John Davisson
@johndavisson.bsky.social
‣ Deputy Director + Director of Enforcement @epic.org
‣ Baltimore native • DC/Ward 5 resident
‣ LEGO • Cycling • O's + Ravens
‣ Baltimore native • DC/Ward 5 resident
‣ LEGO • Cycling • O's + Ravens
Letters sent by @epic.org yesterday calling on the FTC and nine states to investigate and block Meta's plan to add facial recognition to its Ray-Ban smart glasses.
A privacy, safety, and civil liberties disaster in the making—unless enforcers step up.
epic.org/epic-urges-f...
A privacy, safety, and civil liberties disaster in the making—unless enforcers step up.
epic.org/epic-urges-f...
February 14, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Letters sent by @epic.org yesterday calling on the FTC and nine states to investigate and block Meta's plan to add facial recognition to its Ray-Ban smart glasses.
A privacy, safety, and civil liberties disaster in the making—unless enforcers step up.
epic.org/epic-urges-f...
A privacy, safety, and civil liberties disaster in the making—unless enforcers step up.
epic.org/epic-urges-f...
Biblically accurate Olympic cauldron
February 6, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Biblically accurate Olympic cauldron
Two sad, fallen Lime scooters glowing beneath the ice
January 26, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Two sad, fallen Lime scooters glowing beneath the ice
Many noncitizens are still required by law to register with the Selective Service. On top of the obvious safety and privacy threats that disclosing their data to DHS/ICE would pose, it would also heighten distrust and drive down registration rates. www.sss.gov/wp-content/u...
December 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Many noncitizens are still required by law to register with the Selective Service. On top of the obvious safety and privacy threats that disclosing their data to DHS/ICE would pose, it would also heighten distrust and drive down registration rates. www.sss.gov/wp-content/u...
Looks like the Selective Service is planning to disclose (or already disclosing) personal data to unspecified agencies regarding 'potential violation[s]' of law—which in the present context may well include sending immigrants' records to DHS/ICE: public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23111.pdf
December 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Looks like the Selective Service is planning to disclose (or already disclosing) personal data to unspecified agencies regarding 'potential violation[s]' of law—which in the present context may well include sending immigrants' records to DHS/ICE: public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23111.pdf
Meanwhile, in the 1903 World Series: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1903_Wo...
November 2, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Meanwhile, in the 1903 World Series: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1903_Wo...
DC folks—anyone recognize this dog? Found her wandering yesterday in North Michigan Park (8th & Buchanan NE). Small, white, and has a brown left ear. Very friendly, but no collar.
We're taking care of her for now and will get her checked for a chip tomorrow. Hoping to find her owner soon!
We're taking care of her for now and will get her checked for a chip tomorrow. Hoping to find her owner soon!
September 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
DC folks—anyone recognize this dog? Found her wandering yesterday in North Michigan Park (8th & Buchanan NE). Small, white, and has a brown left ear. Very friendly, but no collar.
We're taking care of her for now and will get her checked for a chip tomorrow. Hoping to find her owner soon!
We're taking care of her for now and will get her checked for a chip tomorrow. Hoping to find her owner soon!
Signs are looking good this morning!
September 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Signs are looking good this morning!
The Ferguson commission loves to insinuate that doing rulemaking and unfairness enforcement are somehow an intrusion on Congress's power, but they're right there in the damn statute! Not using those tools to protect consumers is flouting what Congress told you to do.
September 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The Ferguson commission loves to insinuate that doing rulemaking and unfairness enforcement are somehow an intrusion on Congress's power, but they're right there in the damn statute! Not using those tools to protect consumers is flouting what Congress told you to do.
Ooh I hope it's good
September 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Ooh I hope it's good
Anyway, here's the process for recalling the mayor in DC. code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/counci...
September 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Anyway, here's the process for recalling the mayor in DC. code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/counci...
The Trump administration, not content to hollow out federal protections for consumers, is seeking comment on what state laws should be detonated under the false pretense of serving "interstate commerce" (translation: bottomless corporate greed). public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-15604.pdf
August 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The Trump administration, not content to hollow out federal protections for consumers, is seeking comment on what state laws should be detonated under the false pretense of serving "interstate commerce" (translation: bottomless corporate greed). public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-15604.pdf
Bowser should resign in disgrace and flee the District if this is the best she can muster in response to a militarized authoritarian takeover of the city she nominally leads.
August 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Bowser should resign in disgrace and flee the District if this is the best she can muster in response to a militarized authoritarian takeover of the city she nominally leads.
These two paragraphs were formulated in a lab to inflict maximal pain on Tolkien-loving privacy advocates. www.wired.com/story/palant...
August 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
These two paragraphs were formulated in a lab to inflict maximal pain on Tolkien-loving privacy advocates. www.wired.com/story/palant...
Hey NYT, you're not actually required to—indeed, shouldn't!—regurgitate the President's transparently made-up reason for doing a thing, particularly when it's refuted by your own reporting.
This is about seizing control; everyone (even you I suspect) gets that. Crime is just the paper thin excuse.
This is about seizing control; everyone (even you I suspect) gets that. Crime is just the paper thin excuse.
August 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Hey NYT, you're not actually required to—indeed, shouldn't!—regurgitate the President's transparently made-up reason for doing a thing, particularly when it's refuted by your own reporting.
This is about seizing control; everyone (even you I suspect) gets that. Crime is just the paper thin excuse.
This is about seizing control; everyone (even you I suspect) gets that. Crime is just the paper thin excuse.
Shoutout to our fig tree, which produces like a boss every year without needing any help from us. Tomatoes, you could learn a thing or two.
August 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Shoutout to our fig tree, which produces like a boss every year without needing any help from us. Tomatoes, you could learn a thing or two.
You absolutely love to see it: "[Commissioner] Slaughter remains a rightful member of the Federal Trade Commission until the expiration of her Senate-confirmed term on September 25, 2029[.]"
Opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
July 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
You absolutely love to see it: "[Commissioner] Slaughter remains a rightful member of the Federal Trade Commission until the expiration of her Senate-confirmed term on September 25, 2029[.]"
Opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"Incorrect, we will not be doing work today."
July 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"Incorrect, we will not be doing work today."
SCOTUS evidently thinks your privacy (and the privacy of hundreds of millions of others) counts for less than the DOGE's urgent need to crowbar into federal databases and funnel all of your information into an illegal Palantir-brand piggybank of personal data.
June 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
SCOTUS evidently thinks your privacy (and the privacy of hundreds of millions of others) counts for less than the DOGE's urgent need to crowbar into federal databases and funnel all of your information into an illegal Palantir-brand piggybank of personal data.
"Mistakenly deported" is a bananas way to describe what happened here, as if the premeditated disappearing of the man to a foreign gulag was all a paperwork mixup.
June 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
"Mistakenly deported" is a bananas way to describe what happened here, as if the premeditated disappearing of the man to a foreign gulag was all a paperwork mixup.