Fight for the Future

Day 3 of our week of action against online ID checks 🙌🏽 we’ll be hosting a live panel on LinkedIn today with nostr:nprofile1qqsq2he9m8jnddkaalh8jsp7uv9sq5gpj304tuv08pynkw8wcqgfu8gpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43z790uxjl 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

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

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

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 nostr:nprofile1qqsq2he9m8jnddkaalh8jsp7uv9sq5gpj304tuv08pynkw8wcqgfu8gpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43z790uxjl https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1pbdl7q/ama_we_are_digital_and_human_rights_advocates_ask/?rdt=54134

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!

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/ https://blossom.primal.net/a2027fc3c600592e4f6a05a0f7709a5a5b4bcf936cc89b88ee1a33688dc82709.mov

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/

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/

“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/

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/

‼️ 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 https://blossom.primal.net/8756f9bf33836712ebba733f615eb24b3bbb868b847dd2b6d58ac5a8024f92eb.mp4

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

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?

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

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 https://blossom.primal.net/98121cc9221e8234a091880a103324cddc11cd824ced9b3d5c4d46c18aadbe9f.mov

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

Today’s the VPN defense day of action! Our Campaigns + Communications Director Lia Holland tells nostr:npub1wvvzxwjfxr5gerryfthccagrlkkrhvqwrahekxh4uzku4mk7wl3s73q0xl “ 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

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.

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/

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 https://blossom.primal.net/c75555e49e36a9842b513780b3dbbb8637918af79675282f362718f94f922de8.mov