What direction will your digital rights take under Trump and the 119th Congress? Find out about the topics EFF is watching and the effect they might have on you. Join our panel of experts as they discuss surveillance, age verification, and consumer privacy. Learn how you can advocate for your digital rights and the resources available to you with our panel featuring EFF Senior Investigative Researcher Beryl Lipton, EFF Senior Staff Technologist Bill Budington, EFF Legislative Director Lee Tien, and EFF Senior Policy Analyst Joe Mullin.
Digital Rights & the New Administration
Thursday, January 16th
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific - Check Local Time
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About the Speakers
Beryl Lipton (EFF) - Moderator
Beryl Lipton, Senior Investigative Researcher, focuses her work on government transparency, law enforcement surveillance technology, and other uses of technology by government actors. She has extensive experience using Freedom of Information laws and large-scale public records campaigns in her research.
At EFF, Beryl supports the Atlas of Surveillance, The Foilies, The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance, among other projects. She enjoys teaching others about the strengths and limitations of public records laws and discussing the potential and real harms of the surveillance state.
Bill Budington (EFF)
Bill Budington is a longtime activist, cryptography enthusiast, and a Senior Staff Technologist on EFF's Public Interest Technology team. His research has been featured in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, and cited by the U.S. Congress. He is the lead developer of Cover Your Tracks, apkeep, led HTTPS Everywhere from 2015 to 2018, and has contributed to projects like Let's Encrypt and SecureDrop. Bill has spoken at USENIX Enigma (2016), HOPE (2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024), DEF CON (2023), CCC (2017), InfoSec Southwest (2017), ShmooCon (2019, 2020), and other infosec conferences. Bill's primary interest lies in dismantling systems of oppression, building up collaborative alternatives and, to borrow a phrase from Zapatismo, fighting for a 'world in which many worlds fit.' He loves hacker spaces and getting together with other techies to tinker, code, share, and build the technological commons.
Lee Tien (EFF)
Lee Tien is Legislative Director and the Adams Chair for Internet Rights at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Before joining EFF, he was a sole practitioner specializing in Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation. He received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University. After working as a news reporter at the Tacoma News Tribune, he received his law degree from UC Berkeley Law School. He also did graduate work in the Program in Jurisprudence and Social Policy at UC-Berkeley.
Joe Mullin (EFF)
Joe Mullin is a senior policy analyst at EFF, where he works on patents, encryption, platform liability, and free expression online. Before joining EFF, Joe worked as a reporter covering legal affairs for the technology website Ars Technica, and American Lawyer’s magazine group. Earlier in his journalism career, Joe wrote for The Associated Press and The Seattle Times. He has a bachelor's degree in history and a masters in journalism, both from the University of California at Berkeley. Outside of his work at EFF, Joe enjoys trail running and cycling.
