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Humboldt County

Pressure to Say No to A.I.?

Tell us what happened.

A.I. access can support communication, work, care, and culture.

If you need A.I. to be gainfully employed, this matters.

Are you afraid to speak out and risk losing everything?

Are you a small business facing pressure?

Reportable experiences

  • Demands to employ only certain kinds of people
  • Threats or intimidation
  • Blocked A.I. access
  • Bullying at work, at school, or in cultural spaces.
Report Your Experience Learn About Your Rights

What happened?

Has this happened to you?

Have you been harassed for using A.I. as a disability aid?

Have you received death threats because of your use of A.I. as assistive technology?

Have you been denied employment or access to a public entity because you use A.I. as assistive technology?

Has anyone demanded money from you because of your A.I. use, disability access needs, or creative work?

Make a Report

Begin with the report form. Humboldt Includes will reply before the next step of sharing evidence or witness statements.

Open Report Form Prepare Evidence

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Before You Report

Save anything that shows what happened.

What Happens Next

  • First reply. After you contact Humboldt Includes, you will receive a reply.
  • Evidence later. After that reply, you may submit evidence or witness statements for the ongoing investigation.
  • Name safety. You may ask that your name not be disclosed for safety, prevention of retaliation, or other reasons.
  • Green A.I. Consider committing to support Green A.I. so assistive technology can advance inclusion and sustainability.

Disability rights in Humboldt County

You May Be Protected by Law

When A.I. functions as assistive technology, exclusion or harassment may become a disability-access issue. Whether a specific event violates the law depends on the facts.

ADA

Under the ADA, A.I. is not protected just because it is A.I. It becomes an ADA access issue when a disabled person's use of A.I. is connected to equal access, effective communication, reasonable accommodation, reasonable modification, independence, or equal participation in a business, public service, workplace, program, or community activity.

Learn about the ADA

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act

Under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, A.I. is not protected just because it is A.I. It becomes a Section 504 disability-access issue when a qualified disabled person's use of A.I. is connected to equal access, effective communication, reasonable modification, independence, function, services, benefits, or equal participation in a federally funded program, service, school, healthcare setting, agency, or activity.

Learn about Section 504

Assistive Technology Act

A.I. is not protected just because it is A.I. It becomes an assistive-technology issue when the person's disability-related use is connected to access, independence, function, communication, or equal participation.

Learn about assistive technology

California Unruh Civil Rights Act

Under the California Unruh Civil Rights Act, A.I. is not protected just because it is A.I. It becomes a civil-rights access issue when a disabled person uses A.I. for communication, independence, services, or equal participation in a California business or public-facing service.

Learn about the Unruh Act

California Attorney General Business Complaint

For local business concerns involving disability-access discrimination, denial, restriction, harassment, or retaliation related to assistive technology, auxiliary aids, effective communication, or reasonable modification.

File a business complaint

Some Conduct Can Become Criminal

Threats, violence, intimidation, or criminal acts motivated by disability bias may be investigated as hate crimes depending on the facts, evidence, and intent.

California DOJ Hate Crimes Information