New Facebook Whistleblower Shines Light on Algorithmic Harms. The Solution Is...
Last night, the whistleblower behind a series of Wall Street Journal articles about Facebook revealed herself in interviews with 60 minutes and a number of major news outlets. Frances Haugen, a former...
View ArticleGoogle and Amazon Workers Publish Historic Joint Letter Demanding End to...
We cannot support our employer's decision to supply the Israeli military and government technology that is used to harm Palestinians." This morning, over 500 workers at Amazon and Google, published a...
View ArticleLeading human rights groups launch 'How to Stop Facebook' campaign: call for...
As Congress debates how best to address the dominance and harm of Facebook in the wake of whistleblower Frances Haugen's testimony, a group of 40+ human rights organizations have launched...
View Article40+ Organizations Join 500+ Tech Workers in Demanding Amazon and Google End...
This morning, over 40 grassroots organizations including Jewish Voice for Peace, MPower Change, and Fight for the Future launched the "No Tech For Apartheid" campaign, responding to an open letter...
View ArticleDemocrats Are Ignoring Marginalized Communities With Proposed Bill That...
Today several Democratic lawmakers proposed a bill that attempts to create a carve-out in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act for personalized algorithmic amplification of content. While...
View Article30 Human Rights Groups and 200 Artists Call On Red Rocks Amphitheater and AXS...
Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine), Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre), Mannequin Pussy, Gramatik, Sadie Dupuis (Speedy Ortiz, Sad13), Jeff Rosenstock, Evan Greer, Anjimile, illuminati...
View Article24,000+ 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...
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