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EFF Senior Staff Attorney Kit Walsh will join us this month to discuss the potential risks of AI being used to automate discrimination. AI might seem like a helpful tool for processing applications, or informing people about opportunities, but the black box nature of these algorithms can result in systems with difficult to detect bias among protected classes. Kit will review EFF’s analysis of this problem and discuss our approach to policy remedies, before opening up to a discussion for EFA members.
RSVP: https://eff.org/EFA-AI-Discrimination
Notes: https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/edit/NsYN+fj3nIYarA23B-isSdwZ/
It’s almost election day! But our work doesn’t end with voting. EFF organizers José and Chris will facilitate a workshop on how local advocates can put together a plan for getting the attention of newly elected officials, and engaging them on Digital Rights issues. Participants are encouraged to bring questions and personal experiences for discussion.
RSVP: https://www.eff.org/EFA-Last-Wed
Notes: https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/edit/lDxeNgOoQjjvILJd+0UjfKyF/
Join us for the (2nd) November edition of “What Is DSA?” on Wednesday 11/20 at 6pm, at 1916 McAllister St.
This is a space to meet your local socialists, find out what we are up to and why – as always open to new members, old members and the socialism-curious. See you there! 🌹 pic.twitter.com/M3By9AHi10
— DSA San Francisco (@DSA_SF) November 18, 2024
As we suspected, the number of arrests of individuals under some form of ICE surveillance (via formal check-ins with ICE and/or through the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program/ISAP) has significantly increased since the start of the Trump Administration. CJE has connected with dozens of groups across the country about how these arrests have been carried out and have identified a few patterns that ICE appears to be following – most notably the use of ruse tactics to trick people and then arrest them. We are continuing to track these arrests so please reach out directly if you have information that would help our efforts.
We’ve updated the resource we released back in January “When ICE is Watching: Know Your Fight, Protect Your People”, which provides information to people under ICE surveillance about the risks for arrest and detention, with the information that we’ve been able to collect so far about these arrests. The resource is now available in English, Spanish, French, Wolof, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Hindi, Arabic, Cebuano, Farsi, and Pashto. You can find the folder with all the resources here: https://bit.ly/knowyourfight. Please continue to share it widely!
Additionally, if your organization is working with people under any kind of ICE surveillance we want to invite you to join us for a community conversation on Friday, March 7th at 9:30am PT/12:30pm ET. At this meeting, we will briefly review the resource, discuss how these arrests have been conducted, and any connections that might exist between them. We want groups to discuss what they’re witnessing and how they’re supporting community members under ICE surveillance. You must register here to participate.
If you can’t make the meeting, but want to be in touch with us, please fill out this link.
Registration is required – secure your seat here.
Tagalog version (Magrehistro Dito) Spanish version (Regístrate Aquí)
Secure Justice invites you to participate in our east bay regional Privacy Self-Defense Workshop and Immigration Resource Fair, in Oakland. This important event will provide participants with practical resources and strategies to protect digital privacy rights, particularly for immigrants, Muslims, individuals seeking reproductive care, and the LGBTQ+ community.
Event Details:
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What: Privacy Self-Defense Workshop and Immigration Resource Fait
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Who: Open to the general public (Max capacity: 150)
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Cost: Free*
Extras: Coffee, tea, lunch, childcare, and translators provided
Translators in Spanish, Mandarin, Farsi, Dari, Pashto confirmed so far (more to come)
Questions? Send an email to events@secure-justice.org
*This event is free thanks to generous funding received from the:
About the Event: Secure Justice, with assistance from the organizations listed below, will provide practical privacy tools and immigration legal guidance, including:
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Privacy workshops covering smartphone, laptop, online, and vehicle data security and easy-to-understand technical privacy-protecting product recommendations and solutions. (Electronic Frontier Foundation, Secure Justice)
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Know Your Rights (KYR) training on immigration law, including the impact of recent federal policy changes for refugees and those with past criminal records, along with how to create a step-by-step family preparedness plan. (Centro Legal de la Raza, Alameda County Public Defender’s Unit, Law Office of Spojmie Nasiri, Council on American-Islamic Relations SF Bay Area)
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Contact information for local rapid response networks and hotlines, mutual aid organizations, legal aid groups. (Centro Legal de la Raza, Alameda County Public Defender’s Unit, Law Office of Spojmie Nasiri, Council on American-Islamic Relations SF Bay Area)
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Legal assistance with gender name and documentation changes. (Identity Affirmation Workshop)
This event will begin with remarks from invited elected officials, followed by privacy and KYR workshops to empower attendees with actionable knowledge and technical assistance.
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