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Mar Diez

Mar Diez

Cybersecurity & Privacy Legal Counsel at Appian; digital rights and LGBT advocate; co-founder of Espacio Seguro LGBTQIA+ Burgos.

Jun 26, 2026

19:52
Mar, what kinds of privacy and safety issues are you seeing in your work?
19:57
Thank you for the lovely introduction and the question.
20:01
Just before jumping into what I am able to see in my role specifically, I was having many thoughts hearing Callie explaining how Cessna and Foster changed the internet forever.
20:12
Preparing today for the webinar, I was reading this article named Reframing Online Safety, a Neo-Evolutionist Agenda and the Digital Surveillance of Sex Workers by Athena Mikaela.
20:25
And in her research, she has this quote, as of June 2021, report by the US Government Accountability Office found that between 2018 and 2020, federal prosecutors had only invoked SESTA and FOSTA once.
20:41
which race seriously doubts about its effectiveness.
20:44
Like we had this law that changed liability forever and unfortunately is just helping governments and platforms censor women, but it's literally not even used.

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44:42
So I'm going to head to you, Mark, for your tips.

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