Public commenter urges Berkeley to treat tech accountability as community process
Summary
Blair Beechman, a remote commenter, congratulated the incoming mayor and urged Berkeley to adopt community-driven tech accountability and open public policies around surveillance and data collection.
Blair Beechman, who identified himself during the meeting as someone who works on tech accountability and open public policies, used the public-comment portion of the Dec. 10 special meeting to congratulate the new mayor and press for community involvement in technology and surveillance oversight. "I'm really hopeful in what the new mayor can be working towards and accomplishing," Beechman said. "I hope we can really set a course to really understand that tech accountability is a process of community participation."
Beechman described the work of tech accountability as "an awesome process" that benefits from broad community input rather than being limited to specialized groups. He closed by noting he was calling in from Vietnam and thanked the council for the opportunity to speak.
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