LGBT+ Communities and digital rights.
summary
Panel documents concrete risks: an algorithmic playlist profiling paper shows sexual orientation can be inferred with over 90% accuracy, libraries’ mandatory filters block LGBT and even health searches, and the US repeals don't ask don't tell in 2011 after roughly 1 million LGBT veterans are identified in survey estimates. Governments and companies use browser histories, domain blocking, and exported surveillance tools to out, coerce or censor; grassroots trainings and encrypted tools help but do not fully prevent de‑anonymization.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction to the panel
- 6:29Framing digital rights
- 10:25Military and privacy case
- 20:49Activism and digital risks
- 34:24Technology and human agency
- 42:41Q&A and closing remarks
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