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James D. Buatti
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Legal Director . Once an intern. Occasional Twitter user. Let's all pretend I wrote something clever here. Views = own.
San Carlos, CAJoined May 2017
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Trust and Safety workers right now are like surgeons whose operating room has been seized by frat boys. The patient is on the table. The boys have their scalpels out, and are confidently explaining where they plan to start cutting.
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“The main thing that drew me to Wikipedia is this idea that knowledge is a human right.” Meet Olga Vasileva, Lead Product Manager at the Wikimedia Foundation, who leads a team focused on the way that readers interact with .
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Endorsement from The Chronicle's editorial board:
"Proposition D on the November ballot is an earnest attempt at a well-balanced meal instead of a forced feeding."
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We’re hiring an Associate General Counsel at ! Come join us in the fight for digital rights, helping with internal legal issues and product counseling. Work with great colleagues on a superb mission. Remote friendly.
eff.org/opportunities/
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We're asking the Supreme Court to rein in our government's excessive and improper use of "state secrets," which has been used to stop lawsuits challenging government abuse over and over again.
When the government spies on us, it must be held accountable.
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My team is hiring! If you're a lawyer with interest and experience in content compliance, strategic litigation, and public policy, maybe you'd like to join us here at ?
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Wikimedia.
We are a movement of hundreds of thousands of people, all working together to build the sum of all knowledge. And now, we are looking for a sound logo to represent that knowledge. All of it.
Learn how you can play your part: soundlogo.wikimedia.org
#WikiSoundLogo
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We're still radical.
We believe that the internet is a space in which everyone can access and contribute knowledge. A space where everyone can participate free of cost, free of tracking user data, and free of fear of reprisal.
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“Before Wikipedia, there was no large-scale archive where people could gather and publish content that was bundled together merely for the public good.”
When it was founded over 21 years ago, @Wikipedia was a radical notion. @Codecademy explains. 
codecademy.com/resources/blog
codecademy.com/resources/blog8
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This is a huge victory! Congratulations to the people of Hawaii & for leading the way on social housing
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After four years of frustration in the Legislature, this year we finally enacted the enabling legislation to build Singapore style social housing in Hawaii.
newsweek.com/social-housing
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How could recent developments in social media law impact the ability of online platforms to regulate user content online?
Join us for a virtual panel discussion this Monday, 1 August — with , , , and . ⬇️
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🌟 Free learning opportunity next week🌟
is hosting a free virtual event August 1st to explore how recent developments in Texas and Florida social media law might impact how online platforms regulate content.
🕐4pm PT/7pm ET
👋Register:
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Yes! I think there should be a “faraday mode” where smart devices can still reasonably function without phoning home. nytimes.com/2018/06/03/opi nytimes.com/2018/06/03/opi
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Replying to @zittrain
Do we need a “right to disconnect”?
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Our Transparency Report is OUT!
The report showcases the actions that reflect our commitments to transparency, privacy, and to provide free knowledge. Ex:
🛑 Requests for user info: 1/18 granted
🛑 Requests to remove content: 0/546 granted
Read in full:
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Yesterday, the US, Italy, Sweden, and Estonia decided to introduce a resolution asking the 's Economic and Social Affairs Council (ECOSOC) to grant accreditation to the Wikimedia Foundation and five other NGOs. (1/5)
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's Human Rights Impact Assessment report is out today. So happy to see this published. Huge thanks to everyone who made it happen, incl. , , , , , and many others!
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So weird how “sexual content” became “gay people,” a thing no one could have possibly ever predicted happening when Florida passed its legislation and a bunch of people predicted this happening
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This is literally just two moms. A family, with parents and child loving each other.
Insistence that attacks on Disney, including by govt, are about protecting young kids from sexual content out the window. The complaint is about treating LGBT people as normal rather than lesser.
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We've been tracking the EU DSA from the start and have always seen it as an opportunity to protect the community-governed, public interest internet, which is what we asked policymakers to do.
How did the final outcomes stack up to our requests?
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So proud of my team for pushing this 🥰
US companies can provide internet services in Russia thanks to advocacy by , , and others to maintain the free exchange of knowledge online for Russian people.
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Internet Archive joins , , and many others in opposing the SMART Copyright Act. #NoCensorshipFilter
Read more about why Internet Archive is opposed to it: blog.archive.org/2022/03/29/int
Review the petition here:
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The DSA had a fairly open, democratic drafting process until the past few weeks.
But what is happening now is shameful. Interest groups are getting ideas tacked on — things that will become binding law for a generation — that never had any public airing, debate, or input at all.
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And yet another dangerous backdoor regarding copyright in the DSA. New proposed amendment may force search engines to actively (generally?) monitor content and delist entire websites. Copyright filters and right to be forgotten at their worst. euractiv.com/section/digita
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I am a big fan of Prof. Irani's work, and I am so excited to be moderating this discussion tomorrow.
Join us at 12 pm ET!
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Tomorrow! @gleemie joins us to present on "Claiming Democracy Over Digital Infrastructures"
12pm ET, Tuesday April 5, 2022
DM for zoom details
cc @YaleLawSch @craignewmark @UCSDComm
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📢 The UK Online Safety Bill:
The specific needs of platforms like ours are often ignored in new online regulation proposals. This bill is no exception. It is misguided in terms of the users it claims to protect & the platforms it 'holds accountable.'
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Today, the European Court of Human Rights dismissed Wikimedia Foundation v. Turkey, our case challenging the 2017-2020 block of in Turkey. Having worked on this case for almost five years, I have a few thoughts. 1/
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This is a really big deal. And as notes, it is insane (if true, which I assume it is) that EU authorities didn't tell the public. We only know bc Google shared it with the . Many thanks to whoever inside Google fought for, and signed off on, that.
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Remarkable news for tech law nerds. EU sanctions against Russia Today and Sputnik require:
* search engines to delist all their content, and
* social media firms to delete posts by individuals which reproduce any of their content.
Commission’s explanatory text in images. 1/
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"The reason why people are on the streets isn't just some elusive housing or market phenomenon. It's because we've chosen not to build."
This week in , we explained how deregulated zoning & a narrow, retro view of public housing caused our affordability crisis.
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Just an insane decision. And note that this lawsuit is being brought under the California Environmental Quality Act, though everyone, on all sides, knows the issues here aren't environmental.
So please, stop telling me how CEQA has already been fixed.
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I’m proud to announce that I am nominating Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the Supreme Court. Currently serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, she is one of our nation’s brightest legal minds and will be an exceptional Justice.
WhiteHouse.gov/KBJ
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Keep knowledge free! Kate Ruane, 's Lead US Public Policy Specialist, discusses The EARN IT Act, a recent US Senate bill that could eliminate Section 230’s free speech protections and interfere with the operation of Wikipedia itself. 😱
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A couple of boomers angry that they live in a college town are on the cusp of getting the nation's #1 public university to reject a whole new generation of Californian college students (who are exponentially Latinos).
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UC Berkeley must slash new enrollment by a third unless high court intervenes berkeleyside.org/2022/02/14/uc-
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🚨🇺🇸 U.S. Developments: We worked with digital-rights organizations to oppose the EARN IT Act. Here's why:
"What You've Heard is True. The EARN IT Act is catastrophic for free speech and for privacy — and for Wikipedia"
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Where the Republican co-sponsors of that aspect of the Freedom to Vote Act that would rein in partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts? If there were Republicans willing to go along and overcome the filibuster and Ds didn't take that offer, THAT would be hypocritical.
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i do think there is something to the GOP complaint of hypocrisy: the D claim is that gerrymandering isn't merely bad, but unconstitutional/anti-democratic/violation of the right to vote. typically, we don't think of that as something that can ever be justified by the other side
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🧐For your weekend reading list, the intro to our new blog series:
"Bills that claim to advance safety online will cause more online harm — it’s time to pay attention." link.medium.com/ZzzE1C1pnnb
Series ft.
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Today we signed a letter warning the US Congress against adopting the Journalism Competition & Preservation Act (#JCPA)
We need policies that promote reliable journalism, but this act could interfere w/the free exchange of knowledge...w/out doing much to help news orgz
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Are we excited!?!? I think we're excited!
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Here is our new trailer for #StarTrekPicard. Season 2 starts March 3 on Paramount+.
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