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Online-Only Vaccine Distribution Will Leave Too Many Behind

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Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItShare ItIn the first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, a location data broker called Veraset offered officials in Washington, DC full access to its proprietary database of “highly sensitive” , collected from cell phones, for the entire DC metro area.The officials accepted the offer, according to ...Vaccine mandates are becoming increasingly urgent from public health officials and various governments. As they roll out, we must protect users of vaccine passports and those who do not want to use—or cannot use—a digitally scannable means to prove vaccination. We cannot let the tools used to fight for public...This post was updated on 6/29/21 to more accurately describe how New York is running its voluntary vaccine passport programThe State of California recently released what it calls a “.” It is part of that state’s of...The U.S. is distributing more vaccines and . Returning to regular means of activity and movement has become the main focus for many Americans who want to travel or see family. An increasingly common proposal to get there is digital proof-of-vaccination,...We're excited to have yet another "At Home with the EFF" event coming up this , with panels making sense of all the online censorship issues emerging this year. From the takedown of Parler to Trump getting banned, we'll offer an insider look on how censorship decisions...Location tracking apps. Spyware to enforce quarantine. Immunity passports. Throughout 2020, governments around the world deployed invasive surveillance technologies to contain the COVID-19 outbreak.But heavy-handed tactics like these , precisely when trust is needed most. They also invade our privacy and...In a year that saw every facet of online life reshaped the coronavirus pandemic, online content moderation and platform censorship were no exception. After a successful to encourage large platforms to adopt best practices and endorse the , 2020...A COVID vaccine has been approved and . With them have come proposals of ways to prove you have been vaccinated, based on the presumption that vaccination renders a person immune and unable to spread the virus. The latter is ...Today California joined dozens of other states and countries in launching its COVID-19 exposure notification app, CA Notify, built on API. Google and Apple’s API is already used in , as well as countries , ...New York State lawmakers unanimously passed legislation (/) to protect New Yorkers cooperating with contact tracing efforts from having their data used against them in court proceedings or administrative hearings. Once enacted, the law will also ban police and immigration authorities from serving as contact tracers or otherwise...Share It

Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItShare ItIn the first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, a location data broker called Veraset offered officials in Washington, DC full access to its proprietary database of “highly sensitive” , collected from cell phones, for the entire DC metro area.The officials accepted the offer, according to ...Vaccine mandates are becoming increasingly urgent from public health officials and various governments. As they roll out, we must protect users of vaccine passports and those who do not want to use—or cannot use—a...

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Jason Kelley is a Digital Strategist on EFF’s Activism Team. Before joining EFF, Jason managed marketing strategy and content for a software company that helps non-programmers learn to code, and advertising and marketing analytics for a student loan startup. Jason received his BA in English and Philosophy from Kent State University and an M.F.A. in creative writing from The University of the South.

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