He is the policy director at Data & Society, an independent research institute that studies the social implications of data-centric technologies, where he leads the organization’s advocacy on AI governance. With a background in movement advocacy and legislative and regulatory engagement, he has worked extensively on issues of economic justice and social equity. Prior to joining D&S, he was a labor attorney at the National Employment Law Project, where he led campaigns to support worker power over digital labor platforms. In that role, he was recognized as a 2022 New York City Labor Leader. Prior to that, he worked at the Policing Project, leading programs to promote democratic accountability in policing, including community oversight of the adoption and use of police technologies.
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