Jamela Debelak

California Privacy Protection Agency logo. “California has consistently demonstrated that it is possible to support innovation while providing consumers with critical privacy protections and current federal efforts to block common sense state laws erode consumer safety and trust. These proposals would rob millions of Californians of rights they already enjoy, leaving consumers vulnerable during a time of rapid technological change. We cannot afford to press pause on privacy.” - Tom Kemp Executive Director, California Privacy Protection Agency

CalPrivacy opposes two federal efforts to block key state-level artificial intelligence protections. Halting state oversight would create a governance gap and strip Californians of existing rights in a time of uncharted growth of AI. More: cppa.ca.gov/announcement...

60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article) Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.

"Our job wasn’t to engage in fact-finding investigations; our job was to find the facts that would fit the narrative that the administration already had."

This is the whole administration - well beyond just DOJ. And accountings like this are invaluable in the long run.

Krassenstein (@krassenstein) BREAKING: Jeffrey Epstein survivors just released this incredibly touching Public Service Announcement. Make it go viral! Trump is so disgusting for covering us up.

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I know the hot topic is that Trump is in the Epstein emails but this is just a reminder that A LOT of powerful men are - and I want the full reckoning - the fathers and the grandfathers, the Democrats and the Republicans, the “nice guys” and the villains. No loyalties or excuses from these parts.

Men do not “have sex with underage girls” they rape them. Language matters. Children CANNOT consent

No love for the OTHER historic victory of the day I see

This is giving me Sassy sadness all over again.

Vote YES on Prop 50 in California

"monitor" read with big fucking quote marks

Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Changes Course and Will Demolish Entire East Wing https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/22/us/trump-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

metaphor alert

the president has destroyed the east wing of the white house without so much as a word of input from anyone else to build a royal ballroom paid for with bribes

Great news! Governor Newsom has signed The CA Opt Me Out Act (AB 566, Lowenthal). This bill, sponsored by the CPPA, will make it easier for Californians to protect their privacy by requiring browsers to offer opt-out preference signals. It goes into effect Jan. 1, 2027.

No Good Art Comes From Greed | Defector The packages arrived square and thin and carefully wrapped on Saturday afternoon. There were three of them, but only one was mine. If I could have rejected my package, sent it back from whence it came...

"The Life of a Showgirl is made of Shein quality rip-offs of other people’s songs that are constructed shoddily and sold in ginormous quantities. Art takes time and care. This is profit. It’s content." -- Chef's kiss. Also, calling something "content" really is the ultimate diss of these times.

California: Tweet at Governor Newsom to Get A.B. 566 Signed Into Law We need your help to make a common-sense bill into California law. A.B. 566 intends to make it easy by directing browsers to give all their users the option to tell companies they don’t want personal

AB 566 will make it easy for Californians to tell companies what they want done with their data. @governor.ca.gov needs to sign it into law and you can help us push him into action. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

No moaning about the teachers and definitely no nudes! How to survive the school WhatsApp group With the new school year starting next week, parents’ WhatsApp groups are pinging back into action. Here are the rules you must follow to avoid disaster

If parents everywhere would please share this article on their social media then maybe the message will get to the people that need it. Grade level and school wide WhatsApp groups are not Google. Please and thank you.

YouTube video by California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) Obstacles | Visit privacy.ca.gov

@calprivacy.bsky.social privacy videos popping up in theaters around CA now. Look for us before Nicole Kidman 😉

Raw milkers asking “what if we boil it.” 🤣

This 1 New Instagram Feature Is A Privacy Nightmare. Here's What You Need To Consider Before You Activate It. Sharing this information can be fun, but experts warn it's also a gift to stalkers.

Sharing your location is a personal choice, “but when you do it through a platform owned by Meta, you should understand that information will also be used to target you with ads” & could be demanded by the government, EFF’s @mariotrujillo.bsky.social told @huffpost.com.

Many people in power are not offering an honest assessment of where we are politically in this country because that assessment would call on them to do things they simply refuse to do. That's where we are right now.

Privacy Field Guide Opt-out Preference Signals An OOPS is a browser tool that tells businesses not to sell or share your personal information, so you don't have to do it with each website you visit.

Heard of an OOPS?
It’s not a mistake, it's a game-changer.
An Opt-out Preference Signal is a browser tool that says:
“Hey websites, don’t sell or share my info!”
One click = more privacy.
No need to opt-out on every site.
Learn more at privacy.ca.gov

Image of state capitol. Opt me Out Act Advances Out of California Senate Judiciary Committee. AB 566 would require browsers to support opt-out preference signals. CPPA lock logo.

AB 566 just passed the Senate Judiciary Committee! Next stop: Senate Appropriations. This CPPA-sponsored bill makes it easier to tell websites: Do not sell or share my personal data.

Learn more: privacy.ca.gov/2025/06/why-...

increasingly obvious that congressional dems have seized on the "distraction" thing because it provides them with an excuse for doing nothing about any concrete issue and instead complaining about some general principle that they think plays well in focus groups

Our unofficial crowdsourced estimate of yesterday’s protest turnout is rising to 4.2-7 million as we gather more data. At this point potentially the second-largest single day of protest in U.S. history! www.gelliottmorris.com/p/no-kings-d...

Senate reconciliation bill text tweaks state AI regulation ban The Senate Commerce Committee would block some funding from states that want to regulate the technology. Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of lawmakers have said any moratorium should be dropped altogethe...

the latest AI regulation moratorium proposal asks your state legislature to decide between no broadband funding (an equity issue) or not regulating AI (an equity issue) www.route-fifty.com/artificial-i...

A reason im not moved by the “don’t give the trump administration the pretext they’re looking for” is that we would not dare say that about any anti-authoritarian protest movement in literally any other country

Real Housewives for the terminally online 🍿

Opinion | Anthropic C.E.O.: Don’t Let A.I. Companies off the Hook

The AI moratorium may be big but it is not beautiful.

“we don’t rely on hope in other vital sectors, and we shouldn’t have to rely on it here, either”

The California Opt Me Out Act (AB 566) will make it easier for consumers to control their personal information ⬇️

NY Times mayoral race section with two leading articles on Andrew Cuomo

Double Cuomo coverage @nytimes.com ? Say you endorse a corrupt serial sexual harasser without saying you endorse a corrupt serial sexual harasser