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Please donate to the show!Today we talk about location data -- did you know that many companies track your location and then sell that info to the highest bidder? We are joined by Kade Crockford of the ACLU to talk about the Location Shield Act in Massachusetts, which would ban companies from selling our cell phone location information. Kade Crockford joins Jordan Berg Powers, Jonathan Cohn, and Anna Callahan as we chat about Massachusetts politics. This is the audio version of the Incorruptible Mass podcast, season 5 episode 17. You can watch the video version on our YouTube channel. You're listening to Incorruptible Mass. Our goal is to help people transform state politics: we investigate why it's so broken, imagine what we could have here in MA if we fixed it, and report on how you can get involved. To stay informed:* Subscribe to our YouTube channel* Subscribe to the podcast (https://incorruptible-mass.buzzsprout.com)* Sign up to get updates at https://www.incorruptiblemass.org/podcast* Donate to the show at https://secure.actblue.com/donate/impodcast

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In our final episode, we'll shift our focus and go back in time to the mid 20th century to learn about a worst case scenario with the story of Sydney Gottlieb and MKUltra. Afterwards, we'll talk to people who are using law and policy reform together to enable technologies toward a fight for a better world. Listen to ACLUM executive director Carol Rose and Technology for Liberty program director Kade Crockford explore big data and artificial intelligence through the lens of power, democracy and the broken systems that will determine the future of our rights.Join us this season wherever you get your podcasts and follow the ACLU of Massachusetts on social media @ACLU_Mass for the latest updates on Freedom Unfinished, Season 1: Decoding Oppression.Thank you to Trent Toner and the Rian/Hunter Production team for sound mixing this episode.

We've learned about the pressing nature of data control and the threats it poses — both in the private (where it's collected) and public (where it's enforced) sectors. Exactly how are the systems in place driving the decision-making in response to all of this data? Algorithms.Listen to ACLUM executive director Carol Rose and Technology for Liberty program director Kade Crockford explore big data and artificial intelligence through the lens of power, democracy and the broken systems that will determine the future of our rights.Join us this season wherever you get your podcasts and follow the ACLU of Massachusetts on social media @ACLU_Mass for the latest updates on Freedom Unfinished, Season 1: Decoding Oppression.Thank you to Trent Toner and the Rian/Hunter Production team for sound mixing this episode.

Our most personal and intimate information living online is now a commodity to be bought and sold without our knowledge or consent. Given this new reality, how do we ensure that we are not victimized by those who profit off holding something of such value—namely, our most intimate and personal information? Get the answer to this question and more by listening to ACLUM executive director Carol Rose and Technology for Liberty program director Kade Crockford explore big data and artificial intelligence through the lens of power, democracy and the broken systems that will determine the future of our rights.Join us this season wherever you get your podcasts and follow the ACLU of Massachusetts on social media @ACLU_Mass for the latest updates on Freedom Unfinished, Season 1: Decoding Oppression.

In the first episode of Freedom Unfinished, we ask what is "big data" and how is information fed into the data capitalist economy? How have private industries acquired all this personal data and what are they currently doing with it? How has a rush to "turn the information into insight" set the stage for sobering lessons about the limits of these tech-powered conclusions? Get the answers to these questions and more by listening to ACLUM executive director Carol Rose and Technology for Liberty program director Kade Crockford explore big data and artificial intelligence through the lens of power, democracy and the broken systems that will determine the future of our rights.Join us this season wherever you get your podcasts and follow the ACLU of Massachusetts on social media @ACLU_Mass for the latest updates on Freedom Unfinished, Season 1: Decoding Oppression.

On Freedom Unfinished, a new podcast from the ACLU of Massachusetts, we'll explore Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and emerging technologies through the lens of power and the broken systems that will determine the future of privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties. In the face of unprecedented threats to our democracy, our hosts Carol Rose, alongside Kade Crockford—of the ACLU of Massachusetts—will explore how we can protect our civil liberties in the 21st Century with guests Senator Ed Markey, Julia Angwin, Tim Hwang, and more.Join us this season wherever you get your podcasts and follow the ACLU of Massachusetts on social media @ACLU_Mass for the latest updates on Freedom Unfinished, Season 1: Decoding Oppression.

Public meetings have been more transparent than ever thanks to remote access and participation adopted during the pandemic. But now, as safety protocols are lifted, there are signs the political establishment wants to go back to the way things used to be. Advocates say it's the wrong move — including Kade Crockford, the director of the Technology for Liberty Program at the ACLU of Massachusetts, and Dianna Hu, the chairwoman of the Boston Center for Independent Living. They join Adam Reilly to make the case for keeping politics accessible and transparent moving forward. Plus, GBH News City Hall Reporter Saraya Wintersmith and State House News Service Reporter Katie Lannan unpack new budgets from Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and the Massachusetts House, as well as Boston's Pride-parade hiatus and the Massachusetts Senate's climate bill and its discontents. We'd like your comments, criticism, and suggestions! If you've got feedback of any sort, please email us at TalkingPolitics@wgbh.org or find us online at https://www.wgbh.org/news/talkingpoli.... While you're at it, why not subscribe to the GBH Politics Newsletter? Visit https://gbhnews.org/politicsnewsletter.

Today on Boston Public Radio: We begin the show by talking with listeners about avoiding work emails until work hours. Trenni Kusnierek talks about the end of the Beijing Olympics, and a community of women in the Arctic circle who have taken up curling to help their mental health. She also updates us on Brian Flores' decision to join the Pittsburgh Steelers. Kusnierek is an anchor and reporter for NBC Sports Boston, she's also a BPR contributor. David Abel discusses the latest in climate change news, focusing on rising sea levels in Boston and the rest of the northeast. Abel is a Boston Globe reporter, where he covers the environment.  He was part of the Globe's team that won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News. Julio Ricardo Varela explains why U.S. immigration courts are facing a backlog of cases due to understaffing. He also shares his thoughts on Latino representation in Hollywood. Varela is the founder of the news blog Latino Rebels, and the co-host of the “In The Thick” political podcast. He's also the interim co-executive director for Futuro Media. Kade Crockford discusses Gov. Charlie Baker's proposed changes to the state's wiretapping law, which hasn't been updated since 1968. Crockford is the Director of the Technology for Liberty Program at the ACLU of Massachusetts. John King updates us on the latest news out of Ukraine, as Russia is poised to invade. King is CNN's Chief National Correspondent and anchor of "Inside Politics,” which airs weekdays and Sunday mornings at 8 a.m. We end the show by talking with listeners about the worsening situation in Ukraine.

Today on Boston Public Radio: We start the show by talking with listeners about this month becoming the third rainiest July in Massachusetts on record. Trenni Kusnierek talks about the racist attacks against Black athletes on England's national football team, and COVID-19 restrictions at the Tokyo Olympics. Kusnierek is a reporter and anchor for NBC Sports Boston, and a weekly Boston Public Radio contributor. Carol Rose and Kade Crockford discuss the state of voting rights following the Supreme Court's ruling on two Arizona voting laws. They also weigh in on the use of facial recognition software, calling for stronger legislation against facial recognition technology. Rose is the Executive Director of the ACLU of Massachusetts. Crockford is the Technology for Liberty program director at the ACLU of Massachusetts Corby Kummer shares his thoughts on McDonald's decision to increase their starting pay to a range of $11-17, and a survey of chain restaurants that found that Dunkin', Chipotle, and Sonic have the lowest employee satisfaction rates. Kummer is the executive director of the Food and Society policy program at the Aspen Institute, a senior editor at The Atlantic and a senior lecturer at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. James Jacoby and Anya Bourg explain how the U.S. Federal Reserve's influence on the country's wealth gap, and talk about fears over an impending economic crash. Jacoby is the writer, producer and correspondent for  FRONTLINE's “The Power of the Fed.” Bourg is the documentary's writer and producer.  John King updates us on the latest political headlines, from the Texas Democrats who left the state to block a GOP voting bill to the prospects of the bipartisan infrastructure bill. King is CNN's Chief National Correspondent and anchor of "Inside Politics,” which airs weekdays and Sunday mornings at 8 a.m. We wrap up the show by asking listeners if they were ready to give up their regional loyalty to Dunkin' in favor of Starbucks.

Are you online? Have you ever been online? Do you have a phone? You have a digital footprint. Many of us have heard of this phrase, but what actually is it, and what does it mean. In this episode, Therese Markow and Kade Crockford discuss just that. From the Cambridge Analytica Scandal, to the changing purpose of fusion centers and government databases, and what companies know about us from just three main sources. The government has tried to use these databases as surveillance to create predictive models, however, many reports have come out and disproven the effectiveness of these models, yet they continue to be in use based on those sources. This creates additional problems with the 1st and 4th Amendment rights.       Key Takeaways: In the United States, unlike in Europe, we lack any comprehensive consumer privacy law that is sufficiently protective of our rights and our interests in an era in which digital technologies are ubiquitous. The idea that the FBI should be wiretapping every single person who has anti-black or anti-Jewish, or anti-gay political views is not possible, because there are so many of those people. And it wouldn't make sense from a public safety perspective, because the vast majority of people who hold even extremist political views will never commit extremist political violence. The Department of Homeland Security found that predictive modeling was not a useful tactic when it comes to anti-terrorism or counterterrorism. House Republicans put out a report, finding that fusion centers had produced little to no intelligence of value, had violated civil rights and civil liberties of both people on the left and the right, and had contributed nothing to the nation's fight against terrorism. These are political problems. These are all infrastructures and architectures and political and legal systems that human beings created. So we can change them, we absolutely have the power to change them.    "It shouldn't be that we leave it up to the user, the end-user, the consumer of consumer technologies, to be a privacy expert, to be a lawyer, to be able to read and understand these complex terms of service agreements or privacy policies, particularly in a situation in which people don't have a lot of alternatives to using those products." —  Kade Crockford   Connect with Kade Crockford: ACLUM.org Bio: Kade Crockford   Twitter: @onekade Blog: PrivacySOS.org     Connect with Therese: Website:   www.criticallyspeaking.net Twitter: @CritiSpeak Email: theresemarkow@criticallyspeaking.net     Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.  

Today’s episode revolves around the development and use of facial recognition systems.  How do they work?  Who uses them?  Kade Crockford of the Massachusetts American Civil Liberties Union’s Technology for Liberty Program discusses a wide range of commercial and law enforcement uses of the technology and the potential for violation of First and Fourth Amendment rights.  Because the technology and its uses are unregulated, and because the National Institute of Standards and Technology have found serious biases in the way they function, the public needs to be aware of these systems and how they are used.      Key Takeaways: There are numerous companies creating and selling facial recognition systems to both commercial and law enforcement entities All of the systems have biases and unfortunately, the misidentification is greatest for people of color. There is no federal, state, or municipal regulation of these systems and their use. Several cities have recently made it illegal for them to be used in law enforcement.     "The effect is to deny people, en masse, their due process rights.  Not only that individual defendants don't get their fair day in court and may be wrongfully convicted, but also that the society at large can't benefit from the really important constitutional litigation that would result if defendants were notified properly of the use of this technology in their criminal cases." —  Kade Crockford Connect with Kade Crockford: ACLUM.org Bio: Kade Crockford   Twitter: @onekade Blog: PrivacySOS.org     Connect with Therese: Website:   www.criticallyspeaking.net Twitter: @CritiSpeak Email: theresemarkow@criticallyspeaking.net     Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.  

To some in the tech industry, facial recognition increasingly looks like toxic technology. To law enforcement, it's an almost irresistible crime-fighting tool.IBM is the latest company to declare facial recognition too troubling. CEO Arvind Krishna told members of Congress Monday that IBM would no longer offer the technology, citing the potential for racial profiling and human rights abuse. In a letter, Krishna also called for police reforms aimed at increasing scrutiny and accountability for misconduct.“We believe now is the time to begin a national dialogue on whether and how facial recognition technology should be employed by domestic law enforcement agencies,” wrote Krishna, the first non-white CEO in the company's 109-year history. IBM has been scaling back the technology's use since last year.Krishna's letter comes amid public protest over the killing of George Floyd by a police officer and police treatment of black communities. But IBM's withdrawal may do little to stem the use of facial recognition, as a number of companies supply the technology to police and governments around the world.“While this is a great statement, it won't really change police access to #FaceRecognition,” tweeted Clare Garvie, a researcher at Georgetown University's Center on Privacy and Technology who studies police use of the technology. She noted that she had not so far come across any IBM contracts to supply facial recognition to police.According to a report from the Georgetown center, by 2016 photos of half of American adults were in a database that police could search using facial recognition. Adoption has likely swelled since then. A recent report from Grand View Research predicts the market will grow at an annual rate of 14.5 percent between 2020 and 2027, fueled by “rising adoption of the technology by the law enforcement sector.” The Department of Homeland Security said in February that it has used facial recognition on more than 43.7 million people in the US, primarily to check the identity of people boarding flights and cruises and crossing borders.Other tech companies are scaling back their use of the technology. Google in 2018 said it would not offer a facial recognition service; last year, CEO Sundar Pichai, indicated support for a temporary ban on the technology. Microsoft opposes such a ban, but said last year that it wouldn't sell the tech to one California law enforcement agency because of ethical concerns. Axon, which makes police body cameras, said in June 2019 that it wouldn't add facial recognition to them.But some players, including NEC, Idemia, and Thales, are quietly shipping the tech to US police departments. The startup Clearview offers a service to police that makes use of millions of faces scraped from the web.The technology apparently helped police hunt down a man accused of assaulting protesters in Montgomery County, Maryland.At the same time, public unease over the technology has prompted several cities, including San Francisco, Oakland, and Cambridge, Massachusetts, to ban use of facial recognition by government agencies.Officials in Boston are considering a ban; supporters point to the potential for police to surveil protesters. Amid the protests following Floyd's killing “the conversation we're having today about face surveillance is all the more urgent,” Kade Crockford, director of the Technology for Liberty program at the ACLU of Massachusetts, said at a press conference Tuesday.Timnit Gebru, a Google researcher who has played an important role in revealing the technology's shortcomings, said during an event on Monday that facial recognition has been used to identify black protesters, and argued that it should be banned. “Even perfect facial recognition can be misused,” Gebru said. “I'm a black woman living in the US who has dealt with serious consequences of racism. Facial recognition is being used against the black community.”

To some in the tech industry, facial recognition increasingly looks like toxic technology. To law enforcement, it’s an almost irresistible crime-fighting tool. IBM is the latest company to declare facial recognition too troubling. CEO Arvind Krishna told members of Congress Monday that IBM would no longer offer the technology, citing the potential for racial profiling and human rights abuse. In a letter, Krishna also called for police reforms aimed at increasing scrutiny and accountability for misconduct. “We believe now is the time to begin a national dialogue on whether and how facial recognition technology should be employed by domestic law enforcement agencies,” wrote Krishna, the first non-white CEO in the company’s 109-year history. IBM has been scaling back the technology’s use since last year. Krishna’s letter comes amid public protest over the killing of George Floyd by a police officer and police treatment of black communities. But IBM’s withdrawal may do little to stem the use of facial recognition, as a number of companies supply the technology to police and governments around the world. “While this is a great statement, it won’t really change police access to #FaceRecognition,” tweeted Clare Garvie, a researcher at Georgetown University's Center on Privacy and Technology who studies police use of the technology. She noted that she had not so far come across any IBM contracts to supply facial recognition to police. According to a report from the Georgetown center, by 2016 photos of half of American adults were in a database that police could search using facial recognition. Adoption has likely swelled since then. A recent report from Grand View Research predicts the market will grow at an annual rate of 14.5 percent between 2020 and 2027, fueled by “rising adoption of the technology by the law enforcement sector.” The Department of Homeland Security said in February that it has used facial recognition on more than 43.7 million people in the US, primarily to check the identity of people boarding flights and cruises and crossing borders. Other tech companies are scaling back their use of the technology. Google in 2018 said it would not offer a facial recognition service; last year, CEO Sundar Pichai, indicated support for a temporary ban on the technology. Microsoft opposes such a ban, but said last year that it wouldn’t sell the tech to one California law enforcement agency because of ethical concerns. Axon, which makes police body cameras, said in June 2019 that it wouldn’t add facial recognition to them. But some players, including NEC, Idemia, and Thales, are quietly shipping the tech to US police departments. The startup Clearview offers a service to police that makes use of millions of faces scraped from the web. The technology apparently helped police hunt down a man accused of assaulting protesters in Montgomery County, Maryland. At the same time, public unease over the technology has prompted several cities, including San Francisco, Oakland, and Cambridge, Massachusetts, to ban use of facial recognition by government agencies. Officials in Boston are considering a ban; supporters point to the potential for police to surveil protesters. Amid the protests following Floyd’s killing “the conversation we’re having today about face surveillance is all the more urgent,” Kade Crockford, director of the Technology for Liberty program at the ACLU of Massachusetts, said at a press conference Tuesday. Timnit Gebru, a Google researcher who has played an important role in revealing the technology’s shortcomings, said during an event on Monday that facial recognition has been used to identify black protesters, and argued that it should be banned. “Even perfect facial recognition can be misused,” Gebru said. “I’m a black woman living in the US who has dealt with serious consequences of racism. Facial recognition is being used against the black community.”

사생활이 사라지진 않았으나 안면 감시 기술이 그렇게 할 수 있다고 인권운동가 케이드 크록포드는 말합니다. 이 놀라운 강연에서 케이드는 급속히 퍼지고 있는 이 기술이 -- 몰래 사람들을 추적하는 오류투성이의 안면 인식 데이터베이스를 활용한 -- 어떻게 우리의 기본권을 위협하는지를 개괄적으로 설명합니다. 정부가 이것을 사용하지 못하게 하려면 어떻게 해야 하는지 더 늦기 전에 들어보세요.

A privacidade não morreu, mas a tecnologia de vigilância facial pode matá-la, afirma a defensora de direitos civis Kade Crockford. Em uma palestra conscientizadora, Kade explica os motivos assustadores pelos quais essa tecnologia invasiva - movida por bases de dados muitas vezes falhos que rastreiam pessoas sem que elas saibam - representa ameaças sem precedentes para seus direitos fundamentais. Saiba o que pode ser feito para banir o uso da vigilância facial pelo governo antes que seja tarde demais.

La vie privée n'est pas morte, mais les technologies de surveillance faciale pourraient la tuer, soutient Kade Crockford, qui défend les droits civils. Dans cette intervention révélatrice, Kade expose les raisons saisissantes pour lesquelles cette technologie invasive -- reposant sur des bases de données de reconnaissance faciale souvent imparfaites qui pistent les gens sans qu'ils en aient connaissance -- présente des menaces sans précédent pour vos droits fondamentaux. Découvrez ce qui peut être fait pour interdire son utilisation par le gouvernement avant qu'il ne soit trop tard.

Privacy isn't dead, but face surveillance technology might kill it, says civil rights advocate Kade Crockford. In an eye-opening talk, Kade outlines the startling reasons why this invasive technology -- powered by often-flawed facial recognition databases that track people without their knowledge -- poses unprecedented threats to your fundamental rights. Learn what can be done to ban government use before it's too late.

Privacy isn't dead, but face surveillance technology might kill it, says civil rights advocate Kade Crockford. In an eye-opening talk, Kade outlines the startling reasons why this invasive technology -- powered by often-flawed facial recognition databases that track people without their knowledge -- poses unprecedented threats to your fundamental rights. Learn what can be done to ban government use before it's too late.

La privacidad no ha muerto, pero la vigilancia facial podría matarla, dice la defensora de los derechos humanos Kade Crockford. En una charla reveladora, Kade describe las alarmantes razones por las que esta invasiva tecnología (impulsada por bases de datos de reconocimiento facial a menudo defectuosas que siguen a la gente sin su conocimiento) supone una amenaza sin precedentes a tus derechos fundamentales. Aprende qué puede hacerse para prohibir su uso al gobierno antes de que sea demasiado tarde.

Privacy isn't dead, but face surveillance technology might kill it, says civil rights advocate Kade Crockford. In an eye-opening talk, Kade outlines the startling reasons why this invasive technology -- powered by often-flawed facial recognition databases that track people without their knowledge -- poses unprecedented threats to your fundamental rights. Learn what can be done to ban government use before it's too late.

Privacy isn't dead, but face surveillance technology might kill it, says civil rights advocate Kade Crockford. In an eye-opening talk, Kade outlines the startling reasons why this invasive technology -- powered by often-flawed facial recognition databases that track people without their knowledge -- poses unprecedented threats to your fundamental rights. Learn what can be done to ban government use before it's too late.

Today on Boston Public Radio: Arnie Anderson, political analyst and host of WNHN’s “The Attitude,” discussed Monday’s Iowa caucus, and what the debacle might indicate for next Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary.  We opened our lines to talk with callers about your impressions of the Iowa caucus.  Carol Rose and Kade Crockford from the Massachusetts ACLU discussed their efforts to block facial recognition technology in the Bay State.  NBC Sports Boston reporter Trenni Kusnierek recapped Super Bowl LIV, from the the game itself to Tom Brady’s “special announcement” Hulu ad. Food writer Corby Kummer discussed the 40,000 pounds of food waste at Super Bowl LIV, and the FDA’s recent approval of a drug to lessen the effects of peanut allergies.  We re-opened our lines to discuss the massive construction project soon to be underway at South Station.  CNN’s John King discussed criticisms of Monday night’s Iowa caucus, and President’s Trump’s forthcoming State of the Union address.  Ari Barbanell and Paul English, co-founders of Winter Walk Boston, discussed their program’s mission of fighting local homelessness ahead of their fourth annual walk on Sunday.

Surveillance technology is slowly encroaching on every part of our lives. With regulation at the federal level slow to materialize, local governments are taking action. Since this episode first ran in July, more American cities in California, Massachusetts, and Maine passed local laws to ban the use of facial recognition technology by police and other government agencies. Is local advocacy our best bet for keeping the surveillance state at bay? Kade Crockford, director of the Technology for Liberty Program at the ACLU of Massachusetts, discusses a growing local movement to protect privacy.

To celebrate the launch of our Kickstarter, we're bringing you seven new interviews with seven mystery guests in seven days! Today's guest is Kade Crockford, director of the Technology for Liberty Program at the ACLU of Massachusetts. In this episode, Kade tells us all about facial recognition, surveillance, and the terrifying implications of technological developments in the criminal justice system. We hope you enjoy this episode. If you want to help us expand and improve Current Affairs, please consider donating to our Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/804992239/help-current-affairs-expand-in-2020 This episode was edited by Dan Thorn of Pink Noise Studios in Somerville, MA.

This week, a conversation about privacy, ethics, and organizing in the world of technology.Who benefits from the lack of diversity in the tech industry? Does artificial intelligence reflect the biases of those who create it? How can we push for regulation and transparency?  These are some of the questions discussed by our guests, Meredith Whittaker, co-founder of AI Now at NYU and the founder of Google’s Open Research Institute; and Kade Crockford, Director of the ACLU Massachusetts’ Technology and Liberty Program. They appeared at the Sydney Goldstein Theater in San Francisco on June 7, 2019.

Surveillance technology is slowly encroaching on every part of our lives. With regulation at the federal level slow to materialize, local governments are taking action. Two American cities — San Francisco, Calif. and Somerville, Mass. — recently passed local laws to ban the use of facial recognition technology by police and other government agencies. Is local advocacy our best bet for keeping the surveillance state at bay? Kade Crockford, director of the Technology for Liberty Program at the ACLU of Massachusetts, discusses a growing local movement to protect privacy.

Today on Boston Public Radio: We opened up the lines and asked listeners about the controversy over the U.S. Women's Soccer Team celebrating its high-scoring win against Thailand. Is criticism of the team sexism in action? Trenni Kusnierek, reporter and anchor at NBC Sports Boston, weighed in on that and other sports headlines. Kade Crockford, director of the Technology for Liberty Program at the ACLU of Massachusetts,** **talked about the launch of the ACLU’s campaign to regulate facial recognition technology. Lawyer Ruth Greenberg, the head of the compassionate release pop-up clinic at Boston University, discussed why the state's Department of Corrections is failing to grant more terminally-ill prisoners compassionate release. Legendary actor Ed Asner of "Up" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" shared his new play, "God Help Us." John King, CNN's Chief National Correspondent and host of "Inside Politics," updated us on the latest national news. It's the 80th anniversary of "The Wizard Of Oz." Joining us with his reflections was Ryan Landry: playwright, lyricist, actor and founder of the Gold Dust Orphans theatrical company.

In this episode, we explore power. Specifically, how the deeply-rooted (and often subtle) structures of power in our society inform the ways in which we develop autonom-ish systems.

This week, Roqayah and Kumars talk surveillance and repression with first-time guest Kade Crockford, director of the ACLU Massachusetts Technology for Liberty program, as well as returning guest Freddy Martinez, a hacker, activist, and director of the transparency and digital rights organization Lucy Parsons Labs. Freddy fills everyone in on the circumstances surrounding his arrest at a far-right rally in Berkeley called “No to Marxism,” after which his name and mugshot were tweeted out by the Berkeley Police Department as part of what emails obtained by Lucy Parsons Labs show was a deliberate social media strategy to punish him and other leftist organizers. Kade and Freddy touch on the historical role of surveillance in the repression of radical organizing, particularly in marginalized communities, before detailing the current landscape and latest developments in the expansion of surveillance by local, state, and federal police forces. We learn about the Preventing Emerging Threats Act and leaks showing FISA is being used to spy on journalists. The gang ends with a discussion of the longstanding, mostly unspoken alliance between law enforcement and the far-right, going beyond overlaps in membership to consider the ways state power and the supposed right-wing fringe collaborate against their common left enemy. Follow Kade on Twitter @onekade and Freddy @b_meson. Check out Freddy’s write-up of the leaked Berkeley PD emails on the Lucy Parsons Labs blog, and keep up with Kade’s work on the ACLU Massachusetts’s blog Privacy Matters. A transcript for this episode will be provided upon request. Please send an email to deleteuracct @ gmail to get a copy sent to you when it is completed. If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, subscribe on our Patreon page for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes. We can't do this show without your support!!!

Sentinel Radio summer vacation has begun. We’ll be back on Aug. 27. Until then, enjoy some old interviews. For today, we revisit an interview from April, just after the anniversary of the Boston Marathon Bombings. We talked to the ACLU’s Kade Crockford about lingering doubts around the official story about the bombings, and what role the FBI may have played behind the scenes. Broadcasted from Washington, DC Music courtesy of Adam Fligsten (adamfligsten.com/) Contribute to our Patreon, and you’ll get to see the show recorded live: www.patreon.com/DistrictSentinel/ www.districtsentinel.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/DistrictSentinel/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/TheDCSentinel

On the latest SentinelCast (for subscribers)... -The Fifth Anniversary of the Boston Marathon Bombing is Sunday. We look at the sketchiness suggesting Tamerlan Tsarnaev was an FBI informant, with Kade Crockford from the ACLU of Massachusetts. -Still no criminal indictment for Rick Snyder after his policies led to the mass poisoning of Flint. But the Governor is up for a #GarbageCan sentence this week. To listen to the full episode, subscribe at Patreon.com/DistrictSentinel Thank you for support Smash retweet button districtsentinel.com Facebook: facebook.com/DistrictSentinel Twitter: twitter.com/TheDCSentinel

Perhaps nothing has more defined the monstrosity of Donald Trump than his racist demonization and targeting of immigrants from Mexico, Muslim-majority countries, and those nations he deems "shitholes." But what's seldom reported is that one of the key mechanisms the administration has used to target immigrants was rolled out under Barack Obama. It's called Secure Communities, and it's the culmination of decades of policy-making and politicking that have intertwined the US systems of mass incarceration and immigrant enforcement — facilitating the growth of both. To fight both mass deportation and mass incarceration, localities and states must move beyond what's currently defined as sanctuary, as a new report by Kade Crockford from the Century Foundation and ACLU of Massachusetts argues: tcf.org/content/report/beyond-sanctuary. Also: Check out Dan's essay on Trump's proposal to execute drug dealers: slate.com/technology/2018/03/trumps-call-to-execute-drug-dealers-is-a-natural-progression-of-american-policy.html. And thanks to Verso Books. Check out the FREE e-book Where Freedom Starts: Sex Power Violence #MeToo versobooks.com/blogs/3635-where-freedom-starts-sex-power-violence-metoo and also Duty Free Art: Art in the Age of Planetary Civil War by Hito Steyerl versobooks.com/books/2553-duty-free-art.

Conversation with Kade Crockford the Director of the Technology for Liberty Program at the ACLU of Massachusetts. Kade ensures privacy and civil liberties law keeps pace with new technologies, with a focus on how systems of surveillance and control impact not just the society in general but their primary targets—people of color, Muslims, immigrants, and dissidents.   [EP-EN-41]

Adam Reilly talks to Kade Crockford, director of the technology for liberty program at the ACLU, about the Boston Police Department's push to monitor social media

(Bloomberg) -- George Newhouse, a partner at Dentons, and Kade Crockford, Director of the technology for liberty program at the ACLU of Massachusetts, discuss a new plan by the Boston Police Department to use software to comb social media sites in order to help prevent crime. They speak with Greg Stohr and June Grasso on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg Law."

(Bloomberg) -- George Newhouse, a partner at Dentons, and Kade Crockford, Director of the technology for liberty program at the ACLU of Massachusetts, discuss a new plan by the Boston Police Department to use software to comb social media sites in order to help prevent crime. They speak with Greg Stohr and June Grasso on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg Law." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

There has been a lot of talk about what legal troubles might follow Clinton into the White House. But how about Trump? His business practices came under fire from labor regulators last week. And his likely-Attorney General might find himself threatened with the slammer soon. More on that soon.Plus, James Comey’s FBI just keeps embarrassing itself. But it's important to remember that the bureau has a long history of embarrassments even before Mr. Comey showed up--and after he did, too. The ACLU’s Kade Crockford joins us to explain.Finally, if you think Public Relations fluff online is unbearable, then I’ve got some bad news for you. According to a survey,the lobbying industry thinks that the future is meme-able. We’ll explain in our People’s Bulletin.

There has been a lot of talk about what legal troubles might follow Clinton into the White House. But how about Trump? His business practices came under fire from labor regulators last week. And his likely-Attorney General might find himself threatened with the slammer soon. More on that soon.Plus, James Comey’s FBI just keeps embarrassing itself. But it's important to remember that the bureau has a long history of embarrassments even before Mr. Comey showed up--and after he did, too. The ACLU’s Kade Crockford joins us to explain.Finally, if you think Public Relations fluff online is unbearable, then I’ve got some bad news for you. According to a survey,the lobbying industry thinks that the future is meme-able. We’ll explain in our People’s Bulletin.

Following last week’s attack on Nice, France, the two Sam’s highlight some particularly awful comments made by Newt Gingrich, a guy once considered to be Donald Trump’s VP pick.Also, the ACLU’s Kade Crockford joins in to breakdown a crucial federal court ruling that could limit how police use cell phone surveillance technology.And later, author and activist David Swanson takes on the legality of President Obama’s war against the Islamic State, and what the American people have learned about 9/11 following the release of a classified annex from the official Congressional report on the attacks.

Following last week’s attack on Nice, France, the two Sam’s highlight some particularly awful comments made by Newt Gingrich, a guy once considered to be Donald Trump’s VP pick.Also, the ACLU’s Kade Crockford joins in to breakdown a crucial federal court ruling that could limit how police use cell phone surveillance technology.And later, author and activist David Swanson takes on the legality of President Obama’s war against the Islamic State, and what the American people have learned about 9/11 following the release of a classified annex from the official Congressional report on the attacks.

In 2013, the ACLU of Massachusetts set out to get a snapshot of student privacy policies in diverse communities statewide. Almost across the board, schools told students they had “no expectation of privacy” on school networks, using school email, or on school devices. The Supreme Court has said students don’t shed their constitutional rights at […]

We speak about the increasing militarization of police forces throughout the US. Armed with military equipment including assault rifles and tanks and trained by the military, the police force is treating our streets like a war zone and responding with excessive force to events, particularly when people of color are involved. Our guests, Carl Williams and Kade Crockford, from the Massachusetts American Civil Liberties Union have been studying this trend and the lack of transparency and accountability around it. We will talk about the problems and also what we can do in our communities to de-escalate the situation. For more information, visit ClearingtheFOGRadio.org.

Kevin Gosztola of Firedoglake.com and Rania Khalek, who publishes the "Dispatches from the Underclass" blog, interview Kade Crockford, a director for the Technology for Liberty Project of the ACLU of Massachusetts. We discuss what is known about how all levels of government in the United States use surveillance capabilities or tools to target activists as if they are terrorists. Following the interview portion of the podcast, Khalek and I discuss Sodastream and Scarlett Johansson and a couple of very disturbing cases where cavity searches by police allegedly occurred. Then, I read from some transcripts of court proceedings in the 'NATO 3,' giving listeners a flavor for what it has been like to be in the courtroom doing coverage.