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American activist and attorney
Kevin Stuart Bankston
[1] (born July 2, 1974)
[2] is an American
activist [
citation needed ] and
attorney , who specialized in the areas of free speech and
privacy law .
[3] He is currently Privacy Policy Director at
Facebook , where he leads policy work on AI and emerging technologies.
[4] He was formerly the director of the
Open Technology Institute (OTI) at the
New America Foundation in
Washington, D.C.
[5]
Education
Bankston earned a BA at the
University of Texas at Austin . In 2001 he completed a Juris Doctor at the
University of Southern California .
[6]
Career
In his early career Bankston served, from 2001 until 2002,
[7] as a Justice
William J. Brennan First Amendment Fellow for the
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in
New York City . At the ACLU he litigated Internet-related free speech cases.
[6]
He then joined the
Electronic Frontier Foundation in 2003 as an
Equal Justice Works /Bruce J. Ennis Fellow.
[7] From 2003 until 2005 he studied the impact anti-terrorism-related
surveillance initiatives had on online privacy and free speech after
9/11 . At the EFF he specialized in free speech and privacy law
[3] and later became senior staff attorney.
[8] In the EFF’s lawsuits against the
National Security Agency (NSA) and
AT&T where the lawfulness of the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping program was challenged, Bankston was a lead counsel.
[6]
After working for almost ten years at the EFF Bankston joined the
Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) in Washington, D.C. in early 2012. As senior counsel and the director of the
Free Expression Policy Project
[8] he advocated a variety of internet and technology policy issues at the
Nonprofit organization .
[9] In November 2013 he spoke before the
Senate Committee on the Judiciary ,
Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law on The Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013.
[10]
He later became the director of the Open Technology Institute (OTI) at the New America Foundation in Washington DC.
[5]
Affiliations
Publications
The Washington Post , Opinions: The books, films and
John Oliver episodes that explain encryption (March 25, 2016)
[11]
Just Security: It’s Time to End the "Debate" on Encryption
Backdoors (July 7, 2015)
[12]
Lawfare, encryption: Ending The Endless Crypto Debate: Three Things We Should Be Arguing About Instead of Encryption Backdoors (June 14, 2017)
[13]
Electronic Frontier Foundation: EFF Analysis of the Security and Freedom Ensured Act (S. 1709) (October 30, 2003)
[14]
CNN : A year after
Edward Snowden , the real costs of NSA surveillance (Co-author with Danielle Kehl)
[15]
While working for EFF, Bankston wrote dozens of articles for "
Deeplinks Blog"
[16]
References
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"Kevin Stuart Bankston #217026 - Attorney Licensee Search" .
^ United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (California, 2005-2008)
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b Bertino, Nic (2007-10-19).
"Social Justice Monday Event: "Social Justice and Cyber Liberties" " . law.scu.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-15 .
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"Facebook hires critic Kevin Bankston to head its privacy policies" . Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved 2020-01-10 .
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"First Amendment Coalition Board of Directors – 2017" . firstamendmentcoalition.org. Retrieved 2017-11-15 .
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"Bios" (PDF) . ftc.gov. Retrieved 2017-11-15 .
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"Equal Justice Works Fellowships" . equaljusticeworks.org. Retrieved 2017-11-15 .
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"Noted Attorney Kevin Bankston To Head CDT Free Expression Team" . cdt.org. 2011-12-19. Retrieved 2017-11-15 .
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"Kevin Bankston Director, Open Technology Institute" . newamerica.org. Retrieved 2017-11-15 .
^ Bankston, Kevin (2013-11-13).
"Statement of Kevin S. Bankston" (PDF) . cdt.org. Retrieved 2017-11-15 .
^ Bankston, Kevin (2016-03-25).
"The books, films and John Oliver episodes that explain encryption" . washingtonpost.com . Retrieved 2017-11-15 .
^ Bankston, Kevin (2015-07-07).
"It's Time to End the "Debate" on Encryption Backdoors" . justsecurity.org. Retrieved 2017-11-15 .
^ Bankston, Kevin (2017-06-14).
"Ending The Endless Crypto Debate" . lawfareblog.com. Retrieved 2017-11-15 .
^ Bankston, Kevin (2003-10-30).
"EFF Analysis of the Security and Freedom Ensured Act (S. 1709)" . eff.org. Retrieved 2017-11-15 .
^ Bankston, Kevin; Kehl, Danielle (2014-06-04).
"A year after Snowden, the real costs of NSA surveillance" . edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 2017-11-15 .
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"Declaration of EFF Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston" . eff.org. 2006-01-05. Retrieved 2017-11-15 .