Popular Writing
Can Whistleblowing Save Tech? Lawfare (2023)
Alternative Channels for Police Transparency, Lawfare (2021)
Why Police Love the Idea of Automated Content Moderation, Slate (2020)
A lawsuit against ICE reveals the danger of government-by-algorithm, The Washington Post (2020)
The NYPD’s Misguided War on Waze, Slate (2019)
Terrorist Speech and Global Platform Governance, Balkinization (2018)
The police can search your email without telling you. That’s nuts, Vox (2017)
Will Trump Kill Executive War Powers? The Outline (2017)
New Disclosures Reflect NSLs’ Substantive First Amendment Flaws, Just Security (2016)
Why does a FISA court decide if Twitter can talk about its dealings with FISA? The Guardian (2015) (with Bruce Brown)
How New York City Buses Are Becoming Vehicles for Hateful Speech, Gawker (2015)
Texas Will Tread on Your Confederate License Plate, Gawker (2015)
In the Press
‘Ready for some help?’: how a controversial technology firm courted Portland police, The Guardian
It Takes a Small Miracle to Learn Basic Facts About Government Algorithms, The Markup
She was denied entry to a Rockettes show — then the facial recognition debate ignited, NPR’s All Things Considered
The Internet’s New Favorite AI Proposes Torturing Iranians and Surveilling Mosques, The Intercept
Mississippi’s Missing Search Warrants Prevent Scrutiny of No-Knock Raids, ProPublica
They Are Watching You, WHYY’s Radio Times
Social Media & Free Speech, CSPAN
Meet Twitch, Amazon’s live-streaming video site, Associated Press
Lawsuit For Access To The Source Code Of DNA Software, KCBS Radio
Addressing the Threat of White Nationalism Online, WNYC’s The Takeaway
Tech Platforms Treat White Nationalism Different From Islamic Terrorism, Wired
Government Can Spy on Journalists in the U.S. Using Invasive Foreign Intelligence Process, The Intercept
New device detects texting while driving, but is it legal? Marketplace
Federal Judge Unseals New York Crime Lab’s Software for Analyzing DNA Evidence, ProPublica
10 overlooked press freedom groups that deserve support, Columbia Journalism Review
British spy agency scooped up U.S. and U.K. reporters’ e-mails, Washington Post
Privacy International Files Lawsuit To Compel Disclosure Of Secretive 1946 Surveillance Agreement, Privacy International
Media Sues to Get Letters From Top Officials in Support of Petraeus, The Intercept
Court may lift secrecy in federal cases in Western NC, Charlotte Observer