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Co-authored with Cynthia Conti-Cook and published by the Surveillance Resistance Lab, this report examines the technologies, institutions, and incentives driving digital ID expansion and outlines urgent demands needed to protect human dignity.

Published in Tech Policy Press, this piece shows how Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani can make New York a model for people-centered technology by resisting surveillance and investing in affordability, dignity, and justice.

Co-authored with Cynthia Conti-Cook and Pratika Katiyar and published in User Mag, this piece unpacks how age verification laws serve Big Tech profits and political theater while undermining rights for everyone online.

Published by the Surveillance Resistance Lab, these resources include a live state-by-state status tracker, actionable organizing strategies, and a rights-based framework outlining key demands to resist digital ID systems.

Published in Tech Policy Press, this piece explains how budget loopholes and cybersecurity authorities enabled the rise of DOGE’s parent agency, the U.S. Digital Service. It outlines how Congress could defund DOGE to reclaim oversight.

Published in Artificial Intelligence in the City: Building Civic Engagement and Public Trust, this essay proposes how policies related to AI and data governance can support the restoration of rights and accountability for harms, drawing from restorative justice principles.

Published by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center Technology and Public Purpose Project, this report examines risks posed by “smart city” technologies and offers 10 calls to action to protect and promote democracy.

Published by the Harvard Kennedy School, this piece provides practical tools for identifying surveillance infrastructure in your city—and shows how communities can influence oversight through public records and advocacy.

Published by the Harvard Kennedy School, this critical analysis examines gaps in local surveillance oversight laws across the U.S. It identifies loopholes and enforcement challenges and offers recommendations for building more accountable and equitable frameworks.

Co-authored with Liz Sisson and published by the Harvard Kennedy School, this piece challenges investors and governments to prioritize public purpose in “smart city” procurement and warns against treating cities as testing grounds for extractive technologies built on surveillance and data capture.