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Cyril Focht

Tennessee District 6

Cyril Focht is running for Tennessee House Representative District 6

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General Election

November 5, 2024

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My Priorities

We need someone who understands technology to be able to write good tech legislation

  • Tech Policy

    Our tech policy focuses on key areas of concern. AI demands accountability to address its potential risks. Social media requires consistent content moderation to protect mental well-being. Data privacy is vital, ensuring transparency and control over personal information. The right to repair defends individual freedoms. Bridging the digital divide through rural broadband ensures equal access to economic opportunities. Our commitment to these principles fosters innovation while safeguarding rights in the digital age.

  • Education

    Public education is one of the most important public resources that a government can provide, and yet the current state of our education system is in shambles. Our schools are struggling to retain qualified teachers amidst poor working conditions, abysmal pay, and arbitrary state mandates that make it harder for teachers to do their jobs. There is nothing more important for us to invest in than our children, and that starts with investing in our teachers so that we can attract high quality educators and retain them with good job security.

  • Government Accountability

    Too many of our elected officials enter politics as a means of getting rich, rather than to serve the people they’re elected to represent. Our current system is designed to serve corporate interests more than its citizens, and we need to change that by putting term limits on elected offices, like congress, and put an end to financial contributions from corporate lobbyists.

  • Queer Rights

    Tennessee has continued to take a spotlight in national news for our hostility toward queer people in our communities. Between state and federal legislation and increasingly hostile attitudes toward them, Tennessee is no longer a safe place for queer people to live. We have to make sure transgender people have secure access to affirming care, and take measures to prevent the growing rate of violent crime toward queer adults and children alike.

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About Cyril Focht

Cyril Focht, an instructor and computer science alumnus of Tennessee Tech, combines his passion for technology with a deep awareness of its potential harms. From witnessing the transformative effects of social media to studying the unintended consequences of software development, Cyril recognized the need to understand the impacts of technology beyond its creation. With a master’s degree in computational media from UC Santa Cruz, Cyril focuses on the use and risks of artificial intelligence. As an educator at Tennessee Tech, he empowers students to think critically about the societal implications of their technological innovations. Cyril’s commitment to service, instilled through his involvement in scouting, drives him to guide the next generation of young people, carrying forward the values he learned growing up.

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Cyril Focht

Cookeville, Tennessee, united States

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