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| − | People in the United States technically have a right to privacy guaranteed in the constitution. In practice, the privacy rights of marginalized people have been historically violated. As Angela Davis said, “ If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night”, and today in the post-Snowden world, it’s true that we’re all experiencing the loss of our privacy rights. This is of course now doubly true for marginalized people, who are under even more intense surveillance than ever before | + | People in the United States technically have a right to privacy guaranteed in the constitution. In practice, the privacy rights of marginalized people have been historically violated. As Angela Davis said, “ If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night”, and today in the post-Snowden world, it’s true that we’re all experiencing the loss of our privacy rights. This is of course now doubly true for marginalized people, who are under even more intense surveillance than ever before. This week, we'll hear from attorney Abi Hassen from the Black Movement Law Project who will about our privacy rights, how they actually work out in practice, and what we can do about this. |
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* Coronavirus and escalating surveillance: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/technology/coronavirus-surveillance-tracking-privacy.html | * Coronavirus and escalating surveillance: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/technology/coronavirus-surveillance-tracking-privacy.html | ||
* The ACLU’s resources on internet privacy (read through some of the subtopics, reports, blogs, and so on) https://www.aclu.org/issues/privacy-technology/internet-privacy | * The ACLU’s resources on internet privacy (read through some of the subtopics, reports, blogs, and so on) https://www.aclu.org/issues/privacy-technology/internet-privacy | ||
| − | * EFF’s take on how librarians should be protecting privacy rights in the library: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/12/librarians-act-now-protect-your-users-its-too-late | + | * EFF’s take on how librarians should be protecting privacy rights in the library: |
| + | https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/12/librarians-act-now-protect-your-users-its-too-late | ||
* Library records privacy laws by state: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/privacy/statelaws | * Library records privacy laws by state: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/privacy/statelaws | ||
