Emily advocates for free expression and user rights by pushing back on government overreach. At Automattic she's a Legal Consigliere and manages legal process, intellectual property escalations, and policy analysis. When away from her computer, you'll find her curled in a bookstore with a hot coffee (or a cold coffee, if it's summer).
Our latest Transparency Report is out, covering July 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023. As in past reports, you’ll find information about the types and volumes of government requests that we received across Automattic’s services. Since 2013, we have published bi-annual Transparency Reports providing the public with robust insights into the types of complaints, takedown […]
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There are certain parts of the internet where Star Trek and adult content overlap harmoniously in expected ways, but Tumblr was recently a platform where that overlap was remarkably unexpected. Our latest entry into Automattic’s Hall of Shame tells the story of a Star Trek starship, an overambitious copyright monitoring company, one off-base DMCA (Digital […]
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