Fight for the Future

We are artists, engineers, activists, and technologists fighting for a future where tech is a force for liberation— not oppression, and we’ve been behind the largest online protests in human history 😎

https://links.fightforthefuture.org/

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2026-07-23 22:41:52 CEST

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Taylor & Travis made the right decision to flip the off switch at their wedding because AI facial recognition tech is DANGEROUS. We're asking them & other artists to pledge against playing at venues using this tech because it exposes many vulnerable fans.
Sign + share the pledge
www.banfacialrecognition.com/venues/

2026-07-06 18:48:25 CEST

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These two episodes can bookend the Internet as we know it. No matter how much you may hate AI, it's important to look behind the scenes at the legal chess game that's happening that threatens free speech & any possibility for a decentralized internet.
https://touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org/why-i-hate-the-anthropic-ban-and-you-should-too/

2026-07-06 18:47:56 CEST

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Last month Anthropic released Fable 5 & Mythos 5 models to the general public. Three days later, the US government used the same argument it used to restrict encryption—classifying these models as dangerous munitions—to cut off Anthropic access to all foreign nationals. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION.
https://www.anthropic.com/news/fable-mythos-access

2026-07-06 18:46:46 CEST

In the early years of the internet, the US government classified encryption software as munitions & heavily regulated it.
That is until @npub1q40…aa27 challenged this law on behalf of a PhD student, resulting in a ruling that established code as speech.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_as_speech

2026-06-30 20:50:55 CEST

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This decision is a big step towards pulling back from mass surveillance of where you are based on where your phone is. The fight isn't close to being over, but this decision shows that we will eventually win ✊🏽

2026-06-30 20:50:22 CEST

🙌🏽 GOOD NEWS: Police around the country have been working to get access to people's precise location through data brokers & other means but the Supreme Court decided your geolocation data is protected by the Fourth Amendment!
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/29/supreme-court-location-data-ruling-00979929

2026-06-17 18:17:49 CEST

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Learn more and take action at BadInternetBills.com

2026-06-17 18:14:42 CEST

We all deserve access to the information we need to make important medical decisions & get the support we need to thrive. Right now our ability to do this online is under serious threat with efforts to repeal or amend the First Amendment of the Internet: Section 230 🤐😬
https://video.nostr.build/7c5d8da87b75ac70553d399ee73a2fc59570419794c03b74493173d229c6b907.mp4

2026-05-26 16:29:23 CEST

https://video.nostr.build/cbb45aba188f4237757671f3ce77cabba5198c0e4ac7eed038b5c800493c8254.mp4
Utah politicians are trying to ban VPNs while continuing to ignore the basics of how the internet they’re trying to regulate actually works. Exactly why we preemptively endorsed any lawsuit filed to hold them accountable.

2026-01-08 02:00:12 CET

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If you're looking for where to start, here’s a resource we're hosting for some friendly neighborhood hackers that includes a pocket zine + full length guide.
We hope it's helpful and we hope you stay safe: www.turnoffyourphone.org

2026-01-08 01:59:19 CET

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For those taking to the streets to document and protest, please continue to keep your digital hygiene a priority as a crucial facet of community safety. There are real ways to offer each other meaningful protection from the panopticon.

2026-01-08 01:58:39 CET

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After a year of streams from LA to Chicago documenting ICE, CBP, and DHS devastating our communities, the truth is clear: every fascist accusation of violence is actually a confession.
And surveillance tech is supercharging fascist violence against immigrants + activists.

2026-01-08 01:57:50 CET

Heartbreaking that Minneapolis legal observer Renee Good died at the hands of ICE. It's clear that there was no threat when they shot her and the claims Trump is making on social media are total bullshit.
Renee could have been any of us.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/live-updates/minneapolis-federal-agents-protesters-clash-portland-avenue/

2025-12-19 20:09:52 CET

New STICKERS just dropped!
https://www.fightforthefuture.org/donate?incentive=47&amount=25&tag=linksPage
Many folks on our team have creative practices and it’s such a gift that Fight has such a supportive environment that many staff interweave those endeavors in with our day to day work. It makes our output—from campaigns to design to social media content—stronger and more personal.
In 2023, our very own Hally Leigh Comics created a “Resist Surveillance Squirrel” design with the team, and since then we’ve added 4 more critter designs to the series. (In addition to creative-types, we also happen to identify with ungovernable animals.) These designs are available together in a sticker pack for the first time, including the newest design “Turn Off Ring Raccoons.”
The sticker pack is free with your $25 donation and comes with 5 high-quality stickers to make your laptop, phone case, or water bottle a bit spicier.
Plus, you’ll be contributing to the very worthy work Fight does to hold Big Tech and politicians accountable and support the communities who need it most.
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2025-12-08 23:13:12 CET

The official pretext for ID check laws is the so-called “pornography epidemic,” a moral panic that right-wing reactionaries blame for everything from falling birth rates to youth depression.
But age-gating laws are about much more than restricting porn- Republican lawmakers are using the infrastructural power of the Internet to build a surveillance & censorship machine.
Read the full paper here:
https://www.techpolicy.press/papers-please-the-republican-plan-to-wall-off-the-internet/

2025-12-03 15:31:36 CET

Day 3 of our week of action against online ID checks 🙌🏽 we’ll be hosting a live panel on LinkedIn today with @nprofile…uxjl and other digital rights experts discussing the threat of online age + ID verification to the internet we love and the tools we can use to fight back.
Join us! FFTF.link/noidchecks
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2025-12-02 16:52:19 CET

It’s Day 2 of our week of action against online ID checks + we need you to make some noise and call your reps letting them know censorship bills like KOSA + Online ID Checks are EXTREMELY unpopular!
Call Now +1 248-331-8665 or use our call tool: www.badinternetbills.com

2025-12-02 16:51:25 CET

NOW: Congress is holding a hearing on 19(!) kids safety bills and several would age-gate/censor the internet, particularly for LGBTQ youth.
Our policy counsel + members of our team are live-streaming analysis and reactions. Join us!
https://www.youtube.com/live/GwAAPmNa_0U?si=L3HLTc_OW7XgWScx

2025-12-01 17:56:40 CET

AMA on Online ID Checks is now live! Where the Redditors at?
Our policy counsel team will be answering questions about the dangers of online ID checks alongside policy experts at @nprofile…uxjl
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1pbdl7q/ama_we_are_digital_and_human_rights_advocates_ask/?rdt=54134

2025-12-01 15:49:19 CET

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Day 1: Week of Action to oppose Online ID Checks.
Creatives, researchers, journalists and extremely online folks- If you had to have your face scanned for every move you make online, how would that impact you?
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#nevent1q…ln3u

2025-11-30 01:52:49 CET

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Not sure how to plug in or wanting some language and resources to do so?
Get the toolkit here 👇https://docs.fightforthefuture.org/s/637497e2-8a61-42aa-82fe-1b847e113ebb

2025-11-30 01:51:56 CET

You shouldn’t have to present your ID, credit card info, or face to be scanned just to access your favorite sites, news, or games yet this is the growing reality for Internet users globally.
We need a firestorm to take down online ID checks for good-- so we planned one. Join us for a week of action!
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2025-11-21 00:54:15 CET

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Too real 🤣

2025-11-21 00:53:27 CET

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Can’t color us surprised smh - awful!

2025-11-21 00:52:22 CET

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LOL

2025-11-21 00:52:05 CET

Amazing win today!
Proud of our colleagues and coalition partners in Oakland for ousting Flock, an invasive surveillance company, and blocking a $2 million dollar contract with the city.
Excited to see this is happening across the country!
https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/11/19/oakland-rejects-flock-safety-cameras-surveillance/
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2025-11-19 01:35:26 CET

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has drawn the ire of Democrats for years—but without it, decentralized mass protest would be near-impossible!
https://forgeorganizing.org/article/how-the-first-amendment-of-the-internet-underpins-modern-activist-movements/

2025-11-05 15:25:31 CET

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These findings come at a time of unparalleled financial privacy loss in the era of Palantir + a supercharged surveillance state under fascism.
In the words of Campaigns + Communications director Lia Holland of @nprofile…w93p : "We need Signal for money, and we need it yesterday.”
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2025-11-05 15:17:26 CET

We helped the UC Berkeley Cybersecurity Clinic to organize risk assessments for mutual aid groups.
Now, here’s the report with digital security recs for orgs + for projects that want to build mutual aid tools:
https://cltc.berkeley.edu/publication/securing-mutual-aid-cybersecurity-practices-and-design-principles-for-financial-technology/

2025-10-31 18:14:09 CET

“Fight for the Future specifically highlights Flock's involvement in releasing surveillance footage to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which has been escalating raids and deportation operations under the direction of the Trump administration. Flock has also provided data to law enforcement to assist in investigating people traveling out of state seeking abortion medical care. “
https://www.cnet.com/home/security/digital-rights-group-tells-amazon-ring-owners-to-turn-off-cameras-this-halloween/

2025-10-30 21:13:22 CET

NO RING FOR ICE 🎃
If you’re headed out trick or treating, you could also educate neighbors with Ring doorbells using our door tag!
https://www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/ring-equals-ice/
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2025-10-30 19:54:38 CET

‼️ ICYMI: Amazon Ring announced a partnership with the notorious surveillance tech company Flock, which was recently exposed for secretly sharing camera data w/ ICE & law enforcement investigating people who travel for abortion care.
It’s an act of solidarity with our vulnerable neighbors to ditch Ring altogether but for now, please spread the word and cut those cameras OFF
spread the word: fftf.link/RingEqualsICE
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2025-10-28 22:36:42 CET

TEACH-IN alert 🛠️!! Tomorrow at 7ET we’re joining Step Up Louisiana , Sassi South
& other NOLA community voices united in the fight against racist tech to discuss what it means to build safe communities that reject the lie of surveillance = safety.
RSVP👉http://fftf.link/nola
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2025-10-16 22:05:41 CEST

With the spread of mandatory online ID checks, this is only going to get worse!
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/wisconsin-wants-to-force-all-adult-sites-to-block-vpns-with-a-new-age-verification-bill-heres-everything-we-know
We’re campaigning to keep world governments from banning or blocking them. It’s not too late to take action:
www.defendvpns.com
Without big grants supporting this work, we need your help to power the inbox-stuffing, phone-melting wave of pressure required to stop VPN bans in their tracks.
Can you donate today to help sustain the fight to Defend VPNs?

2025-10-14 00:36:49 CEST

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day
Hundreds of artists are withdrawing their labor & refusing to participate in major festivals or events as KKR & its subsidiaries facilitate egregious human rights abuses against indigenous people.
Spread the word:
fftf.link/noart4genocide
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2025-10-09 23:09:00 CEST

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There’s still time to get in on the action in VPN defense here: https://www.defendvpns.com

2025-10-09 23:07:50 CEST

Our Campaigns & Communications Director sat down with Taylor Lorenz
to discuss political attacks against VPNs & how we’re fighting back.
Watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoXafCNjl54
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2025-09-26 00:02:44 CEST

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Meta + Google remain complicit in the ongoing violence against Palestinians via war room communications infrastructure, promoting genocidal propaganda campaigns + censoring documentation of human rights violations.
There's still work to do:
www.bigtechfuelsgenocide.com

2025-09-26 00:02:06 CEST

HUGE win! Big thanks to the many tech workers and organizers who made this happen 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 but the fight isn’t over yet
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/25/microsoft-blocks-israels-use-of-its-technology-in-mass-surveillance-of-palestinians

2025-09-25 22:58:16 CEST

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This seems really cool! Excited to listen 😃

2025-09-25 15:41:31 CEST

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Join us and take action today by signing and sharing this petition to global leaders: https://www.defendvpns.com
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2025-09-25 15:25:07 CEST

Today’s the VPN defense day of action! Our Campaigns + Communications Director Lia Holland tells @npub1wvv…q0xl “ it’s important to make lawmakers aware that, if they come for this technology, they're gonna be facing an uphill battle against the whole internet." ✊
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/we-want-to-make-some-noise-advocates-are-stepping-in-to-defend-vpns-and-they-need-your-help

2025-09-24 19:44:34 CEST

Many politicians are scheming to lock down the Internet + increasingly turning their attention to VPNs, considering banning them. This will be disastrous for many people, especially those living under authoritarian regimes.
We're asking you to join us and make a stink about this before they go on the VPN attack for real.
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2025-09-20 03:31:14 CEST

No matter the setting, science fiction trends toward the dystopian- but if you explore the Stop Copaganda digital issue, you may find yourself feeling a bit hopeful instead. These are stories that don't take surveillance companies at their word.
https://touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org/why-it-matters-to-tell-stories-against-surveillance/

2025-09-16 01:21:43 CEST

CALL TO ACTION: People across the globe use VPNs to maintain their privacy amid oppressive new “Age Verification” surveillance laws and governments are trying to ban them. So we're asking VPN users + privacy advocates to join us for a day of VPN defense! Get the toolkit: https://DefendVPNs.com
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2025-09-10 18:21:36 CEST

Encryption is not optional , it’s fundamental to the defense of truth” - Human Rights Data Analysis Group
https://hrdag.substack.com/p/without-encryption-my-work-wouldnt

2025-09-03 23:51:26 CEST

Section 230 is the reason creators can share accurate reproductive health information, including gender affirming care, sex education, contraception + more online. Lawmakers are planning to gut it.
Spread the word + learn more here: www.whatissection230.org
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2025-09-02 22:03:47 CEST

NEW: report raises serious concerns about Meta’s absence of algorithmic accountability + negligence in protecting Palestinian users from escalating digital crimes.
https://7amleh.org/post/meta-s-role-during-genocide-en?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwMkKu1leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABp74pkYvuTTMX8LUwDuev0Dz3Ht6j8G-H1__WFE7Nl27lsMuncDjGVStfY1fw_aem_KNYl60Lf2fs-oNLhofr8HA

2025-08-29 19:29:01 CEST

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Every tech billionaire colluding with fascists is compromised. Musk, Bezos, Thiel, Zuckerberg and many more.

2025-08-29 19:22:12 CEST

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This 😂😅 but also we built this tool to combat age verification /online id checks if you wanna check that out:
https://www.stoponlineidchecks.org
#nevent1q…mffu

2025-08-29 19:08:40 CEST

Attending Dragoncon this year?
We’ll see you there!
Catch our campaigner Sarah Phillips at one of these panels:
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2025-08-26 22:51:16 CEST

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The students we talked to at affected campuses are furious, rightfully so. "Mask bans reaffirm to me that the university system does not care about its students, let alone disabled students, and make me feel unsafe and unwelcome on campus.”

2025-08-26 22:50:32 CEST

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This comes as more than 30 rights groups call on these same universities to dismantle their surveillance infrastructure, drop mask restrictions, and stop invasive data collection on campuses:
https://apnews.com/article/college-protests-gaza-surveillance-privacy-rights-trump-3cfe691727266fb154b4fce2f0a04f53

2025-08-26 22:48:19 CEST

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Top schools that claim to resist Trump's attacks on higher ed are now caving to his demands for surveillance and crackdowns on campus protests. Harvard, Georgetown and Brandeis Universities are among the schools with new restrictions: www.stopcampusmaskbans.com#scorecard

2025-08-26 22:44:10 CEST

NEW: Fight for the Future and CovidSafeCampus are sounding the alarm as more schools capitulate to Trump admin financial threats and quietly adopt forced unmasking policies for the fall semester.
https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2025-08-26-new-campaign-tracks-spread-of-campus-mask-bans-at-60-universities-threatened-by-trump-admin-highlighting-growing-threats-to-student-health-privacy-and-free-expression/

2025-08-20 23:00:45 CEST

MASSACHUSETTS folks: We are apart of a coalition urging MA elected officials to publicly oppose dangerous legislation that threatens to censor+ suppress lifesaving online resources for vulnerable people and we are asking you to join us. Take action + call your reps today: 202-519-4583
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2025-08-14 16:42:01 CEST

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Lawmakers should investigate MasterCard + Visa to gather more information about how these companies use their power to censor content online + use it to hold these companies accountable.
https://www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/dont-let-mastercard-and-visa-censor-games/

2025-08-14 16:41:15 CEST

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Payment processors don't have the right to censor content online. MasterCard + Visa need to back off + let these platforms host + promote games on their own terms.

2025-08-14 16:40:49 CEST

Payment processors don't have the right to censor content online. MasterCard + Visa need to back off + let these platforms host + promote games on their own terms.

2025-08-14 16:36:18 CEST

Gaming platforms Steam + Itchio have given in to pressure payment processors MasterCard + Visa by removing content flagged by a conservative advocacy group as ‘inappropriate.’ https://www.theverge.com/games/715299/itchio-games-delisting-payment-processor-paypal

2025-08-12 17:51:57 CEST

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There are plenty of things that make traveling through security a nightmare, but valuing peoples’ privacy + basic dignity were never one of them.
Tell lawmakers to support the Travel Privacy Protection Act + fight facial recognition in airports: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop-the-spread-of-facial-recognition-at-airports/

2025-08-12 17:47:55 CEST

TSA claims face scan opt-outs cause an “overwhelming + chaotic environment" but thanks to Algorithmic Justice League’s new report we know this isn’t the case.
 They found that 99% of the time, travelers weren't even told they had the right to opt-out of face scans.
 https://www.ajl.org/flyreport

2025-08-11 22:38:41 CEST

Headed to Seattle Worldcon? We’ll see you there! 😎✨✊
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2025-08-08 19:45:05 CEST

Lawmakers are “taking a hard look” at VPNs after the total flop of the UK “age verification” rollout + we all know where that’s gonna lead—censorship fanatics are gonna try to bring the ban hammer down on VPNs.
Millions use VPNs to dodge surveillance + circumvent censorship.
Can you help us remind them what a terrible idea it is to destroy essential Internet safety infrastructure?
Sign the thing at www.DefendVPNs.com

2025-08-07 16:29:24 CEST

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Tech & Palestine justice movements have always known that Big Tech’s complicity in Israel’s violence is much deeper + more widespread than isolated contracts or companies.
We've mobilized over the past two months to pressure Meta, Google + Paypal to end their complicity in genocide and we're building momentum. Stay tuned for next steps in the campaign here: https://www.bigtechfuelsgenocide.com/

2025-08-07 16:28:41 CEST

BREAKING: New investigation exposes Microsoft for enabling surveillance + killing of Palestinians.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/06/microsoft-israeli-military-palestinian-phone-calls-cloud

2025-08-06 21:03:34 CEST

NEW CAMPAIGN: “Age Verification” laws are accelerating the global discussion of banning or restricting VPN usage but this won’t make the internet a safer place!
 Online surveillance and censorship has a huge chilling effect on our freedoms, particularly the freedoms of traditionally marginalized people. ✊🙅‍♀️🛑
Sign the open letter to world governments : using the Internet safely + privately is a human right. Don’t restrict VPNs!  https://www.defendvpns.com
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2025-08-06 01:36:54 CEST

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The TSA is working to expand invasive facial recognition at airports despite the fact that this dangerous tech is NOT necessary to administer safe + efficient travel.  We shouldn’t have to choose between our travel + our privacy. Stop the spread: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop-the-spread-of-facial-recognition-at-airports/

2025-08-06 01:35:52 CEST

✈️ Some numbers from Algorithmic Justice League's recent report on passenger experiences with opting out of invasive biometric face-scans at the airport:  - 67% that requested to opt-out received negative treatment for doing so -56% of people didn’t see opt-out info  -74% weren’t notified of TSA use of facial recognition -99% weren't notified of their right to opt-out - 87% shared concerns with facial recognition - 33% were concerned with the handling of data
Read the full report:
https://www.ajl.org/flyreport

2025-08-01 17:25:48 CEST

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We concur with report recommendations and are urging lawmakers to defend passenger privacy, not dystopian TSA surveillance: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop-the-spread-of-facial-recognition-at-airports/

2025-08-01 17:25:00 CEST

NEW: Facial recognition surveillance tech use is expanding rapidly at airport’s + this new report from our friends at Algorithmic justice league exposes TSA’s shady practices around opt-outs :
✔️Most travelers weren’t told face scans were optional
✔️Some felt pressured or confused
✔️Opting out wasn’t always straightforward.
More at #ComplyToFly → https://ajl.org/flyreport
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2025-08-01 00:41:56 CEST

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Heartily agree

2025-07-30 21:36:07 CEST

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2025-07-30 21:35:20 CEST

ATTN NY: We're joining partners at Stop Spying NY in a call to action!
#FacialRecognition misidentifies women, children, and people of color- and NYC is bringing more of this dangerous tech into Black + Brown communities who are already vulnerable to police bias and discrimination.
Help us to #BanTheScan by asking NYC council speaker Adrienne Adams to call a vote on Intros 217 & 425 to keep New Yorkers safe from biased tech in our homes and grocery stores.
https://www.banthescan.org

2025-07-18 23:18:45 CEST

Hey BOSTON! We’re hosting a night of queer joy + resistance with a FREE KARAOKE party with some amazing artists.
We'll share information about what you can do to ensure LGTBQ content, resources + safe spaces STAY ONLINE.
Roll thru!
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2025-07-17 19:50:14 CEST

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https://protectmypublicmedia.org/rsc-calls/

2025-07-17 19:49:50 CEST

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This is a move to censor PBS and NPR, and will devastate rural communities who relay on small broadcasting stations for vital information.
Contact your reps and share!
#SavePBS #SaveNPR
protectmypublicmedia.org/rsc-calls/

2025-07-17 19:48:13 CEST

The Senate voted overnight to cut $9 billion in federal funding for worldwide aid programs and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5405988-paula-kerger-pbs-funding-cuts/

2025-07-17 00:43:32 CEST

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And since the FTC failed to open a docket for public comment, we created one to make sure your outrage about how the FTC is bullying trans kids instead of protecting consumers from Big Tech + the data broker industry goes on public record.
Submit your comment now:
www.culturewarvsconsumerprotections.com

2025-07-17 00:42:57 CEST

ICYMI: This time last week the FTC hosted a ‘workshop’ to spread misinformation about gender affirming care for trans youth.
We joined LGBT Tech + Public Knowledge the next day for a panel w/ experts, parents + advocates to set the record straight.
https://blossom.primal.net/f090bb63ef5a660b170d0d88bc507317e0899116ff7235d2f8f18a7320f3825c.mov

2025-07-11 23:54:07 CEST

Why did the FTC host a gathering of bigots to spread disinformation about gender affirming care? Here are a few words from our policy leads on what this event was really about, who the supposed 'experts' in attendance were, and how it pushes beyond the scope of the FTC’s mandate.
Unsurprisingly, the FTC failed to open up a public comment docket on this biased + highly inappropriate event- but we believe your voices should be heard, so we made one for you! Submit your comment for public record here: www.culturewarvsconsumerprotections.com
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2025-07-08 21:17:54 CEST

The FTC should be focused on lowering the cost of these groceries and making sure data brokers don’t get more people killed …but instead they’re hosting a workshop tomorrow to pick on trans youth!
 That’s why we’re joining our friends at LGBT Tech and Public Knowledge this Thursday in DC to speak with privacy experts, doctors, parents of transgender youth, & former FTC officials to combat harmful anti-trans disinformation.
 Tune in!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqKbnnHuq2s
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2025-07-05 01:51:50 CEST

Digital books and libraries are more important than ever. We need to be up on what is happening with them in terms of access, surveillance, and more. So we highly recommend this new series from our friends at Library Futures
https://engelberg-center-live.simplecast.com/episodes/so-what-is-an-ebook-anyway

2025-07-03 20:22:59 CEST

Instead of lowering grocery prices, taking on Big Tech or stopping data broker fueled murders like what we saw in Minnesota, the FTC is picking on trans kids.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-ftc-workshop-criticizing-medical-care-transgender-youth-draws-staff-2025-07-02/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-ftc-workshop-criticizing-medical-care-transgender-youth-draws-staff-2025-07-02/

2025-06-27 19:04:23 CEST

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We want to make sure everyone, including queer + trans people, are able to share content online without being censored. If you want to help go to
https://www.badinternetbills.com

2025-06-27 19:01:54 CEST

New music releases that are inspiring us rn:
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2025-06-27 03:38:05 CEST

The AI moratorium Senate is voting on THIS WEEKEND is disastrous.
AI algorithms are increasingly used to decide who gets a job, a loan, an apartment, or quality healthcare, with little oversight.
If you care about this, TAKE ACTION! Link in bio
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2025-06-26 19:33:45 CEST

This 10-year AI regulation moratorium that Republican Senators are pushing as part of their “One Big, Beautiful Bill” budget package would not only block new state + local rules protecting us from AI discrimination in housing, employment, and healthcare but could also erase years of hard work passing bans on privacy-invading AI tech like facial recognition. The same tech being actively used by police, ICE + military to target vulnerable people, especially black and brown communities.
The Senate is voting THIS WEEKEND. Make some noise and urge your Senators to stop this backdoor AI moratorium + protect our civil rights over tech companies’ profits.
813-213-3989
https://www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop-the-ai-regulation-moratorium

2025-06-24 01:41:10 CEST

Regular reminder that consumer credit scores are younger than cell phones 💗
Using FICO and mass, computerized consumer surveillance as a startpoint here. For a detailed history, read:
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/creditworthy/9780231168083/

2025-06-23 20:34:11 CEST

JUST RELEASED: Ryan Cassata dropped a new song about resisting LGTBQ censorship bills like KOSA that’ll destroy queer spaces + vital health resources
online.
Go to fftf.link/cantpridewithus + tell lawmakers there’s no pride in censorship! ✨
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2025-06-22 04:16:07 CEST

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Journalists traveling to the U.S.
BEWARE
#nevent1q…7wrv

2025-06-20 23:04:46 CEST

Mahmoud Khalil is free👏  But he should never have been detained in the first place.
 “Dissent is not grounds for deportation.” - ACLU
https://theintercept.com/2025/06/20/mahmoud-khalil-homeland-security-investigations-ice-surveillance/

2025-06-20 17:38:03 CEST

There’s a thing called the politician’s fallacy that explains a lot about congressional dysfunction. Here’s why this is especially tricky when it comes to tech + free speech:
https://touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org/congress-remains-undefeated-in-pushing-bad-tech-bills/?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwLCX0ZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp1VgsvMFRYZqRkE_QMrLs8w-O10-oA61cNMqZl2v097N5XqMKQhKJPA0NlLI_aem_g1gpIj9NqWSsn-OJECM2Og

2025-06-19 14:32:31 CEST

The lawmakers assassinated in MN are not the first victims of murder enabled by the data broker industry. Many victims are women + marginalized people targeted by abusers or stalkers.
https://www.wired.com/story/minnesota-lawmaker-shootings-people-search-data-brokers/

2025-06-19 03:28:19 CEST

Our Deputy Director, Evan Greer, spoke with Wired about simple, concrete steps protestors can take to make your communications, location + private information harder to access: https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-protest-safely-surveillance-digital-privacy/

2025-06-16 23:40:51 CEST

WEDNESDAY @7pm ET
We’re joining Media Justice, Muslims for Just Futures + other activists to discuss how Big Tech is supercharging the rising violence we’re seeing in free speech suppression and how to resist.
RSVP here to join: https://mediajustice.zoom.us/meeting/register/azQp-Ew7RceAq1k-_jg1tg#/registration

2025-06-04 01:56:12 CEST

Join the Action Hour tomorrow to hear updates from tech workers + organizers on a range of efforts targeting Big Tech's contracts with apartheid Israel –– including a Google shareholder resolution that will be voted on this Friday –– and take action with us to hold these companies accountable:
https://www.bigtechfuelsgenocide.com
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2025-06-03 20:57:20 CEST

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We joined a press freedom coalition with Defending Rights + Dissent, Pen America and other advocates + experts in a letter to the FBI demanding answers.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/supreme-court-fbi

2025-06-03 20:54:35 CEST

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Is the true aim of this probe about confronting public corruption?
Likely not. It's about threatening journalists + constitutionally protected newsgathering activities.

2025-06-03 20:54:11 CEST

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One investigation is focused on sniffing out the #journalist who leaked the #SCOTUS decision to end the constitutional right to #abortion in May of 2022...which has already been done + showed no crime related to the leak.