Many of you helped drive thousands of calls to lawmakers that helped defeat the nonprofit killer bill in the Fall AND in the budget package last week. We talked with Between the Lines' Counterpoint Radio about the ongoing threat
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As #bigtech continues to supply tools that fuel Israel's genocide of Palestinians, they’re also signing new contracts with U.S. weapons manufacturers + profiting from the mass deportations & surveillance dragnets that are terrorizing communities everywhere: https://medium.com/@notechforapartheid/statement-on-google-clouds-collaboration-with-lockheed-martin-19cd460d22d3
#Microsoft + fired #Google employees join forces to disrupt Build conference calling out #bigtech for enabling the genocide of Palestinians.


The Verge
Microsoft employee disrupts Satya Nadella’s keynote with ‘Free Palestine’ protest
Microsoft employees keep protesting the company’s contracts with Israel
We knew FCC Chair Benjamin Carr, co-author of # project2025, would use his perch to help billionaires + authoritarians while abandoning the agency’s actual mission of protecting the public interest.
We applaud FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez for calling him out 👏 https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/15/media/fcc-anna-gomez-rips-weaponized-agency-brendan-carr-trump
Unfortunately we're about to see the worst, repressive ways this legislation can be used. 

WIRED
Trump Signs Controversial Law Targeting Nonconsensual Sexual Content
The Take It Down Act requires platforms to remove instances of “intimate visual depiction” within two days. Free speech advocates warn it could...
NONPROFIT KILLER BILL UPDATE: It's complicated, but so far the chaos is working in our favor...


Al Jazeera
Measure targeting pro-Palestine NGOs disappears from US tax bill
Legislation would have allowed the executive branch to crack down on
Here’s your digital rights download with highlights you might’ve missed this past week.
Big Tech companies are aligned with the Trump administration, fueling mass deportations and arrests of political dissenters.
The Shocking Far-Right Agenda Behind the Facial Recognition Tech Used by ICE and the FBI – Mother Jones
‼️Language from the 2024 nonprofit killer bill was approved in House budget-reconciliation this morning 👎
We name some of the risks of this "terribly thought-out" legislation to vulnerable communities:

AP News
House Republicans look to help Trump strip tax-exempt status of nonprofits he says support terrorism
A proposal by Republicans in Congress would allow President Donald Trump's administration to remove the tax-exempt status of nonprofits that it say...
TODAY: Media Justice is hosting an event to recap their Youtube series on how Tech Broligarchs have entrenched their power.

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WE NEED CALLS NOW! HR 9495, now known as Section 112209, if passed, would give the Trump administration unprecedented power in suppressing nonprofits, by allowing the administration the power to strip organizations of their tax exempt status!
Call 319-313-7674 

"DHS immigration enforcement has blurred the lines between criminal enforcement + national security. Every international traveler is a potential criminal or terrorist, justifying mass surveillance."


The Verge
Border agents are going to photograph everyone leaving the US by car
There’s no set timeline for when this will happen.
The U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world of about 2 million people, many of them are mother's that are sole caretakers of children.


Scholars Strategy Network
Mothers in Prison and the Cycle of Incarceration
The US has the (dis)honor of having the highest incarceration rate in the world.
Real ID's are now required for entry to federal buildings + domestic flights. This is another stretch of the state surveillance arm that is placing yet more burden on everyday people while also placing more risk on vulnerable communities. 

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One recent memory of Skype is how Microsoft shut down accounts of Palestinians without explanation, cutting them off from crucial lifelines amidst the genocide. #skype


Microsoft cutting crucial link to Gaza, Palestinians say
More than 20 Palestinians say they have been kicked off Skype, a popular tool for contacting relatives.
Texas bill SB 2880 will ban abortion pills and criminalize hosting abortion information online. 

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Texas’s War on Abortion Is Now a War on Free Speech
UPDATE May 8, 2025: A committee substitute of SB 2880 passed the Texas Senate on April 30, 2025, with the provisions related to interactive compute...