Michael Brennan - @michaelbrennan.bsky.social
@brennan_mike
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Supporting people and organizations building a more equitable internet. Views expressed are my own. Also on bsky/mast/threads
Philadelphia / New York
Joined August 2010
JOB ALERT! My term at @FordFoundation ends this year and we are hiring a new Program Officer to join the Technology & Society team. Experience in technical disciplines (cybersecurity/AI/comp sci) a plus. Applications are rolling - apply soon!
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Funding opportunity! The Spyware Accountability Initiative is giving grants to civil society orgs fighting spyware abuse. Learn more + apply by June 13th at #SpywareAccountability #Funding.
stopspyware.fund
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RT @BedoyaFTC: Why you should care about what’s happening to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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RT @conservancy: We've launched our annual fundraiser today! Thanks to our matchers, large and small for contributing to a $204,887 match c….
sfconservancy.org
The 2024 Software Freedom Conservancy match fundraiser launches today with an historic $204,887 match total! That means for every dollar you donate before January 15th 2025, our generous individual...
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RT @EFF: Getting Signal up and running on your phone only takes a couple minutes. If you've already got it set up, take a minute to help yo….
ssd.eff.org
Download location: Google Play Store, Apple App Store System requirements: Android 5 or later, iOS 13 or later Version used in this guide: Android: 7.38.6 iPhone: 7.5.1 License: GPLv3 Level: Beginner...
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RT @citizenlab: 🔈💼 WE’RE HIRING: The Citizen Lab is seeking a highly motivated Systems and Security Administrator. We are looking for a net….
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RT @e3i5: What messaging app is used to run your country?. 🇬🇧 WhatsApp.🇫🇷 🇰🇷 Telegram.🇦🇺 Signal . I'm going to start keeping track of what….
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JOB ALERT! Work with @ShobitaP and her amazing team at the Science, Technology and Policy Program at the University of Michigan. 1-year term for a Research Analyst. Great opportunity in particular for folks who are just finishing a graduate degree.
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RT @outreachy: Dear Outreachy December 2024 applicants. This chat starts in less than 30 minutes. It promises t….
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RT @congressfellows: 🚨 FINAL DAY TO APPLY 🚨. This is it – your last chance to join our January 2025 Congressional Innovation Fellowship!….
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RT @AmnestyTech: 🚨Apple has sent another round of notifications to iPhone users to inform them that they are being targeted by "mercenary s….
securitylab.amnesty.org
What are the Apple threat notifications and how you can protect yourself
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Applications due July 8th!.
We are announcing a new Global #Fellowship Programme on #AI & Market Power! . It will award fellowships of up to $70,000 to individual investigators/researchers or interdisciplinary teams of up to 3 with complementary skills. Read more and apply by 8/07:
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Joine @DAIRInstitute on Monday @ 11am ET to learn about the DATA WORKERS INQUIRY - a collaboration between researchers and the workers that essential to AI and yet face precarious employment and harm. RSVP:
data-workers.org
Data Workers' Inquiry
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RT @random_walker: New AI Snake Oil essay: AI scaling myths.Scaling will run out. The question is when. Full essay: .
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RT @random_walker: 📢 Timely tech policy job opportunity: work with Princeton SPIA-DC and faculty at Princeton CITP and across the universit….
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RT @DonnchaC: In case you missed it: Interview with Nikole Yanez on her experience using technology to support marginalised people and righ….
securitylab.amnesty.org
Interview with Nikole Yanez, a computer scientist by training, and a human rights defender from Honduras. She is passionate about feminism, the impact of the internet and protecting activists.
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Announcing 15 grants at the intersection of Climate Justice & Digital Rights! So proud of the funders and practitioners that worked so hard to make this happen.
insidephilanthropy.com
Backed by the Ford Foundation and a number of other philanthropies, the Green Screen Catalyst Fund is resourcing global efforts at the intersection of two fields that funders do not often support in...
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RT @AmnestyTech: “I was attacked by Pegasus spyware a total of 14 times. Women and LGBTI people understand very well what being oppressed….
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RT @random_walker: The crappiness of the Humane AI Pin reported here is a great example of the underappreciated capability-reliability dist….
theverge.com
AI gadgets might be great. But not today, and not this one.
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RT @AmnestyTech: 🚨Apple has sent threat notifications to iPhone users in 92 countries informing them they "are being targeted by a mercenar….
securitylab.amnesty.org
What are the Apple threat notifications and how you can protect yourself
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