Kevin Bankston
Kevin Bankston | |
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| Born | Kevin Stuart Bankston July 2, 1974 |
| Education | University of Texas, Austin(BA) University of Southern California(JD) |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Kevin Stuart Bankston[1](born July 2, 1974)[2]is an Americanactivist[citation needed]andattorney,who specialized in the areas of free speech andprivacy law.[3]He is currently Privacy Policy Director atFacebook,where he leads policy work on AI and emerging technologies.[4]He was formerly the director of theOpen Technology Institute(OTI) at theNew America FoundationinWashington, D.C.[5]
Education[edit]
Bankston earned a BA at theUniversity of Texas at Austin.In 2001 he completed a Juris Doctor at theUniversity of Southern California.[6]
Career[edit]
In his early career Bankston served, from 2001 until 2002,[7]as a JusticeWilliam J. BrennanFirst Amendment Fellow for theAmerican Civil Liberties Union(ACLU) inNew York City.At the ACLU he litigated Internet-related free speech cases.[6]
He then joined theElectronic Frontier Foundationin 2003 as anEqual Justice Works/Bruce J. Ennis Fellow.[7]From 2003 until 2005 he studied the impact anti-terrorism-relatedsurveillanceinitiatives had on online privacy and free speech after9/11.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 theNational Security Agency(NSA) andAT&Twhere 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 theCenter for Democracy & Technology(CDT) in Washington, D.C. in early 2012. As senior counsel and the director of theFree Expression Policy Project[8]he advocated a variety of internet and technology policy issues at theNonprofit organization.[9]In November 2013 he spoke before theSenate Committee on the Judiciary,Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Lawon 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[edit]
- Since 2005 he serves on the board of theFirst Amendment Coalition,a non-profit public interest organization[9]
- He was a nonresidential fellow at theStanford Law School’sCenter for Internet & Society[9]
Publications[edit]
- The Washington Post,Opinions: The books, films andJohn Oliverepisodes that explain encryption (March 25, 2016)[11]
- Just Security: It’s Time to End the "Debate" on EncryptionBackdoors(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 afterEdward Snowden,the real costs of NSA surveillance (Co-author with Danielle Kehl)[15]
- While working for EFF, Bankston wrote dozens of articles for "DeeplinksBlog "[16]
References[edit]
- ^"Kevin Stuart Bankston #217026 - Attorney Licensee Search".
- ^United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (California, 2005-2008)
- ^abBertino, Nic (2007-10-19)."Social Justice Monday Event:" Social Justice and Cyber Liberties "".law.scu.edu.Retrieved2017-11-15.
- ^"Facebook hires critic Kevin Bankston to head its privacy policies".Silicon Valley Business Journal.Retrieved2020-01-10.
- ^ab"First Amendment Coalition Board of Directors – 2017".firstamendmentcoalition.org.Retrieved2017-11-15.
- ^abc"Bios"(PDF).ftc.gov.Retrieved2017-11-15.
- ^ab"Equal Justice Works Fellowships".equaljusticeworks.org.Retrieved2017-11-15.
- ^ab"Noted Attorney Kevin Bankston To Head CDT Free Expression Team".cdt.org. 2011-12-19.Retrieved2017-11-15.
- ^abc"Kevin Bankston Director, Open Technology Institute".newamerica.org.Retrieved2017-11-15.
- ^Bankston, Kevin (2013-11-13)."Statement of Kevin S. Bankston"(PDF).cdt.org.Retrieved2017-11-15.
- ^Bankston, Kevin (2016-03-25)."The books, films and John Oliver episodes that explain encryption".washingtonpost.Retrieved2017-11-15.
- ^Bankston, Kevin (2015-07-07)."It's Time to End the" Debate "on Encryption Backdoors".justsecurity.org.Retrieved2017-11-15.
- ^Bankston, Kevin (2017-06-14)."Ending The Endless Crypto Debate".lawfareblog.Retrieved2017-11-15.
- ^Bankston, Kevin (2003-10-30)."EFF Analysis of the Security and Freedom Ensured Act (S. 1709)".eff.org.Retrieved2017-11-15.
- ^Bankston, Kevin; Kehl, Danielle (2014-06-04)."A year after Snowden, the real costs of NSA surveillance".edition.cnn.Retrieved2017-11-15.
- ^"Declaration of EFF Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston".eff.org. 2006-01-05.Retrieved2017-11-15.