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3 <title>Deeplinks</title>
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5 <description>EFF's Deeplinks Blog: Noteworthy news from around the internet</description>
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9 <title>Three Interactive Tools for Understanding Police Surveillance</title>
10 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/three-interactive-tools-understanding-police-surveillance</link>
11 <description><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p><em>This post was written by Summer 2020 Intern <a href="https://twitter.com/jromox?lang=en">Jessica Romo</a>, a student at the Reynolds School of Journalism at University of Nevada, Reno. </em></p>
12 <p><span>As law enforcement and government surveillance technology continues to become more and more advanced, it has also become harder for everyday people to avoid. Law enforcement agencies all over the United States are using body-worn cameras, automated license plate readers, drones, and much more—all of which threat people's right to privacy. But it's often difficult for people to even become aware of what technology is being used where they live. </span></p>
13 <p><em></em><span>The Electronic Frontier Foundation has three interactive tools that help you learn about the new technologies being deployed around the United States and how they impact you: the Atlas of Surveillance, Spot the Surveillance, and Who Has Your Face?</span></p>
14 <h3><em></em>The Atlas of Surveillance<br /><a href="https://atlasofsurveillance.org">https://atlasofsurveillance.org</a> </h3>
15 <p><a href="https://atlasofsurveillance.org%20"><img src="/files/2020/09/17/atlas.png" width="1514" height="780" alt="A map with a lot of dots representing different kinds of surveillance." /></a></p>
16 <p><em></em><span>The Atlas of Surveillance is a database and map that will help you understand the magnitude of surveillance at the national level, as well as what kind of technology is used locally where you live. </span></p>
17 <p><span>Developed in partnership with the University of Nevada, Reno's Reynolds School of Journalism, the Atlas of Surveillance is a dataset with more than 5,500 points of information on technology surveillance used by law enforcement agencies across the United States. Journalism students and EFF volunteers gathered online research, such as news articles and government records, on 10 common surveillance technologies and two different types of surveillance command centers. </span></p>
18 <p>By clicking any point on the map, you will get the name of an agency and a description of the technology. If you toggle the interactive legend, you can see how each technology is spreading across the country. You can also search a simple-to-use text version of the database of all the research, including links to news articles or documents that confirm the existence of the technology in that region. </p>
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20 <h3><b>Who Has Your Face?<br /></b><a href="https://whohasyourface.org/#"><b>https://whohasyourface.org/</b></a></h3>
21 <p><a href="https://whohasyourface.org/"><span><img src="/files/2020/09/17/whyf.png" width="1151" height="785" alt="The front page of the Who Has Your Face website" /></span></a></p>
22 <p><span>Half of all adults in the United States likely have their image in a law enforcement facial recognition database, according to a </span><a href="https://www.law.georgetown.edu/news/half-of-all-american-adults-are-in-a-police-face-recognition-database-new-report-finds/"><span>2016 report</span></a><span> from the Center on Privacy &amp; Technology at Georgetown Law. Today, that number is probably higher. But what about your face? </span></p>
23 <p><em></em><span>Face recognition is a form of biometric surveillance that uses software to automatically identify or track someone based on their physical characteristics. People are subjected to face recognition in hundreds of cities around the country. Government has a number of uses for the technology, from screening passengers at airports to identifying protesters caught on camera. </span></p>
24 <p><a href="https://whohasyourface.org/"><span>Who Has Your Face?</span></a><span> is a short quiz that allows a user to see which government agencies can access their official photographs (such as a driver's license or a mugshot) and whether investigators can apply face recognition technology to those photos.</span></p>
25 <p><span>The site doesn't collect personal information, but it does ask five basic questions, such as whether you have a driver's license and if so, what state issued it. Based on your choice, the system will automatically generate a list of agencies that could potentially access your images. </span></p>
26 <p><span>It also includes a </span><a href="https://whohasyourface.org/resources/"><span>resource page</span></a><span> listing what each state’s DMV and other agencies can access. </span></p>
27 <h3><b>Spot the Surveillance<br /></b><a href="https://eff.org/spot"><b>https://eff.org/spot</b></a></h3>
28 <p><a href="https://eff.org/spot"><img src="/files/2020/09/17/spot-the-surveillance_banner.png" width="1200" height="600" alt=" a visor looking at buildings with drones and other spy tech" /></a></p>
29 <p><span>If you drove past an automated license plate reader, would you know what it looks like? Ever look closely at the electronic devices carried by police officers? Most of the time, people might not even notice when they've walked into the frame of surveillance technology. </span></p>
30 <p><span>Spot the Surveillance is a virtual reality experience where you will learn how to identify surveillance technology that local law enforcement agencies use.</span></p>
31 <p><span>The experience takes place in a San Francisco neighborhood, where a resident is having an interaction with two police officers. You'll look in every direction to find seven technologies being deployed. After you find each technology, you’ll learn more about how it operates and how it’s used by police. Afterwards, you can try your new skills to identify these technologies in real life in your hometown. </span></p>
32 <p><span>Spot the Surveillance works with most VR headsets, but is also available to use on a regular web browser. There’s also a </span><a href="https://www.eff.org/es/pages/descubra-la-vigilancia-una-experiencia-de-realidad-virtual-para-no-perder-de-vista-al-gran"><span>Spanish version</span></a><span>.</span></p>
33 <h3><em><br /></em><b>Get To Know The Surveillance That’s Getting To Know You</b></h3>
34 <p><em></em><span>EFF has fought back against surveillance for decades, but we need your help. What other interactive tools would you like to see? Let us know on social media or by emailing </span><a href="mailto:info@eff.org"><span>info@eff.org</span></a><span>, so we can continue to help you protect your privacy. </span></p>
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37 <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2020 22:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
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39 <category domain="https://www.eff.org/issues/street-level-surveillance">Street-Level Surveillance</category>
40 <dc:creator>Dave Maass</dc:creator>
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44 <title>Plaintiffs Continue Effort to Overturn FOSTA, One of the Broadest Internet Censorship Laws</title>
45 <link>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/plaintiffs-continue-effort-overturn-fosta-one-broadest-internet-censorship-laws</link>
46 <description><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p><em>Special thanks to legal intern Ross Ufberg, who was lead author of this post.</em></p>
47 <p>A group of organizations and individuals are continuing their fight to overturn the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, known as FOSTA, arguing that the law violates the Constitution in multiple respects.</p>
48 <p>In <a href="https://www.eff.org/document/woodhull-v-united-states-plaintiffs-motion-summary-judgment">legal</a> <a href="https://www.eff.org/document/woodhull-v-united-states-plaintiffs-brief-support-summary-judgment">briefs</a> <a href="https://www.eff.org/document/woodhull-v-united-states-plaintiffs-statement-undisputed-material-facts">filed</a> in federal court recently, plaintiffs Woodhull Freedom Foundation, Human Rights Watch, the Internet Archive, Alex Andrews, and Eric Koszyk argued that the law violates the First and Fifth Amendments, and the Constitution’s prohibition against ex post facto laws. EFF, together with Daphne Keller at the Stanford Cyber Law Center, as well as lawyers from Davis Wright Tremaine and Walters Law Group, represent the plaintiffs.</p>
49 <h3>How FOSTA Censored the Internet</h3>
50 <p>FOSTA led to <a href="https://survivorsagainstsesta.org/documentation/">widespread Internet censorship</a>, as <a href="https://www.eff.org/document/woodhull-v-united-states-declaration-jessica-p-ashooh-reddit">websites</a> and other online services either prohibited users from speaking or shut down entirely. FOSTA accomplished this comprehensive censorship by making three major changes in law:</p>
51 <p><strong>First</strong>, FOSTA creates a new federal crime for any website owner to “promote” or “facilitate” prostitution, without defining what those words mean. Organizations doing educational, health, and safety-related work, such as The Woodhull Foundation, and one of the leaders of the Sex Workers Outreach Project USA (SWOP USA), fear that prosecutors may interpret advocacy on behalf of sex workers as the “promotion” of prostitution. Prosecutors may view creation of an app that makes it safer for sex workers out in the field the same way. Now, these organizations and individuals—the plaintiffs in the lawsuit—are reluctant to exercise their First Amendment rights for fear of being prosecuted or sued.</p>
52 <p><strong>Second, </strong>FOSTA expands potential liability for federal sex trafficking offenses by adding vague definitions and expanding the pool of enforcers. In addition to federal prosecution, website operators and nonprofits now must fear prosecution from thousands of state and local prosecutors, as well as private parties. The cost of litigation is so high that many nonprofits will simply cease exercising their free speech, rather than risk a lawsuit where costs can run into the millions, even if they win.</p>
53 <p><strong>Third</strong>, FOSTA limits the federal immunity provided to online intermediaries that host third-party speech under 47 U.S.C. § 230 (“Section 230”). This immunity has allowed for the proliferation of online services that host user-generated content, such as Craigslist, Reddit, YouTube, and Facebook. Section 230 helps ensure that the Internet supports diverse and divergent viewpoints, voices, and robust debate, without every website owner needing to worry about being sued for their users’ speech. The removal of Section 230 protections resulted in intermediaries shutting <a href="https://www.craigslist.org/about/FOSTA">down entire sections</a> or discussion boards for fear of being subject to criminal prosecution or civil suits under FOSTA.</p>
54 <h3>How FOSTA Impacted the Plaintiffs</h3>
55 <p>In their filings asking a federal district court in Washington, D.C. to rule that FOSTA is unconstitutional, the plaintiffs describe how FOSTA has impacted them and a broad swath of other Internet users. Some of those impacts have been small and subtle, while others have been devastating.</p>
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