David Greene
@davidgreene.bsky.social
@EFF's Senior Counsel, 1st Amdt prof @ USF, ex-SFSU. NOT any of the other David Greenes, like the ex-NPR host, the ex-UGA QB, or the 1 who directed Grease. Posts r mine only, so hands off.
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The strange obsession with Blackstone, a monarchist who hated the colonists and their fight for independence, has long been a focus of mine.
Jefferson said that Blackstone did now harm than the armies of Bonaparte!
Jefferson said that Blackstone did now harm than the armies of Bonaparte!
Starting here. No serious scholar of the common law's history would even think to approach the law in this way.
Coke
Blackstone
The law was not theirs alone. They were influential, of course, but I'd never suggest they are the end-all, be-all. Coke's opinion was not the only one in Calvin's Case.
Coke
Blackstone
The law was not theirs alone. They were influential, of course, but I'd never suggest they are the end-all, be-all. Coke's opinion was not the only one in Calvin's Case.
January 28, 2026 at 6:50 PM
The strange obsession with Blackstone, a monarchist who hated the colonists and their fight for independence, has long been a focus of mine.
Jefferson said that Blackstone did now harm than the armies of Bonaparte!
Jefferson said that Blackstone did now harm than the armies of Bonaparte!
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We’ve just published the “DSA Human Rights Principles: A Global Perspective” to keep the DSA enforcement rights-respecting and globally informed. They address the Brussels Effect and outline concrete actions to protect fundamental rights across borders.
www.eff.org/issues/princ...
www.eff.org/issues/princ...
Principles for a Human-Rights Centred Application of the DSA: A Global Perspective From the DSA Human Rights Alliance
The EU’s pioneering Digital Services Act (DSA) aims to foster a safer digital space by setting out new responsibilities for online platforms, supporting online expression, and giving users more contro...
www.eff.org
January 28, 2026 at 10:58 AM
We’ve just published the “DSA Human Rights Principles: A Global Perspective” to keep the DSA enforcement rights-respecting and globally informed. They address the Brussels Effect and outline concrete actions to protect fundamental rights across borders.
www.eff.org/issues/princ...
www.eff.org/issues/princ...
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Day after day in Minneapolis, ordinary people have pulled out their phones and documented ICE & Border Patrol's actions, often in the face of threats and tear gas. They showed the world the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. But what happens when the camera is in ICE’s hands? 1/11
January 27, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Day after day in Minneapolis, ordinary people have pulled out their phones and documented ICE & Border Patrol's actions, often in the face of threats and tear gas. They showed the world the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. But what happens when the camera is in ICE’s hands? 1/11
oooh. Expedite this one right to the Oversight Board www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
Meta Is Blocking Links to ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
Users of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.
www.wired.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:41 AM
oooh. Expedite this one right to the Oversight Board www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
Wherein I marvel at the symmetry of TikTok users being told, without proof, that China-owned TikTok was feeding them Chinese propaganda, and now here they are lacking confidence EllisonKushner-owned TikTok is not feeding them US propaganda. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
TikTok users “absolutely justified” for fearing MAGA makeover, experts say
TikTok’s tech issues abound as censorship fears drive users to delete app.
arstechnica.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Wherein I marvel at the symmetry of TikTok users being told, without proof, that China-owned TikTok was feeding them Chinese propaganda, and now here they are lacking confidence EllisonKushner-owned TikTok is not feeding them US propaganda. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
"But in this situation, it is the government itself that is misusing technology and propagating harmful falsehoods. This doesn't require new laws; the government can and should put an end to this practice on its own."
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Beware: Government Using Image Manipulation for Propaganda
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem last week posted a photo of the arrest of Nekima Levy Armstrong, one of three activists who had entered a St. Paul, Minn. church to confront a pastor who a...
www.eff.org
January 27, 2026 at 10:48 PM
"But in this situation, it is the government itself that is misusing technology and propagating harmful falsehoods. This doesn't require new laws; the government can and should put an end to this practice on its own."
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Tom Homan needs more training
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Story: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 27, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Tom Homan needs more training
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It’s a good time for you to read up on the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border—especially all of the different types of technologies spying on residents and travelers there.
@eff.org spent so much time assembling these printable zines in English and Spanish documenting the tech we’ve seen.
@eff.org spent so much time assembling these printable zines in English and Spanish documenting the tech we’ve seen.
Surveillance Technology at the U.S.-Mexico Border: An EFF Zine
Learn how to spot surveillance at the border.As surveillance technology becomes ubiquitous along the U.S.-Mexico border, the equipment is still sometimes unknown or invisible to even the activists, hu...
www.eff.org
January 27, 2026 at 1:58 PM
It’s a good time for you to read up on the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border—especially all of the different types of technologies spying on residents and travelers there.
@eff.org spent so much time assembling these printable zines in English and Spanish documenting the tech we’ve seen.
@eff.org spent so much time assembling these printable zines in English and Spanish documenting the tech we’ve seen.
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Proud to see @eff.org make a clear statement on ICE and CBP, as befits an organization dedicated to standing up for human rights. And the team's work in defending digital privacy has never been more vital than it is right now. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
EFF Statement on ICE and CBP Violence
Dangerously unchecked surveillance and rights violations have been a throughline of the Department of Homeland Security since the agency’s creation in the wake of the September 11th attacks. In partic...
www.eff.org
January 27, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Proud to see @eff.org make a clear statement on ICE and CBP, as befits an organization dedicated to standing up for human rights. And the team's work in defending digital privacy has never been more vital than it is right now. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
"We join with many others in saying that Congress must vote to reject any further funding of ICE and CBP this week. But that is not enough." www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
EFF Statement on ICE and CBP Violence
In the past year, ICE and CBP have descended into utter lawlessness, repeatedly refusing to exercise or submit to the democratic accountability required by the Constitution and our system of laws. The...
www.eff.org
January 27, 2026 at 6:28 PM
"We join with many others in saying that Congress must vote to reject any further funding of ICE and CBP this week. But that is not enough." www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Nice to come home to this @tomtomorrow.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Nice to come home to this @tomtomorrow.bsky.social
And here's more! www.leighday.co.uk/news/press-r...
January 27, 2026 at 12:26 AM
And here's more! www.leighday.co.uk/news/press-r...
I said this
Whatever TikTok’s problem was over the weekend,“When Trump said he ‘would save TikTok,’ we explained that that meant he would arrange to have it sold to someone beholden to him, or otherwise willing to do his bidding,” EFF’s @davidgreene.bsky.social told @NBCNews.com. www.nbcnews.com/tech/intern...
TikTok blames power outage for widespread glitches that many users say are censorship
Users experienced technical glitches over the weekend, and some said they believed their posts were being censored because of political content.
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:20 AM
I said this
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The tone of the description of the murderous event is seemingly more of a problem than the murderous event itself.
This is what happens when you have government-by-meme-and-shitpost
This is what happens when you have government-by-meme-and-shitpost
Ted Cruz: "What I think the administration could do better is the tone with which they're describing this. Immediately when an incident like this happens, they come out guns blazing that 'we took out a violent terrorist. Hooray."
January 26, 2026 at 9:34 PM
The tone of the description of the murderous event is seemingly more of a problem than the murderous event itself.
This is what happens when you have government-by-meme-and-shitpost
This is what happens when you have government-by-meme-and-shitpost
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In "Privacy's Defender," @eff.org Director Cindy Cohn chronicles her career protecting our right to digital privacy through 3 key legal battles, weaving her story with the history of Crypto Wars, FBI gag orders, and the post-9/11 surveillance state.
Out March 10th: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205124...
Out March 10th: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205124...
January 26, 2026 at 2:16 PM
In "Privacy's Defender," @eff.org Director Cindy Cohn chronicles her career protecting our right to digital privacy through 3 key legal battles, weaving her story with the history of Crypto Wars, FBI gag orders, and the post-9/11 surveillance state.
Out March 10th: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205124...
Out March 10th: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205124...
That's not what doxxing means.
This Administration seemingly sees some value in the privacy of governmental officials--even their names and faces are secret!!-while showing no regard at all for the real and actual privacy rights of its people (the non-governmental ones).
This Administration seemingly sees some value in the privacy of governmental officials--even their names and faces are secret!!-while showing no regard at all for the real and actual privacy rights of its people (the non-governmental ones).
January 26, 2026 at 8:24 PM
That's not what doxxing means.
This Administration seemingly sees some value in the privacy of governmental officials--even their names and faces are secret!!-while showing no regard at all for the real and actual privacy rights of its people (the non-governmental ones).
This Administration seemingly sees some value in the privacy of governmental officials--even their names and faces are secret!!-while showing no regard at all for the real and actual privacy rights of its people (the non-governmental ones).
Unsealing court records is a powerful tool of democracy. It's especially important in our current times. & it's a right that every person has-though the press often act as surrogates for the public at large. So thank you to CIR and The Intercept and the Boston Globe and the NYT for stepping up here.
NEW: Mother Jones and other outlets fought to unseal documents that show that the Trump administration targeted students for Pro-Palestinian speech. We won.
Documents prove the Trump administration arrested students for criticizing Israel
Newly unsealed court records illustrate how the US government specifically targeted students for pro-Palestine speech.
www.motherjones.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Unsealing court records is a powerful tool of democracy. It's especially important in our current times. & it's a right that every person has-though the press often act as surrogates for the public at large. So thank you to CIR and The Intercept and the Boston Globe and the NYT for stepping up here.
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NEW: Mother Jones and other outlets fought to unseal documents that show that the Trump administration targeted students for Pro-Palestinian speech. We won.
Documents prove the Trump administration arrested students for criticizing Israel
Newly unsealed court records illustrate how the US government specifically targeted students for pro-Palestine speech.
www.motherjones.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:13 PM
NEW: Mother Jones and other outlets fought to unseal documents that show that the Trump administration targeted students for Pro-Palestinian speech. We won.
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Apropos of the TikTok news last week, I have a piece coming out abt how the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the ban-or-sale law belongs in the First Amendment anticanon. It's not just wrong, but so wrong we should hold it up as an exceptional symbol of wrongness.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
TikTok v. Garland and the First Amendment Anticanon
<p><span>This essay argues that last term’s decision in <i>TikTok v. Garland</i>, which unanimously upheld the federal law that sought to ban TikTok in the Unit
papers.ssrn.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Apropos of the TikTok news last week, I have a piece coming out abt how the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the ban-or-sale law belongs in the First Amendment anticanon. It's not just wrong, but so wrong we should hold it up as an exceptional symbol of wrongness.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Has any member of this administration explained how they define "peaceful protests"? Has any journalist asked them? Is any physical gathering acceptable? Or only courteous social media exchanges or oh-so-civil cocktail party conversation with those you disagree with but intellectually respect?
January 25, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Has any member of this administration explained how they define "peaceful protests"? Has any journalist asked them? Is any physical gathering acceptable? Or only courteous social media exchanges or oh-so-civil cocktail party conversation with those you disagree with but intellectually respect?
I’m a free expression advocate, so I am not advocating regulation. But there should really be a strong social norm against describing iCE as “untrained” or otherwise implying that training will help anything or that they have not been trained specifically to terrorize.
January 25, 2026 at 12:08 AM
I’m a free expression advocate, so I am not advocating regulation. But there should really be a strong social norm against describing iCE as “untrained” or otherwise implying that training will help anything or that they have not been trained specifically to terrorize.
Dubs, I want to see you all out in the streets
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — NBA postpones Warriors-Timberwolves game at the Target Center 'to prioritize the safety and security' of the community.
January 24, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Dubs, I want to see you all out in the streets
Now hear me out: would be pretty cool if they and others had their own global tournament and called it the Nobel World Cup
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
bit.ly
January 24, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Now hear me out: would be pretty cool if they and others had their own global tournament and called it the Nobel World Cup