Laura Edelson

@whiskeyocelot
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Computer Science
Cybersecurity for Democracy
NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Cybersecurity for Democracyhttps://cybersecurityfordemocracy.org/

PANEL 2: Audits

With @williambrady at Northwestern University, Fabian Baumann at Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Smitha Milli at Cornell Tech, Inioluwa Deborah Raji at UC Berkeley, and moderator @whiskeyocelot at Cybersecurity for Democracy.

First marshmallow of the year!
I’m working on a paper for a law review journal. I can’t believe I’m saying this but you folks should seriously consider LaTex, the way you do footnotes and citations is insane.

RT @justinhendrix
New podcast: An Exit Interview with a Hill Staffer

Anna Lenhart (@AnnaCLenhart) just came off a stint working on antitrust issues and tech policy with Rep. David Cicilline and Rep. Lori Trahan. We discussed what she learned in her time with Congress: https://techpolicy.press/an-exit-interview-with-a-hill-staffer/

An Exit Interview with a Hill Staffer

A conversation with Anna Lenhart, who served as a tech policy advisor working wit Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) and Rep. Lori Trahan (D-MA).

Tech Policy Press
RT @QuantaMagazine
The infamous double-slit experiment implies that both of a particle’s possible paths through a barrier have a physical reality. The path integral assumes this is how particles behave even when there are no barriers or slits around. https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-our-reality-may-be-a-sum-of-all-possible-realities-20230206/
How Our Reality May Be a Sum of All Possible Realities | Quanta Magazine

Richard Feynman’s path integral is both a powerful prediction machine and a philosophy about how the world is. But physicists are still struggling to figure out how to use it, and what it means.

Quanta Magazine
RT @davidlazer
Not good news. Just in from @TwitterDev , which confirms the elimination of the academic API, and the replacement with a "low level of API usage" for $100/month.
RT @JCPerrino
In written testimony, former Twitter Global Head of Trust & Safety Yoel Roth calls for transparency and researcher access to study social media data. https://bit.ly/3JNhBc5
“Protecting Speech from Government Interference and Social Media Bias, Part 1: Twitter’s Role in Suppressing the Biden Laptop Story” - United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability

United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability

United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
RT @brandonsilverm
Last week, Twitter announced they were going to be shutting down free access to their APIs. While there are a lot of malicious bots that take advantage of those APIs, there are also a lot of incredibly important use cases that serve the broader public interest.

Twitter API Changes Set to Disrupt Public Interest Research

If Twitter follows through with an announced change to API access on Thursday, thousands of projects on topics ranging from national security to mental health to disaster preparedness are in jeopardy:
https://techpolicy.press/twitter-api-changes-set-to-disrupt-public-interest-research/

Twitter API Changes Set to Disrupt Public Interest Research

Thousands of public interest projects that rely on Twitter API access are set to break as soon as Thursday.

Tech Policy Press
RT @RebekahKTromble
Should @elonmusk @Policy keep the @TwitterAPI accessible and usable for journalists, academics, and civil society? 1/