@ellanso

Director of @CenDemTech's Free Expression Project. Tweets are my own.

 Washington, DC
Joined May 2012
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Wondering what's hype & what's not in the latest content moderation debate? Fighting hard for people's rights vs. algorithms but wanting more weedy technical detail? Still concerned about dangerous filtering mandates? We've got another paper for you! cdt.org/do-you-see-what-I-se…

Do You See What I See? Capabilities and Limits of Automated Multimedia Content Analysis

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.@CenDemTech is delighted to announce the appointment of @kate_ruane as Director of its Free Expression Project 👏👏👏👏👏 Kate succeeds longtime CDT expert @ellanso, who after 14 years leading at CDT is transitioning to a role in the federal gov't: cdt.org/press/kate-ruane-joi…

Kate Ruane Joins CDT as Director of Free Expression Project

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"KOSA would also incentivize Big Tech platforms to engage in even more intrusive data collection, which disproportionately puts trans kids & their families at risk as more & more states move to strip us of our rights/criminalize our kids’ health care, education & very existence."
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a fantastic thread on some of the vital work that @CenDemTech is doing (alongside our wonderful partners!) to center disability rights & justice in tech policy ⤵️🧵
Center for Democracy & Technology@CenDemTech26 Jul 2023
The #AmericansWithDisabilitiesAct was passed 33 years ago today. Today & every day, CDT stands alongside partners @AAPD, @Autselfadvocacy, @AutisticPOC, @NDRN, @AWNnetwork, @BazelonCenter, @civilrightsorg, @DREDF + more, supporting their work safeguarding disability rights.
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Daphne Keller@daphnehk26 Jul 2023
65 civil society groups call on Breton to walk back his rash remarks about Internet shutdowns & the DSA. The letter is powerful. The huge signatory list tells us how many activists around the world saw Breton’s remarks as a threat to them where they live. accessnow.org/press-release/…
Daphne Keller@daphnehk21 Jul 2023
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Authoritarians around the world will hear Breton’s message loud and clear: (1) internet shutdowns are a permissible tool, and (2) the DSA (and local copies) legitimates their use and rapid deployment in situations like the one in France. 🇫🇷 9/
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Asha Allen@AshaOAllen26 Jul 2023
Arbitrarily blocking online platforms is not justified under the #DSA! Internet shutdowns pose a grave threat to free expression, access to info & freedom of association @cdteu joins 60+ CSO partners in demanding clarification on @ThierryBreton recent comments #fundamentalrights
Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe@cdteu26 Jul 2023
Joint Letter📨: @CDTEU joins 60+ civil society partners in calling on @ThierryBreton to clarify recent comments suggesting that arbitrary blocking of online platforms is justifiable under #DSA 👉cdt.org/insights/cdt-europe-…

CDT Europe and Civil Society Urge EU Commissioner to Clarify Comments About Blocking Social Media...

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.@CenDemTech's @ellanso: Civil society from across the Asia-Pacific region highlight the risk that @UNESCO's draft guidelines for regulating platforms could inadvertently bolster digital authoritarianism & anti-democratic regulation. UNESCO must listen to these serious concerns.
Media Matters for Democracy@mmfd_Pak31 May 2023
🔔 MMfD along with many other CSOs from Asia seeks to raise alarm on @UNESCO's proposed Guidelines for Regulating Digital Platforms. They pose significant risks and offer no safeguards. #PushBackUNESCO #OpenLetter 🧵 docs.google.com/document/d/1…

#PushBackUNESCO

Dear UNESCO, We have been following your efforts to set out Guidelines for Regulating Digital Platforms with increasing alarm. As representatives of civil society from across the Asia Pacific region,...

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💡🦾 Today, @CenDemTech is releasing a new report, “Lost in Translation: Large Language Models in Non-English Content Analysis” – a comprehensive look at how #LLMs try (and often fail) to understand text in languages other than English. cdt.org/insights/lost-in-tra…
Graphic for CDT Research report, entitled “Lost in Translation: Large Language Models in Non-English Content Analysis.” Illustration of various shapes representing different languages. A select number of the shapes are being pulled into a black hole representing the way large language models “suck up” data.

ALT Graphic for CDT Research report, entitled “Lost in Translation: Large Language Models in Non-English Content Analysis.” Illustration of various shapes representing different languages. A select number of the shapes are being pulled into a black hole representing the way large language models “suck up” data.

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Thank you @SenAlexPadilla for entering the letter from 133 human rights orgs, released this week and led by @CenDemTech, expressing our continued concerns with the #EarnItAct. We'll say it once more – the bill is deeply flawed & should go no further. 🔊🔊 cdt.org/insights/cdt-leads-b…

CDT Leads Broad Civil Society Coalition Urging Senate to Drop EARN IT Act

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Center for Democracy & Technology@CenDemTech2 May 2023
Replying to @CenDemTech @ACLU @amnestyusa @glaad @HRC @EFF @eqca @GAEquality @AlexReeveGivens
This is now the 3rd time the Senate has considered #EarnItAct. Here's just a few of the many times @CenDemTech & countless others held a light to the bill's flaws: 1) cdt.org/insights/amendments-… 2) cdt.org/press/civil-society-… 3) cdt.org/insights/2022-earn-i… 4) cdt.org/insights/earn-its-st…

Amendments to EARN IT Act Can’t Fix the Bill’s Fundamental Flaws

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📢 📢 Déjà vu: #EarnItAct passes out of Senate Judiciary Committee on a voice vote, after multiple senators express concerns about the bill’s threat to #encryption and the scope of state litigation it would enable.
Tonya Riley@TonyaJoRiley4 May 2023
Senate Judiciary votes out EARN IT Act despite strong concerns from civil liberties groups and experts that it could hurt encryption. You can read more about that at @CyberScoopNews cyberscoop.com/earn-it-stop-…

Return of the EARN IT Act rekindles encryption debate at critical moment for privacy-protecting apps

Critics of the bill say the Supreme Court's abortion ruling and state laws targeting LGBQT+ rights make the stakes higher than ever.

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.@CenDemTech is delighted to welcome @krmaher to its Board of Directors 👏 Maher is the former CEO and Executive Director of @Wikimedia, which owns and operates @Wikipedia & other free knowledge projects. cdt.org/press/former-wikimed…

Former Wikimedia Foundation CEO Katherine Maher Joins CDT Board of Directors

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🚨 BREAKING: Today’s executive order from @POTUS is a major step forward on #spyware. By committing to refrain from using dangerous spyware other governments have abused, the U.S. sets a powerful example. #surveillance whitehouse.gov/briefing-room…
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Recently, @tiktok_us launched an in-person Transparency Center in LA, where visitors can learn more about TikTok and how it operates. This is a refreshing take on the usually dense text-based reports, so why is its effectiveness limited? A post-visit reflection 🧵 1/
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If platforms shouldn't optimize just for engagement, what should they optimize for? We designed an experiment to test selecting Feed content for long term user value, a collaboration between an international group of researchers and Meta. 1/3 wired.com/story/platforms-en…

A Unique Experiment That Could Make Social Media Better

Academic researchers weren’t getting anywhere by criticizing Big Tech platforms, so we decided to try collaborating instead.

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📻 On the radio: "[@WNYC's @onthemedia] reporter @MicahLoewinger digs into what happened, and where the conversation over the [online speech] rules of the world wide web might go next, featuring:" * @CenDemTech's @ellanso * @birnbaum_e * @mjs_DC wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm…

The Supreme Court's First Section 230 Case | On the Media | WNYC Studios

The Supreme Court considers the liability of Big Tech. 

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Totally thrilled to join @WHOSTP at a time when public values are at the center of every discussion about tech and data. Such a privilege to join @amac46 @DeniceRoss46 & the rest of the CTO team as @POTUS doubled down on commitments to equity & privacy for all Americans
Berkeley School of Information@BerkeleyISchool27 Feb 2023
📰 I School Prof. @DMulliganUCB has been tapped to join the @WHOSTP as Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer for Policy. “Protecting the values we care about in our increasingly automated society requires interdisciplinary approaches.” Read more — bit.ly/3Z6X4Ek

UC Berkeley I School Professor Joins White House As Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Policy

Professor Deirdre K. Mulligan has been tapped to join the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) as Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer for Policy.

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This Friday, we’re honored to have the great @AshaOAllen from @cdteu at our lunch seminar to discuss the EU’s attempts to tackle #GenderBasedViolance online. See her piece on the #DSA verfassungsblog.de/dsa-inter…

An Intersectional Lens on Online Gender Based Violence and the Digital Services Act

The EU’s Digital Services Act introduces novel mandatory due diligence obligations for online platforms to address potential societal risks posed by the provision of their services - including the...

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Kate Klonick@Klonick17 Feb 2023
Please join us virtually on TUESDAY 2/21 @ 9:30 for a live analysis of oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google! With @zittrain @ma_franks @sfmnemonic @ellanso @grimmelm @GusHurwitz @VolokhC @jkosseff @ARozenshtein hosted by @BKCHarvard rebootingsocialmedia.org/eve…
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Really nice summary of the recent @RSI event on Government influence on content moderation that I participated in with @senatorshoshana @ellanso and @katersully. techpolicy.press/what-should…
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In the newsletter today, I asked @GabeNicholas & @AliyaBhatia about what the rise of ChatGPT means for people who don't speak English. Our first group chat!! semafor.com/newsletters#tech…
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