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Privacy Center quoted in Word In Black piece about school policing
Privacy Center Senior Associate Clarence Okoh was quoted in a Word In Black article titled “The Truth About School Policing.” “The consequences of policing, whether through surveillance or physical presence, yield the same outcomes. Students still face contact with the criminal legal system — it just may happen through a screen now instead of in the hallway,” said Okoh.
Privacy Center quoted in Word In Black piece about youth surveillance
Privacy Center Senior Associate Clarence Okoh was quoted in a Word In Black article titled “Black Students Are Being Watched Under AI — and They Know It.” “The most insidious aspect of youth surveillance in schools is how it deepens and expands the presence of law enforcement in ways that were previously impossible,” said Okoh.
“The Impact of AI on Students, Education, and Privacy” Black History Month event hosted by Honey Brown Hope Foundation
Senior Associate Clarence Okoh spoke at Black History Event titled "The Impact of AI on Students, Education, and Privacy" focused on technology and racial justice at the Houston Community College and hosted by the Honey Brown Hope Foundation and the NOTICE Coalition's No Data About Us Without Us Fellowship Program.
Privacy Center quoted in Lever article about the mass surveillance of youth
Senior Associate Clarence Okoh was quoted in a media article by the Lever "Rage Against the Algorithm." Okoh was quoted describing the dystopian realities of mass surveillance of youth and their communities.
“ICE and Educators” event hosted by Shift Press
Senior Associate Clarence Okoh provided a tech and surveillance training for educators and young adults on "ICE and Educators" hosted by Shift Press--a Texas-based movement journalism and youth civic engagement organization. Clarence's presentation emphasized how to protect immigrant youth and families from school surveillance.
Senior Associate at the “Student Privacy & Parental Consent” conference
On February 7 the Center’s Senior Associate, Clarence Okoh, was a speaker at the Student Privacy & Parental Consent: Legal Innovations and Global Insights. This conference is hosted by Toyo University and co-sponsored by George Washington University Law School Center for Law and Technology and the Public Interest Privacy Center (PIPC). The conference addressed how global policymakers are developing new legal frameworks to better safeguard child and student privacy and safety online against new and emerging technologies. Okoh spoke on a panel titled: "How to Regulate the Black Box of AI-Created 'Educational Opportunities." Okoh was also a speaker at the pre-conference workshop Child Privacy Online. Clarence spoke on a panel titled "Deep Dive: Regulating AI and Children."
Testimony in Support of S.27: An Act to Protect Private Electronic Communication, Browsing and Other Activity
Justice Fellow Meg Foster and Director of Research & Advocacy Stevie Glaberson submitted written testimony to the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity in support of S.27, An Act to protect private electronic communication, browsing, and other activity. The bill establishes warrant and reporting requirements for electronic communication and subscriber records, as well as the use of cell site simulators. It also prohibits law enforcement from requesting, and judges from granting, reverse-location and reverse-keyword requests. The testimony focused on the disparate impact that the dragnet surveillance tools and techniques regulated in S.27 have on marginalized communities, including on their First Amendment rights.