24,000+ Call on Congress to Stop Facebook From Fueling Far-Right Extremism by...
Today, Fight for the Future, Senator Ron Wyden, and a coalition of civil and human rights groups delivered a petition signed by over 24,000 people calling on Congress to pass a federal data privacy...
View ArticleTelecom Lobby Loses (Again) in California Net Neutrality Case
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals just upheld a previous court's decision and ruled against the telecom industry in their attempt to prevent the California net neutrality law SB 822--widely regarded as...
View ArticleArtists and activists shut down Amazon palm scanning at Red Rocks Amphitheater
The decision follows a months-long mobilization by artists, activists and human rights organizations aimed at pressuring Red Rocks, its ticketing partner AXS, and AEG Worldwide to cancel all contracts...
View ArticleSenate finally confirms Alvaro Bedoya to the FTC. Great! Now confirm Gigi...
Today the US Senate finally confirmed privacy expert Alvaro Bedoya to his post as a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Digital rights group Fight for the Future issued the following...
View ArticleCivil Rights Groups Reinforce Legislators' Demand for Google to Stop...
More than 40 rights organizations are calling on Google to stop unnecessarily collecting and retaining customer location data, to prevent that information from being used to identify people seeking...
View ArticleNew Net Neutrality Bill
Statement from Evan Greer (she/her), director of Fight for the Future: "The COVID-19 pandemic has made it more clear than ever that broadband Internet is a necessity, not a luxury. The FCC is supposed...
View Article20+ Civil Rights Organizations Call on FTC to Challenge Amazon-iRobot Deal
Key advocates against abusive surveillance and Big Tech monopolies sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging them to challenge Amazon's purchase of iRobot Corporation--maker of the...
View Article40 civil rights organizations demand MGM cancel harmful reality tv show
In an open letter, 40 racial justice, privacy rights, and worker advocacy organizations called on Mark Burnett, Chairman of MGM Television, and Barry Poznick, President of MGM Unscripted Television,...
View ArticleCivil Rights Groups Score a Win With FTC Investigation of Amazon-Irobot Deal
This statement can be attributed to Evan Greer (she/they), Director of Fight for the Future: "This is an important step in checking Amazon's aggressive roll toward surveilling every single aspect of...
View ArticleIf the Supreme Court Undermines Section 230, Marginalized People Will Pay the...
Section 230 is a widely misunderstood but foundational law for human rights and free expression online. Especially in the wake of the Dobbs decision, weakening it would be a disaster. The Supreme...
View ArticleFTC Must Rein in Corporate Surveillance and Data Abuses
This week, Fight for the Future submitted a comment to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in response to its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on commercial surveillance and data security....
View ArticleMore than 90 human rights and LGBTQ groups sign letter opposing KOSA
Over 90 organizations have signed on to a letter led by the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and Fight for the Future opposing the Kids Online Safety...
View ArticleStatement: NY AG on facial recognition at The Garden
New York Attorney General Letitia James sent a letter today to Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. about the company's vindictive use of facial recognition to ban people from its venues (which...
View ArticleMeta’s decision on Trump is a huge distraction from thoughtful debate about...
Meta has announced that they plan to reinstate the Facebook and Instagram accounts of former president Donald Trump. The news will undoubtedly lead to a breathless news cycle and renewed debate about...
View ArticleConfirm Gigi Sohn. 40 groups say a fully staffed FCC is essential for...
Today, 40 reproductive rights, racial justice, and privacy advocacy groups released a letter calling on the Senate to immediately confirm Gigi Sohn to the fifth seat on the Federal Communications...
View ArticleUnprecedented 3rd Confirmation Hearing Confirms What We Already Knew: Gigi...
The Senate Commerce Committee held yet another hearing today on the nomination of Gigi Sohn to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 476 days after Sohn was originally nominated to fill the...
View ArticleNew #DontBanTikTok campaign calls for privacy legislation instead of...
On the heels of a hearing in the House Foreign Affairs Committee, digital rights group Fight for the Future has launched a campaign opposing US lawmakers’ proposal to ban TikTok. The #DontBanTikTok...
View ArticleMassive coalition throws weight behind reintroduced facial recognition ban bill
Today, lawmakers in the House and Senate jointly re-introduced the Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2023, which would effectively ban law enforcement use of facial...
View ArticleNew Letter Says Slack Puts Abortion Seekers in Danger and Fails to Address...
Today, a coalition of 93 groups sent a letter to Slack calling on the company to protect its users by offering end-to-end encryption for messages, and to add blocking and reporting features to help...
View ArticleExecutive Order on AI says a lot of the right things, but requires...
The Biden Administration has released its long-anticipated Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence. The 100+ page document lays out various areas for action—including banking, education,...
View ArticleTech apologist Chuck Schumer invites Clearview to forum on regulating AI
On the heels of the Biden administration’s landmark (but also insufficient) executive order on artificial intelligence, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is holding his next major forum on the...
View Article25+ Human Rights Organizations Call on 2024 Congress to Investigate Big Tech...
25+ human rights organizations are calling for a Congressional investigation into Big Tech and Publishing's overreaching control of the content, reader data, and existence of digital books. Released...
View ArticleIf Senators want to protect kids, they need to listen to human rights experts...
Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a high profile hearing discussing Big Tech companies’ failures related to child safety. Human rights nonprofit Fight for the Future issued the...
View ArticleCivil rights organizations oppose xenophobic TikTok ban, implore Congress to...
From the RESTRICT Act to this most recent legislative attempt (Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act) to ban TikTok, Fight for the Future has continued to call it...
View Article30+ civil rights organizations call on FTC Chair Khan to put privacy...
Today, over 30 organizations advocating for racial justice, privacy, and civil rights released a letter urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan and Commissioners to finally put...
View ArticleKOSA is advancing in the Senate. It still makes kids less safe.
The controversial Kids Online Safety Act passed out of the Senate today by a vote of 91-3. As the vote was taking place, a group of human rights, LGBTQ+, and civil liberties experts held a virtual...
View ArticleNon-profit killer bill losing Dem support amid grassroots pressure
Last week, the House failed to pass the extremely controversial HR 9495, which would give the future Trump administration unprecedented power in suppressing nonprofits, by allowing the administration...
View Article40+ Privacy, Civil Rights, Public Health, and Labor Organizations Sign Letter...
A coalition of more than 40 civil rights organizations have penned an open letter raising the alarm about the growing trend of anti-mask legislation and urging lawmakers to oppose mask bans.Read the...
View ArticleJoint Statement from U.S. based Fight for the Future and China-based...
In two days, barring any interference from the Supreme Court or the executive branch, the clock runs out on TikTok. Bytedance, TikTok’s parent company, must either sell to a U.S. company or shut down...
View Article50 rights groups blast Meta for brazen policy reversal of Instagram...
Fight for the Future, Access Now, the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and other leading human rights organizations are demanding Meta immediately course...
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