Confirm 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...
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