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Privacy Center 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."
Senior Associate at the Florida Public Defender Association
Senior Associate Clarence Okoh was a featured speaker at a training in Destin, FL hosted by the Florida Public Defender Association where he presented on "Digital Pushout: Challenging Surveillance Technology that Criminalizes Youth". In his talk, Clarence described how schools and law enforcement agencies leverage new surveillance technologies to transform the school-to-prison pipeline and deepen the criminalization of Black and brown adolescence. He presented to approximately 150 attendees.
Privacy Center quoted in EdSurge piece about facial recognition in schools
Senior Associate Clarence Okoh spoke with Nadia Tamez-Robledo at EdSurge for an article about facial recognition in schools. "Any conversation about safety that begins with surveillance or policing is beginning in the wrong place," Okoh stated.
Contribution to “Digitizing the School to Prison Pipeline” report
Senior Associate Clarence Okoh was a contributor to a recent report, Digitizing the School to Prison Pipeline: Pasco County's At-Risk Youth Program. The report was published by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and provides a civil rights analysis of the criteria used in a school-based predictive policing program in Pasco County, Florida. The report is the latest in the longstanding advocacy of the PASCO Coalition of which Clarence is a founding member, strategist and coordinator.
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.
Center Faculty Director Testifies to Protect Kids’ Internet Privacy
Center Faculty Director Angela Campbell testified on the Senate's hearing titled "Protecting Kids Online: Internet Privacy and Manipulative Marketing."
Senior Associate Clare Garvie was Quoted in New York Times Article
In the New York Times article, "She Was Arrested at 14. Then Her Photo Went to a Facial Recognition Database," senior associate Clare Garvie was quoted regarding a large police department using facial recognition on juveniles.