[Athen] New report & webinar Oct 20: Challenging the Use of Algorithm-driven Decision-making in Benefits Determinations Affecting People with Disabilities

[Lydia X. Z. Brown]

Hi everyone,

I hope you are doing as well as possible. As you may know, the Center for
Democracy & Technology is now home to a new project focused on disability
rights and algorithmic bias, fairness, and justice.

On October 20, CDT will publish a new report, Challenging the Use of
Algorithm-driven Decision-making in Benefits Determinations Affecting
People with Disabilities, which analyzes the various litigation strategies
for challenging AI used to cut public benefits. Join us for a presentation
on October 20 at 1:00pm ET of the report’s key findings
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/challenging-use-of-ai-in-public-benefits-determinations-cdt-report-release-registration-124432361543>,
followed by a panel discussion with litigators and benefits recipients
about how states’ increasing turn to automatic is affecting disabled
people’s rights. The panel will discuss how advocates have challenged these
harms inside the courtroom and through other advocacy strategies.

We will be providing ASL interpretation and CART captioning.

Sincerely,

Lydia

*Lydia X. Z. Brown, Esq.* | Policy Counsel, Privacy & Data Project
Pronouns: they/them/theirs/themself, or no pronouns
Center for Democracy & Technology |* cdt.org <https://cdt.org/>*
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