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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/
Collective action is being taken by mods on various subreddits to ban Twitter/X links: 
404 Media
Hundreds of Subreddits Are Considering Banning All Links to X
Dozens of big subreddits have already banned all Twitter links, and posts about potential bans are some of the most popular on the site.
A recent hack of a location data company revealed apps that are spying on us behind the scenes. 
WIRED
Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location
A hack of location data company Gravy Analytics has revealed which apps are—knowingly or not—being used to collect your information behind the ...
Meet Cecilia Ananías Soto, author of "Curlews" - where we catch a disturbing glimpse of how fertility monitoring apps can be weaponized. 
Convocation Research + Design’s latest audit of privacy technologies available to mutual aid organizations is revealing and raises some questions…
https://www.fightforthefuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Financial-Confidentiality-in-the-Age-of-Digital-Surveillance.pdf
‼️NEW BLOG: "With the incoming administration’s aspirations to fascism, digital justice activists want the decentralized tech community to build liberatory tools for our collective safety. "
- @liaholland.bsky.social
Fight for the Future
Report Release & Call To Action: Financial Confidentiality in the Age of Digital Surveillance
By Lia Holland Today, Fight for the Future is publicly releasing an audit of current financial privacy technologies available to mutual aid organiz...
General Motors and its subsidiary OnStar are banned from selling customer geolocation and driving behavior data for five years. 
The Verge
GM banned from selling your driving data for five years
Customers were surprised when their insurance rates went up.
We signed onto a letter with NYCLU urging Governor Hochul, President Pro Tempore Stewart-Cousins, and Speaker Hestie to stop mask ban legislation advancement in New York State. 
NYCLU
Letter Urging New York Lawmakers to Reject a State Mask Ban - NYCLU
Trump picks to lead gov’t agencies like FCC, FTC may censor speech and make the internet less free.
Al Jazeera
How the Trump administration threatens internet freedoms
Trump picks to lead gov't agencies like FCC, FTC may censor speech and make the internet less free.
Yesterday Sen. Markey spoke out in support of Creators and asked Congress to extend the TikTok ban deadline by 270 days. Markey also submitted a bipartisan brief to repeal the ban on first amendment grounds. 
TikTok ban would be delayed under proposal by Massachusetts senator
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You’ve probably read plenty of hot takes about last weeks’ changes to Meta’s content moderation policies. But there are a few things getting lost in the noise. 
Touch Grass
Free Speech is Bigger than Trump and Zuck
You’ve probably read plenty of hot takes about last weeks’ changes to Meta’s content moderation policies, how Zuck is bending the knee to Tru...
Big businesses are deploying AI + other shadowy algorithms to restrict our access to the things that matter most. The CA Privacy Protection Agency needs our help to adopt some of strongest safeguards against this: 
Fight for the Future
Help California Rein in Big Tech Algorithms
As abortion surveillance intensifies, it’s important to know which states have bans, restrictions or protections in place. Here's a tool to help with that:
Interactive Map: US Abortion Policies and Access After Roe
The abortion landscape is fragmented and increasingly polarized. Many states have abortion restrictions or bans in place that make it difficult, if...
Sen. Blumenthal is eager to continue the push for KOSA + admitted this week that the point of this bill is (surprise!) censorship. 
Techdirt
Blumenthal So Eager To Bring Back KOSA, He Admits Its Purpose Is Censorship
Senator Richard Blumenthal is at it again. The long-time Connecticut Senator, who never met an internet regulation he didn’t like, is eager t...
Arguing about content moderation rules on Big Tech platforms is like working the refs in a game we always lose.
https://truthout.org/articles/metas-allowance-of-hate-speech-is-another-side-effect-of-big-tech-monopoly/
U.S. consumers have told us they want an internet that is fast, open, and fair. It's clear that Congress needs to heed their call, take up the charge for net neutrality + put open internet principles in federal law.
Columbia Journalism Review
Net Neutrality Is Dead (Again). Journalism Could Suffer.
What a new court ruling might mean for independent local news.
You know it's not actually about free speech when Meta's performative policies ultimately undermine the very principles they claim to espouse.
Stop pretending Meta cares about free speech
+ Galaxy Gas, a leaked Dobrik doc, the first ChatGPT terrorist, Shark Tank TikTok deal, and the worst music on IG Reels
“Millions of ppl across the political spectrum fought for + won net neutrality rules bc no one wants their cable or phone company to be able to scam them or control what they see and do online." - @evangreer.bsky.social
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/sixth-circuit-net-neutrality-fcc/
Spotify's business model is based on surveillance and exploitation.
Liz Pelly just put out a thorough examination- check it out!
IndieCommerce
Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A New Yorker, GQ, The Daily Telegraph (London), and Library Journal Best Book of 2025 A 2025 Washington Post Notable Nonfiction...
🚫 We'll continue taking a stand against the Kids Online Safety Act in 2025 by making this harmful legislation unpopular and unpassable. The Trump administration may censor critical information so we’ll focus on expanding our anti-censorship coalition. 