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Jillian York

Berlin, Germany
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Covers:  surveillance, technology policy, middle east and north africa, free speech, technology, privacy, cybersecurity, free expression
Writer, activist. Work @EFF, visiting prof @COE_Natolin, views all my own. 🇵🇸

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Jillian York’s Biography

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Jillian C. York is Director for International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Her work is at the intersection of technology and policy, with a focus on the Arab world. She is a frequent public speaker and has written for a variety of publications, including the New York Times, Al Jazeera, the Atlantic, the Guardian, Foreign Policy, and CNN. With Katherine Maher, she has a regular web show, Interrobang‽, hosted on Bloggingheads.tv

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Silencing journalists: An alarming global trend

Silencing journalists: An alarming global trend

In Rabat, Morocco, both cheers and caution: Ali Anouzla, the journalist and charged under terrorism statutes,…

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The surveillance marketplace | openDemocracy

The surveillance marketplace | openDemocracy

In 2006, tech giant Cisco-along with Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo-faced the House Subcommittee on Africa, Glo…

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Untouched by the First Amendment

Untouched by the First Amendment

Jillian C. York, a writer and activist, is the director for international freedom of expression at the Electr…

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EFF and ARTICLE 19 Submission to the European Commission on the DSA Trusted Flagger Guidelines

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By Jillian York
| EFF
EFF and ARTICLE 19 have submitted joint comments to the European Commission on draft guidelines for the Digital Services Act’s trusted flagger mechanism. Having long advocated for a DSA that protects freedom of expression while preserving intermediary liability protections and the prohibition on general monitoring, we welcome the Commission's effort to provide practical guidance on how the trusted flagger system should operate.
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The UK’s New Under-16 Social Media Ban Will Cause More Harm Than It Prevents

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By Jillian York
| Techdirt Verified
Recently, politicians in the UK pushed forward with plans to eviscerate privacy and free speech on the internet by announcing a ban on social media for users under 16 that is set to take effect in Spring 2027. The UK government continues to falsely characterize this policy as a necessary response to growing concerns about online harms for young people. In reality, much like the Online Safety Act, it will cause more harm than it will prevent.
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Automated Moderation Is Here to Stay—Accountability Must Keep Pace

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By Jillian York, Corynne McSherry
| EFF
This post is part 2 in a series about automated content moderation. Read the first post here. When whistleblower Frances Haugen leaked a set of documents from Meta in 2020, among the revelations was a jarring statistic: The company’s algorithms designed to detect terrorist content incorrectly deleted nonviolent Arabic-language content 77 percent of the time, while failing to detect hate speech under the company’s own policies in many instances.
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