Hi, everyone. My name is Jean. Looking to connect with people here! I will follow you back! :D

Recently finished a PhD in cybersecurity, but quit academia right away. I just can't work there lol. I work in data by day, but Im a fulltime human rights activist and have spoken at various fora against digital dictatorship and BigTech's regulatory capture. I am a socialist and I have been for awhile now. I am working closely with various grassroot movement particularly within the digital rights/labour space.

I am into FLOSS, #privacy and #humanrights. I have foul mouth and I own it. Outside of my activism, I enjoy walking my dog, Heidi, #vegan food, gaming, programming #python, #dadjokes and makeup.

#pleaseboost #boostswelcome #followfriday #followerpower #digitalrights #introduction #introductionfr #followme #ifollowback #womeninstem #retoot #Toots

Thank uuu

Well, not the happiest intro but I’l cut/paste this here while I still remember then add a proper intro spoons allowing..⬇️

Please #boost and share to other platforms spoons allowing.

Seems I’m desperate enough to go to the media for help. Yes, the trapped woman in the article below is me.

My story: thecanary.co/global/world-anal…

More info on how to help:: buymeacoffee.com/halcionandon/…

I’ve tried every level of government and they simply won’t help. Please ask people if they have a spare room or somewhere to go. Maybe you have somewhere?

Is anybody a #DisabilityAdvocate? #SocialWorker? Need help.

Please don’t give me contacts for domestic violence orgs. They don’t help disabled people with housing & only offer counselling. Also, that list of disability advocates going around for #Melbourne #Australia (where I am) is outdated - there aren’t any in my catchment. So I’m looking for volunteers with some background.

Thanks for reading

#PwME #LongCovid #MECFS #Hypothyroidism #ChronicIllness #Neisvoid #NacissisticAbuse ##Housing #Dysautonomia #SocialWork #MedMastodon #PWLC #MutualAid
#HumanRights #Press

@mecfs @chronicillness @neisvoid
@disability @disabilityjustice @socialwork @dyssupport
@mutualaid

(If I’ve broken any rules in posting this, please let me know.)

Accessibility is not a loud, one-time event; it's a quiet revolution. It's also isn't about quick fixes or public shaming.

it's about the power of ongoing action like watering a plant – splash it once, and you'll make a mess; nurture it daily, and you'll watch it thrive.

#Disability #HumanRights #a11y #Accessibility #SDGs #Poverty #Technology

“If the bees disappear off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.”

#SaveTheBees #ActOnClimate #HumanRights #Technology #ClimateEmergency #Climate #nature #GreenDisability #biodiversity

"for the first time, Commissioner Jourova publicly admitted at yesterday's EDPS summit that encryption would need to be broken for Chat Control to become effective."
— tuta.com/blog/interview-patric…

#ChatControl #EuropeanCommission #Surveillance #EU #Privacy #HumanRights #Encryption #Security

Europe and Australia will both not break encryption! We’ve interviewed Patrick Breyer – the guy who coined the term Chat Control.

Action taken by privacy activists and citizens stops the push for mass surveillance.

^Tutanota

A powerful, insightful and beautiful message for all of us who believe in uplifting people living with #Alzheimers and other forms of #dementia.

#caregiving #humanrights #dignity

Freedom in technology must include freedom from technology.

We must not create societies where the price of admission is owning a device controlled by one of two trillion-dollar US corporations.

We must safeguard people’s access to public services and the everyday necessities of life via alternate methods.

Technology should always be a progressive enhancement.

Do not let Silicon Valley privatise your access to modern life.

mastodon.ar.al/@lrvick@mastodo…

#technology #society #access #humanRights

Today, two open letters from academics on the scientific arguments against the current #CSS (client side scanning) initiatives have been released:

* The first (in English, internationally coordinated) one is online at tinyurl.com/CSAScientistsLette… and still open for additional signatures.

* The second (in German, by #Austrian academics) one is online at ins.jku.at/chatcontrol/ and explicitly includes law experts in addition to the arguments from a security, privacy, and AI perspective.

This debate is expected to gain new steam with #Spain taking over the EU council presidency, given recently leaked statements like "Ideally, in our view, it would be desirable to legislatively prevent EU-based service providers from implementing end-to-end encryption" (wired.co.uk/article/europe-bre…).

Please boost on any channels you deem adequate. The discussion is still open, and we have little time to bring it to a more rational level.

#csam #law #eu #privacy #dataprotection #privacy #humanrights #messenger #chat #chatcontrol #signal #whatsapp #telegram #threema #e2ee

Leaked Government Document Shows Spain Wants to Ban End-to-End Encryption

In response to an EU proposal to scan private messages for illegal material, the country's officials said it is “imperative that we have access to the data.”

^{Lily Hay Newman (WIRED UK)}

Are you an international lawyer? Do you spend way too much time googling treaties? Have a look at this searchable #OpenAccess PDF collection of treaties and legal documents, sorted into folders by subject matter!

Direct Download (ZIP): zenodo.org/record/3824282/file…

Detailed description: zenodo.org/record/3824282

#InternationalLaw #Law #LawFedi #UnitedNations #HumanRights #HumanitarianLaw #OpenData #OpenScience @law @politicalscience @humanrights

While everyone is distracted by a billionnaire in a submarine, the #UK Parliament is voting on the final stages of the #MininumServiceLevelsBill. This will effectively make it illegal for anyone in what ministers consider "essential services" to strike. It removes a basic human right and is one of the most draconian laws of its kind in the world.
Below is the #TUC take on it after the Lords kicked it out the first time.
#Strikes #HumanRights

tuc.org.uk/blogs/governments-a…

Government’s anti-strikes bill defeated in the House of Lords

Last week saw a string of defeats for the government's Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill in the House of Lords.

^{www.tuc.org.uk}

Elokapina - Extinction Rebellion Finland regrets and finds it shameful that the Sámi Parliament Act revision was effectively killed yesterday by Constitutional Law Committee.

This makes Sanna Marin's government a third Finnish govt which fails to revise the current law. The law has been condemned e.g. by the majority on the Sámi Parliament, the UN Human Rights Council and UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

More here:
euronews.com/2023/02/24/sad-an…

#Finland #humanrights #Sámi

'Sad, angry, betrayed and empty': Sanna Marin's human rights reforms for indigenous Sámi fails

Finland's right-wing parties decided there wasn't enough time for a parliament committee to discuss the new Sámi rights laws.

^{David Mac Dougall (Euronews.com)}

TSA Wants To Scan Your Face At The Airport. Here Are Your Rights.

#News #TSA #privacy #biometrics #security #HumanRights #SurveillanceCapitalism #HomelandSecurity #DHS #Airport
washingtonpost.com/technology/…

Small is Beautiful #23: What is the Small Web and why do we need it?

You can now watch the recording of yesterday’s live stream at:

small-tech.org/videos/small-is…

#SmallIsBeautiful #SmallWeb #SmallTech #web #dev #humanRights #decentralisation #tech #kitten #domain

Small Is Beautiful #23

^{Small Technology Foundation}

“Democracy.”

theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/s…

#uk #monarchy #freedom #humanRights

Republican protesters arrested at King Charles proclamations

Woman held in Edinburgh as man says he was taken away by police in Oxford as proclamation read out

^{Haroon Siddique (The Guardian)}

“TikTok poses an unacceptable national security risk due to its extensive data harvesting being combined with Beijing’s apparently unchecked access to that sensitive data.” – Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

This is true.

Now replace TikTok with Facebook, Snapchat, <insert Silicon Valley Big Tech corporation or startup here> and Beijing with Washington, DC and…

This is also true.

🤔

blog.malwarebytes.com/privacy-…

#peopleFarming #surveillanceCapitalism #BigTech #humanRights #democracy

TikTok is “unacceptable security risk” and should be removed from app stores, says FCC

According to the FCC commissioner, TikTok being a video app is the "sheep's clothing", suggesting a wolf hides underneath those funny videos.

^{Jovi Umawing (Malwarebytes)}

“EU GDPR enforcement against Big Tech is paralysed by Ireland’s failure to deliver draft decisions on cross-border cases. Ireland’s failure to uphold the GDPR has allowed surveillance to remain the default business model of the digital world.”

biometricupdate.com/202207/un-…

CC @noybeu

#gdpr #ireland #enforcement #privacy #facialRecognition #humanRights

UN Human Rights Committee expected to question Ireland’s plans for facial recognition

Civil rights group states that the Data Protection Commission failings have allowed surveillance as a default business model.

^{Frank Hersey (BiometricUpdate.com)}

Vatican praises U.S. court abortion decision

inkl.com/a/WAkprXHygzy

Heaven forbid a woman’s right to choose should limit the supply of altar boys for Catholic bishops to bugger.

#catholicChurch #vatican #pope #catholicism #religion #fundamentalism #childAbuse #abortion #humanRights

Vatican praises U.S. court abortion decision, saying it challenges world

The Vatican's Academy for Life on Friday praised the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on abortion, saying it challenged the world…

^inkl

The US Supreme Court announces rebrand. Will henceforth be known as Taliban White™

What a horrible setback for human rights.

inkl.com/a/GbPVkXtokGo

#us #fundamentalism #RoeVWade #humanRights

U.S. Supreme Court rules there’s no right to abortion, setting up Texas ban

The high court’s monumental ruling will have major impact on Texas, which has a trigger law banning abortions that goes…

^inkl

The UK could pull out of Europe’s human rights framework after last-ditch legal rulings blocked the government’s plan to relocate asylum-seekers to Rwanda.

inkl.com/a/JJEzZEIMRAM

“I am evil, our government is evil, the people who voted for us are evil and we will ensure nothing prevents us from carrying out the evil we were elected to do” said home secretary Priti Patel when asked for comment.

#tory #uk #humanRights #evil #pritiPatel

Rwanda – live: UK may pull out of European human-rights deal, says No 10

Home secretary insists she will press ahead with implementing policy

^inkl

#SurveillanceCapitalism Spreading In #Schools, Sidelining Role Of #Teachers.

My Take: putting children under 24/7 monitoring, is harmful to natural development + #autonomy.

Ex: intense security (like recent proposal to add armed taser drones + force children to train with them) may do little more than put kids in more fear.

#News #Education #Privacy #HumanRights #AI progressive.org/public-schools…

How Surveillance Capitalism Is Spreading to Schools

Ed-tech companies are mining and exploiting students’ data while sidelining the role of teachers.

^{Velislava Hillman (Progressive.org)}

Hah, when I wrote that six years ago, it was meant to be a warning, not an instruction manual 🤷‍♂️

#cpdp2022 #privacyWashing #institutionalCorruption #privacy #tech #humanRights

Well it’s always good to know what the privacy-washers are saying. Know your enemy and all that.

Also good to know who doesn’t mind having their legitimacy in privacy and human rights used to launder the likes of Google and Meta.

All very enlightening.

#privacyWashing #cpdp2022 #privacy #humanRights #institutionalCorruption #google #meta #tech

Sponsored by Google and Meta. Go on, pull the other one!

cpdpconferences.org/sponsors-a…

#cpdp2022 #privacy #tech #humanRights #institutionalCorruption #privacyWashing

CPDP2021 Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference • Platinum Sponsors

Platinum Sponsors are the top-level financial supporters of the CPDP Conference and its related side events. CPDP is an annual three-day conference devoted to privacy and data protection.

^{www.cpdpconferences.org}

What do I mean by “the Trump era William Barr justice department “think of the children” playbook?”

This: cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/201…

#privacy #humanRights #eu #encryption

EU Commission’s latest attempt to backdoor your privacy tries the Trump era William Barr justice department “think of the children” playbook.

No one thinks we shouldn’t do everything in our power to combat child sexual abuse. Some of us just don’t want to destroy the fundamental human right to privacy (and every other human right that’s based on it) in the process.

mastodon.ar.al/web/@EU_Commiss…

#privacy #humanRights #eu #encryption

European Commission (@EU_Commission@social.network.europa.eu)

Attached: 1 image Child sexual abuse is a real and growing danger. 📈 More than 2 million children are being affected every year. This week, we have proposed new rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse online⬇️ #EUvsChildSexualAbuse

^{EU Voice}