BREAKING: HR 9495 Defeated!
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Fight for the Future
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We are a group of artists, engineers, activists, and technologists who have been behind the largest online protests in human history, channeling Internet outrage into political power to win public interest victories previously thought to be impossible. We fight for a future where technology is a force for liberation— not oppression.
https://links.fightforthefuture.org/
The House will vote TODAY at 4 PM to determine whether the incoming Trump administration will have the power to shut down non-profit organizations with no due process.
Tell your representatives to vote NO on this dangerous bill!
Link to call in tool is in our bio- ACT NOW! 
- Amazon Ring doorbells are watching 👁️
- Meta’s tracking you across the internet like a digital poltergeist! 👻
But we can’t let Big Tech turn our data into a monster 👹
Tell the FTC to conjure up those privacy protections NOW, before the election! 🔗 in bio. 
⚠️Big Tech wants to charge you different prices based on your personal data ... but items on your grocery shopping list shouldn’t cost more because of who you are or where you live.
🔉Tell retailers we won’t stand for limitless surveillance + micro-targeted price gouging.
🔗 in bio!
Weekly Tech Speedrun:
1️⃣ We joined Public Knowledge , @Electronic Frontier Foundation + others to oppose the #nofakes Act. This and the NO #ai FRAUD Act threaten artists’ rights under the guise of protection. Take action: 🔗 in bio
2️⃣ Privacy advocates exposed a new surveillance tool for police.
3️⃣60+ tech companies push for the U.S. AI Safety Institute (AISI).
#privacy #surveillance #tech #congress
The #NOFAKES Act may do more harm than good! ❌ This bill presents new concerns for censorship + makes room for corporations to exploit working artists & private citizens alike. 
Mask bans keep spreading. This time it's a revived ordinance in #Louisville. Take action at tinyurl.com/fightloumaskban & find your local fight at StopMaskBans.com.
Our demand hasn't changed: NO mask bans, no exceptions. The health & privacy threat is untenable.
Big Tech billionaires + lobbyists are trying to oust Lina Khan, Chair of the FTC for doing her job. She has a long track record protecting the American people from monopolies and corporate abuse. To keep winning against Big Tech, we need to urge lawmakers to keep Khan. Take action at keepkhan.com 
🚨 Big Content monopolies are pushing new AI regulations they claim will protect us from deepfakes. But bills like NO FAKES and No AI FRAUD will actually steal artists' agency and creative voice—like Ursula in The Little Mermaid
Fight for the Future
Little Mermaid Bills
Take Action: Stop Little Mermaid Bills from Stealing Artists’ Voices!
Lawmakers should invest in child safety without sacrificing digital privacy, freedom of
information, or the very usability of the Internet. Instead of surveillance + censorship we need lawmakers to protect people’s privacy, bust Big Tech monopolies + work toward algorithmic justice. 
Our very own @thatevangreer is getting together with the one and only @amandapalmer tonight for a in-person/online hybrid event where they'll chat about #ai , #music , and making #art at the end of the world!
Tune in for the livestream (link in bio) 🎶🎹🎙️ 
As Palestinians in Gaza experience escalating, brutal military assaults social media giants like Meta continue to suppress their voices: 
Instagram
AJ+ on Instagram: "Meta has a Palestine problem. If you use Facebook or Instagram, you’ve probably seen the censorship yourself. @DenaTakruri uncovers an internal culture of censorship, intimidation and fear within Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook. ⁣
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She speaks to Meta employees who’ve tried to fix the problem or speak out, and say they were silenced or even fired. She also investigates Meta leaders’ deep ties to Israel, which may explain why it’s suppressing and censoring Palestine content for billions of users around the world. ⁣
Find the full documentary at our link in bio.
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#Meta #Palestine #Gaza"
32K likes, 463 comments - ajplus on October 15, 2024: "Meta has a Palestine problem. If you use Facebook or Instagram, you’ve probably seen ...
The FTC had been sitting on its hands+ with no privacy regulations in place, the data exploitation and misuse by Big Tech and data brokers is only getting worse.
Data brokers sell our private info to the highest bidder including abusers who can use it to stalk, threaten, and harass anyone.
The DELETE act could give survivors control over their data and could mean major harm reduction. Petition 🔗 in bio!
Airline price gouging as Milton approached the FL coastline is atrocious + highlights a deeper issue: companies leveraging market conditions/consumer behavior data to exploit people- esp in times of crises. From flights to groceries, tech is used to inflate costs at our expense.
For 12 months we’ve watched Israel carry out a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Now these atrocities continue as Israel invades Lebanon, and the systematic efforts to silence + erase Palestinian voices continues. 
"Digital archiving as we know it would not exist without the Internet Archive—without it, the world would lose its best public resource on internet history."
Read the full story: 
WIRED
The Internet Archive’s Fight to Save Itself
The web’s collective memory is stored in the servers of the Internet Archive. Legal battles threaten to wipe it all away.
Facial recognition tech is unreliable, unjust, and a threat to basic rights and safety. This discussion between the Leadership Conference on Civil + Human Rights Detroit organizer, Tawana Petty, examines the impacts of using this dangerous tech in policing.
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Racial Disparities in Facial Recognition Technology Use in Policing: An Interview with Tawana Petty
In this discussion, a community organizer examines the real-world impacts of the use of facial recognition technology in policing.
This report highlights how AI, data collection, surveillance, and automation are interconnected in warfare and have an adverse impact on Palestinian digital rights in the context of Gaza https://shorturl.at/Qi7jQ
New report examines role of digital platforms in violating digital rights amidst the genocide via systematic censorship of Palestinian voices + content.