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Kate Ruane @kateruane.bsky.social · 19h

Are people wearing inflatable frog costumes doing the Cha Cha Slide as part of protests outside of ICE detention centers in Portland "domestic terrorists"? Of course not.
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What “Domestic Terrorism” and Non-Citizen Speech Have in Common

The Fight Must Continuestic-terrorism">The Common Thread Between Non-Citizen Speech and “Domestic Terrorism”hor">A Victory for Non-Citizen Speech ation to people in the United States through coercion,...

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Isabel Linzer @isabelalinzer.bsky.social · 21h

Incredible reporting www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

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Isabel Linzer @isabelalinzer.bsky.social · 6d

Whether the people in the comments on these posts understand they are viewing AI is one thing, but what about the people who casually scroll past and don't look for a watermark or notice a telltale glitch? Passive consumption is an underappreciated risk IMO gizmodo.com/fake-protest...

Fake Protest Videos Are the Latest AI Slop to Go Viral in MAGA World

Trump supporters are doubling down on AI sadism.

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Isabel Linzer @isabelalinzer.bsky.social · 6d

"That is what this war teaches us: Even suffering has a hierarchy, and even survival has a rank... The hierarchy determines how we speak, what we share and how we live with one another. I want people outside Gaza to understand these details." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opinion | The Gaza I Once Knew Is Gone

After two years of war, one Gazan tells of what was lost.

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Isabel Linzer @isabelalinzer.bsky.social · 11d

Nate's piece feels especially essential this week. The US forced return of Iranians just days before we marked the anniversary of Khashoggi's assassination invites some heavy reflection on the progress that has been made, how far there remains to go, and the humanity at stake

Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 11d

I wanted to share some of the sources and inspirations for my new @jodemocracy.bsky.social essay this week on transnational repression. Like with anything, there are citations but then there's also stuff that doesn't make it into the piece

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The Golden Age of Transnational Repression | Journal of Democracy

Authoritarian regimes are targeting exiles and diaspora communities in more places than ever before. Activists, journalists, and regular people living abroad must watch their backs…

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Isabel Linzer @isabelalinzer.bsky.social · 14d

Returning 400 people to Iran.. this is mass refoulement, forced return. The US is facilitating Tehran's campaign of transnational repression www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/w...

U.S. Deports Planeload of Iranians After Deal With Tehran, Officials Say

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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 15d

As immigration agents have escalated their tactics, US citizens, many of them Latino men, have been stopped and in some cases taken into custody by law enforcement officers. Allison, Jenny and I took a closer look at the encounters. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...

‘I’m From Here!’: U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump’s Dragnet

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Konstantinos Komaitis PhD @kkomaitis.bsky.social · 22d

My latest for @techpolicypress.bsky.social The internet is under a quiet coup. Surveillance tech once for dictators is now global, sold to governments. Democracies are complicit, civil society is shrinking. Will we defend an open internet—or let it vanish?
www.techpolicy.press/the-internet...

The Internet Coup Is Here. And the World Is Still Asleep | TechPolicy.Press

At UNGA 80, the world’s leaders have a chance to prove that they understand what is at stake, writes Konstantinos Komaitis.

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Dhanaraj Thakur @thakurdhanaraj.bsky.social · 27d

Happy to announce our call for applications for the @cdt.org Non-Resident Fellows program (2026-27). You can find more information here: cdt.org/about/fellows/

Applications are due by October 6, 2025.

CDT's Non-Resident Fellows

These are the people that make up CDT's Fellows – and we're incredibly grateful to have them help inform our work. Take a minute and get to know them.

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Alex Dukalskis @alexdukalskis.bsky.social · Sep 15

Author copies for

Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics

by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social arrived today!

If you re-post this by Sept 30 we'll put you in a drawing & send the winner a free signed copy anywhere they happen to be on the planet.

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Center for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org · Sep 4

CDT Fellow @isabelalinzer.bsky.social joins Haverford College to discuss new research & pressing questions on democracy + tech—and what it means to build an impactful career in this space.
Tues, Sept 9 | 4:30–5:30 p.m. ET

"From Deepfakes to Influencers: Understanding Democracy in the Digital Age" with Isabel Linzer

Join the Libraries for a talk by Isabel Linzer, Elections and Democracy Fellow at the Center for Democracy & Technology.

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DeathNerd Killer @daphnek.bsky.social · Sep 2

Ahead of tomorrow's hearing on European "censorship" of Americans under the Digital Services Act, I have a new blog post explaining why that is not a thing.

You can get the gist in about two minutes of skimming the bold text, or stay for the details.

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A Primer on Cross-Border Speech Regulation and the EU’s Digital Services Act

Some U.S. politicians have recently characterized European platform and social media regulation laws as “censorship” of speech in the U.S. If this claim were true, it would be a very big deal. As some...

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Center for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org · Aug 28

📢 Save the date! #FOSO2025 is back Oct 28–29. This year we’ll explore how government “jawboning” & other pressures threaten free speech—online, in universities, media, & beyond—and what new legal protections can do to push back. cdt.org/event/the-fu...

The Future of Speech Online 2025: The Age of Constitutional Evasion: Jawboning and Other Forms of Government Pressure to Control Private Speech

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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · Aug 28

trump/rubio decide us will *not* participate in the human rights council universal periodic review. this is what major human rights violators do (tho many still come). it's extremely self-defeating, tho of course the UPR will still go forward.

one important point i want to emphasize.

US withdraws from key UN human rights report, draws criticism from rights advocates

The United States will not participate in a U.N. review of its human rights record, officials said, a move that rights advocates called a worrying retreat from Washington's global engagement on rights and justice issues.

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Isabel Linzer @isabelalinzer.bsky.social · Aug 27

Fixed it 4 u

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Center for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org · Aug 21

CDT’s @isabelalinzer.bsky.social explores when political speech by influencers becomes something more — raising urgent questions about transparency, regulation, & information integrity. A must-read for anyone tracking the evolving implications of speech ^ election integrity. cdt.org/insights/thi...

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Isabel Linzer @isabelalinzer.bsky.social · Aug 27

A banger from @taylorlorenz.bsky.social, filling in detail about the shady political influencer economy. Lots worthwhile in here, but especially jaw-dropping to see examples of contractually forbidding influencers from disclosing their working relationships www.wired.com/story/dark-m...

A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers

An initiative aimed at boosting Democrats online offers influencers up to $8,000 a month to push the party line. All they have to do is keep it secret—and agree to restrictions on their content.

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Isabel Linzer @isabelalinzer.bsky.social · Aug 25

For no reason at all, reupping my thread about the recent global history of extraterritorial borders, deporting or exiling people to third countries, and where that leads...

Isabel Linzer @isabelalinzer.bsky.social · May 5

When you externalize borders (separate territory and reach of the law) and remove birthright citizenship (separate legal personhood and territory), you say that say that physical territory does not define the state, but the person does.

Isabel Linzer @isabelalinzer.bsky.social · Aug 25

As @rickhasen.bsky.social wrote last week, it's not the time to move from state-run elections to a centralized, national administration www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/o...

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Isabel Linzer @isabelalinzer.bsky.social · Aug 25

Really worrying reporting that states have to make a choice between (A) forgoing crucial election security support and (B) opening the door to unwanted federal control
www.npr.org/2025/08/22/n...

DHS to states: Follow our voting rules or lose out on election security money

The Trump administration has tied new requirements to election security grants. Some states told NPR they're passing on the grants as a result.

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Center for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org · Aug 21

CDT's ‪@kateruane.bsky.social‬: “The State Department’s announcement should send a chill down the spine of every American. No one should feel the government breathing down their neck when they post about politics or social issues online."

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Trump administration is reviewing all 55 million foreigners with US visas for any violations

The Trump administration says it’s reviewing more than 55 million foreigners who have valid U.S. visas for any violations that could lead to deportation.

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Isabel Linzer @isabelalinzer.bsky.social · Aug 21

I'm really excited about the work we're doing on this topic. More TK soon👀

Center for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org · Aug 21

CDT’s @isabelalinzer.bsky.social explores when political speech by influencers becomes something more — raising urgent questions about transparency, regulation, & information integrity. A must-read for anyone tracking the evolving implications of speech ^ election integrity. cdt.org/insights/thi...

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Dhanaraj Thakur @thakurdhanaraj.bsky.social · Jul 21

How do social media content moderation systems work for low-resource and indigenous languages of the Global South/Majority World?
Please join us on August 7!

#contentmoderation #LLMs #AI #NLP #languages

Center for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org · Jul 16

Most content moderation systems weren’t built with the Global South in mind. CDT’s new research shows how they fail in Tamil, Kiswahili, Quechua & more.

Join our Aug 7 webinar for findings, recommendations, and global voices on language equity in tech.

Interrogating content moderation systems in indigenous and low-resource languages of the Global South.

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mahsa alimardani @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social · Jul 28

Read this piece where we explore the serious implications of synthetic media in conflict -especially when it begins to further destabilise an already fragile information ecosystem like Iran’s, amid wartime conditions where access to truth can mean the difference between life and death.

Sam Gregory @samgregory.bsky.social · Jul 28

Glad to collaborate with @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social on this exploration of AI war propaganda in the Israel-Iran war and the gaps growing in our capability to detect and respond carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

Iran-Israel AI War Propaganda Is a Warning to the World

The war signaled critical challenges in the growing gap between the sophistication of AI deception and analysts’ ability to detect it, heralding a frightening new phase in global conflict.

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