Kevin Bankston

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Kevin Bankston
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Born
Kevin Stuart Bankston

(1974-07-02) July 2, 1974 (age 50)
Education University of Texas, Austin (BA)
University of Southern California (JD)
OccupationLawyer

Kevin Stuart Bankston [1] (born July 2, 1974) [2] is an American attorney who specializes 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]

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Education

Bankston earned a B.A. 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]

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  1. ↑ "Kevin Stuart Bankston #217026 - Attorney Licensee Search".
  2. ↑ United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (California, 2005-2008)
  3. 1 2 Bertino, Nic (2007-10-19). "Social Justice Monday Event: "Social Justice and Cyber Liberties"". law.scu.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  4. ↑ "Facebook hires critic Kevin Bankston to head its privacy policies". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  5. 1 2 "First Amendment Coalition Board of Directors – 2017". firstamendmentcoalition.org. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  6. 1 2 3 "Bios" (PDF). ftc.gov. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  7. 1 2 "Equal Justice Works Fellowships". equaljusticeworks.org. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  8. 1 2 "Noted Attorney Kevin Bankston To Head CDT Free Expression Team". cdt.org. 2011-12-19. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  9. 1 2 3 "Kevin Bankston Director, Open Technology Institute". newamerica.org. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  10. ↑ Bankston, Kevin (2013-11-13). "Statement of Kevin S. Bankston" (PDF). cdt.org. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  11. ↑ Bankston, Kevin (2016-03-25). "The books, films and John Oliver episodes that explain encryption". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  12. ↑ Bankston, Kevin (2015-07-07). "It's Time to End the "Debate" on Encryption Backdoors". justsecurity.org. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  13. ↑ Bankston, Kevin (2017-06-14). "Ending The Endless Crypto Debate". lawfareblog.com. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  14. ↑ Bankston, Kevin (2003-10-30). "EFF Analysis of the Security and Freedom Ensured Act (S. 1709)". eff.org. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  15. ↑ Bankston, Kevin; Kehl, Danielle (2014-06-04). "A year after Snowden, the real costs of NSA surveillance". CNN. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  16. ↑ "Declaration of EFF Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston". eff.org. 2006-01-05. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
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