring, is reportedly developing and testing an advanced system designed to perform facial recognition and identification
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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
“By law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services must approve an application if it demonstrates that the generic drug is identical to the brand-name drug” Well, these days, good to see a law actually being followed…. And good news for accessibility.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
I am pleased to report that Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Todd Eddins has dropped another total evisceration of the Supreme Court. He says originalism is a fraud—and the Republican justices are shamelessly making up facts and history to impose radical Christian nationalism: slate.com/news-and-pol...
Justice Eddins went even further in a concurrence joined by two other justices. He flamed the U.S. Supreme Court for choosing to
"steamroll" the First Amendment's separation of church and state by mandating government support of religion. He wrote:
The federal wall cracks. The Supreme Court's recent religious clause cases wreck the relationship between free exercise and non-establishment.... The Roberts Court casually dismisses the lessons of American and world history, the warnings of prominent early Americans, and the judiciary's storied legal minds. Bad things happen unless government and religion are completely separated.
Justice Eddins also wrote about something you and I have been talking about for a long time, which is the conservative supermajority making up facts. He called out Kennedy v.
Bremerton, the notorious "praying coach" case, writing: "As it often does, the Court repackaged and whitewashed facts to achieve a desired outcome." This is the same point that Sherrilyn Ifill has made on the show about how the record in that case, and so many others, is ignored.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 21/09/2025
Many Americans lack basic knowledge about fertility. @olgakhazan.bsky.social spoke with doctors and other experts about the information they think should be included in sex ed for middle and high schoolers:
bit.ly
What Women Wish They’d Known Before Trying to Get Pregnant
Many Americans lack basic fertility knowledge. More robust sex ed could help.
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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
“The images shared do not violate our policies” - maybe meta policies need an update and co. should rethink using pics of adolescent girls to promote threads to grown men www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Meanwhile apnews.com/article/plan...
apnews.com
Appeals court allows Trump's administration to block Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood
A U.S. appeals court panel has allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to block Medicaid fund to Planned Parenthood while legal challenges continue.
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Center for Reproductive Rights @reprorights.org · 10/09/2025
Mifepristone, one of the drugs used in medication abortion, has an EXEMPLARY safety record. But a bunch of extremist politicians are trying to cast doubt on its safety and efficacy, as part of their attempt to take away access to abortion care. Don't be fooled—here are the facts:
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Two models of Amazon smart glasses—one for hip consumers who can order products on the go, and one for wage workers, whose efficiency and whereabouts will be tracked continuously. One is a luxury item, one will be mandatory. Both ensure nonstop surveillance. Both are extractive. Both are handcuffs.
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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Wow
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Greer Donley @greerdonley.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Maria Rojas, a midwife in TX, was arrested in June for allegedly providing illegal abortions. But the indictment only has details about 1 case, which shows that Rojas was providing miscarriage care ‼️ The witness says Rojas prescribed misoprostol b/c she thought the pregnancy was not viable.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
BREAKING: The Supreme Court — over the objection of Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson — allows the Trump administration’s racial profiling of people working certain types of jobs in its immigration raids during litigation.
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
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No. 25A169
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KRISTI NOEM, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ET AL. U. PEDRO
VASQUEZ PERDOMO, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[September 8, 2025]
The application for stay presented to JUSTICE KAGAN and by her referred to the Court is granted. The July 11, 2025 order entered by the United States District Court for the Central District of California, case No. 2:25-cv-5605, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such a writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court.JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and
JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting.
In early June, the Government launched immigration enforcement raids across Los Angeles and its surrounding counties. During the raids, teams of armed and masked agents pulled up to car washes, tow yards, farms, and parks and began seizing individuals on sight, often before asking a single question.
A Federal District Court found that these raids were part of a pattern of conduct by the Government that likely violated the Fourth Amendment. Based on the evidence before it, the court held that the Government was stopping individuals based solely on four factors: (1) their apparent race or ethnicity; (2) whether they spoke Spanish or English with an accent; (3) the type of location at which they were found (such as a car wash or bus stop); and (4) the type of job they appeared to work. Concluding that stops based on these four factors alone, even when taken together, could not satisfy the Fourth Amendment's requirement of reasonable suspicion, the District Court temporarily enjoined the Government from continuing its pattern of unlawful mass arrests while it considered whether longer-term relief was appropriate.Instead of allowing the District Court to consider these troubling allegations in the normal course, a majority of
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SOTOMAYOR, J., dissenting
this Court decides to take the once-extraordinary step of staying the District Court's order. That decision is yet another grave misuse of our emergency docket. We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent.*
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The Fourth Amendment protects every individual's constitutional right to be "free from arbitrary interference by law officers." Brignoni-Ponce, 422 U.S., at 878. After to-day, that may no longer be true for those who happen to look a certain way, speak a certain way, and appear to work a certain type of legitimate job that pays very little. Because this is unconscionably irreconcilable with our Nation's constitutional guarantees, I dissent.
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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
BREAKING: The Texas Legislature just officially passed HB7, the new “bounty hunter” ban on abortion medication. #txlege State Sen. Molly Cook said, “It is my honor to fight for the rest of my life to repeal these bills.” thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/01/t...
thebarbedwire.com
Texas Is Already Dangerous for Pregnancies. This New ‘Bounty Hunter’ Law Will Make It Even Worse.
Doctors fear how many more pregnant Texans and their children will die as a result of new restrictions.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 03/09/2025
Local man embraces fascism.
forbes.com
AI Startup Flock Thinks It Can Eliminate All Crime In America
With more than 80,000 AI-powered cameras across the U.S., Flock Safety has become one of cops’ go-to surveillance tools. Now CEO Garrett Langley has both police tech giant Axon and Chinese drone maker...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago. Here is the text of his email shared with me:
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California Privacy Protection Agency @calprivacy.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
CPPA is seeking a part-time Student Assistant to support our Enforcement Division. You’ll help track consumer complaints, manage emails, compile reports, & support investigations. Great opportunity for students interested in public service. Apply secure10.saashr.com/ta/6158859.c...
Image of student holding books. Join our team apply by 9/17 Student Assistant Enforcement Division
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Guttmacher @guttmacher.org · 27/08/2025
Mifepristone is one of two drugs used in the most common medication abortion regimen. It's safe, effective & widely accepted. Guttmacher scientists are proud to sign onto a letter by @ansirh.bsky.social & @uclarepropolicy.bsky.social calling on the FDA to protect access to #MedicationAbortion.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Want to see the economic impact of #NIH grant cuts in your community? Check out @joshuasweitz.bsky.social and colleagues' project here. Tell your friends and neighbors what is happening. scienceimpacts.org
scienceimpacts.org
SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research
Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide
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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
"”The more we push this research forward, the more transparent our brains become," [Nita] Farahany says, adding that measures to protect people's mental privacy are lagging behind technology that decodes signals in the brain.”
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Rachel @raychili2.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Thank you, Rumeysa Ozturk for writing your experience in an ICE prison and thank you Vanity Fair for publishing it. This is pure cruelty. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/r...
vanityfair.com
“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison
Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.
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Plan C @plancpills.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
(and a big thank you to Jezebel for wading into this story and figuring out what really happened!)
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 11/08/2025
NEW: A Texas woman filed a wrongful death suit in federal court today alleging a man gave her abortion pills without her consent. The suit also names Aid Access and its founder Rebecca Gomperts. The woman is represented by SB 8 architect Jonathan Mitchell. Me at @autonomynews.co:
autonomynews.co
Texas Woman Files Wrongful Death Suit, Alleges Man Slipped Abortion Pills in Her Drink
Jonathan Mitchell is representing a woman suing both her male partner and Aid Access founder Rebecca Gomperts. Mitchell associate Mark Lee Dickson said he learned of the incident from a crisis pregnan...
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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Tech companies continue to rush products to market without proper safety measures. AI programs that write code are making the problem worse. And since the US still doesn’t have a comprehensive data privacy law, consumers are left to fend for themselves. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
washingtonpost.com
When apps leak our data, who is responsible?
The Tea and Flo apps put women at risk. Where are the consequences?
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 28/07/2025
The co-directors of @plancpills.bsky.social, which provides information about abortion pills and resources for self-managed medication abortions, speak out about their work—and their visions for the future of abortion—in the latest episode of Looking Back, Moving Forward.
msmagazine.com
‘We Are Continuing Our Work, Despite What Politicians and Antis Say’: Plan C Isn’t Backing Down from the Fight for Abortion Pills
The co-directors of the organization, which provides information and resources about abortion pills and self-managed medication abortions, spoke out about their work—and their visions for the future o...
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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Banning abortion makes pregnancy less safe. Docs in #NorthCarolina talk about challenges providing evidence-based care. www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/07/24/d...
northcarolinahealthnews.org
Delays, confusion, adaptation mark first two years of NC’s stricter abortion law
Doctors say vague language and legal fears have led to some delays in treatment of miscarriages and urgent pregnancy complications.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 23/07/2025
The government has proposed expanding the mandatory collection of social media identifiers. It would widen social media surveillance to include not only travelers and visa applicants and visa holders, but also their U.S. citizen contacts. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
brennancenter.org
The Government’s Growing Trove of Social Media Data
It’s increasingly collecting and using social media information to make high-stakes decisions related to immigration.
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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Seems like this device would have legal issues in two-party consent states - not to mention ethical issues everywhere #privacy www.wsj.com/tech/ai/amaz...
wsj.com
Why Amazon Wants an AI Bracelet That Records Everything You Say
The tech giant’s acquisition is its latest move into the burgeoning AI-gadget business.
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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
SolidGoldMagiKarp is clearly the villain. #eddington
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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Trump admin destroying $9.7m of contraceptives “because it could not sell them to any “eligible buyers”, in part because of US laws and rules that prohibit sending US aid to organizations that provide abortion services, counsel people about the procedure or advocate for the right to it overseas”
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Jolynn Dellinger @mindingprivacy.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
“"This settlement simply affirms what our office already made clear in court: we do not have the authority to prosecute referrals for out-of-state services."” AG could have easily made this clear months ago. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
reuters.com
Idaho agrees not to prosecute doctors for out-of-state abortion referrals
Idaho, which has a near-total ban on abortion, agreed not to prosecute or take away licenses of doctors who refer patients out of state to obtain the procedure, under a consent decree approved by a federal judge on Thursday.
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