Fight for the Future 9 months ago

📣 ATTN: Student organizers! CivXP is hosting a Genz Town Hall for leaders to connect + share visions for sustaining movements. We’ll talk about ⚠️  Threats to Student Rights/Activism 🤝  Coalitions/Student Collaborations ✊ Expectations/Demands for School Admin

StreamYard

From Campus to Community: GenZ Town Hall

Thursday, April 24 @ 6PM ET | Virtual At a time when students and young people are leading the charge on campuses and in communities across the co...

Fight for the Future 9 months ago

"What legal perils will pro-freedom protestors face in the coming years if the Ozturk rule is canonized, entitling federal officials to crush any disfavored opinion? " View quoted note →

Fight for the Future 9 months ago

Big tech is consuming tons of energy running data centers that fuel AI. Our friends at Media Justice + Kairos are hosting a deep dive series to break down how data centers work, who profits from them + real world impacts on everyday people. Sign up here:

Zoom

Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing

Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and web...

Fight for the Future 11 months ago

The Trump administration’s FCC Chair Brendan Carr is weaponizing the agency to censor media coverage that Trump doesn’t like:

New FCC Chair Revives Complaints About ABC, CBS And NBC Content That His Predecessor Rejected As "At Odds With The First Amendment"

Brendan Carr, newly installed as chairman of the FCC under the new Trump administration, is reviving a trio of complaints aimed at NBC, ABC and CBS...

Fight for the Future 11 months ago

We’ve been ringing the alarm about the dangers of repro data collection but it’s not just period trackers you should be concerned about. Uber/Lyft + other apps tracking geolocation data are also risky for abortion seekers.

The Lantern

Ohio State researchers find increase in fertility app use post-Dobbs decision, despite privacy concerns

Ohio State researchers discovered the use of fertility-tracking apps and websites increased in certain states following the U.S. Supreme Court&#821...

Fight for the Future 11 months ago

This is pretty bad- but better this than Apple just sneakily adding a backdoor.

Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row

Customers' photos and documents stored online will no longer be protected by end-to-end encryption.

Fight for the Future 11 months ago

New mask ban legislation is on the move in Maryland:

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Fight for the Future 11 months ago

Unsurprisingly DOGE has gutted the Office of Personnel Management’s privacy team and also fired staff who process FOIA requests- another step toward dismantling systems for government accountability + transparency https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/politics/opm-privacy-team-fired/index.html

Fight for the Future 11 months ago

One of the many reasons we ride for the Internet Archive 👏 https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/tech/internet-archives-deleted-websites-wayback-machine/index.html?Date=20250218&Profile=cnnpolitics&utm_content=1739880498&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram

Fight for the Future 11 months ago

We’ve partnered with Compost Magazine to build a resource to tell stories about surveillance tech in ways that don't perpetuate law enforcement propaganda. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/police-surveillance-wont-make-us-safer-broken-windows-on-steroids

Fight for the Future 11 months ago

Even if Musk isn’t leading DOGE on paper, he’s its de facto public spokesperson.

The Verge

Elon Musk doesn’t work for DOGE

“He doesn’t even go here.”

Fight for the Future 0 years ago

Our Lia Holland spoke on the dangers + harms of police foundations as they continue to put unaccountable, flawed tech in the hands of police.

Fight for the Future 1 year ago

American media institutions enjoy constitutional freedoms… but lack the will or courage to assert them.

Just Security

What Happens After the Most Powerful Media Institutions Keep Surrendering to Trump

U.S. media institutions are abandoning their own First Amendment rights by settling lawsuits with Trump, writes Jaffer for the New York Times.

Fight for the Future 1 year ago

Just dropping this as a friendly reminder that you should be using Signal for secure messages.

the Guardian

WhatsApp says journalists and civil society members were targets of Israeli spyware

Messaging app said it had ‘high confidence’ some users were targeted and ‘possibly compromised’ by Paragon Solutions spyware

Fight for the Future 1 year ago

As a tech justice + human rights org, what we’ve seen in RFK Jr. ’s confirmation hearings so far has confirmed our worst fears.

Temperatures Run High as Senators Hammer R.F.K. Jr. on Vaccines (Published 2025)

Senator Bill Cassidy, a physician and key G.O.P. vote, joined Democrats in aggressively questioning Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s pick...

Fight for the Future 1 year ago

Last year OpenAI deleted restrictions against using its services for military + warfare activities- then the Israeli military’s use of Azure spiked.

The Intercept

OpenAI Quietly Deletes Ban on Using ChatGPT for “Military and Warfare”

The Pentagon has its eye on the leading AI company, which this week softened its ban on military use.

Fight for the Future 1 year ago

Some good news for book lovers, historians, organizers and cultural curators! Amazon e-book alternative just dropped:

WIRED

Bookshop.org Now Sells Ebooks

The bookseller is applying its sales model—where online purchases support indie bookstores—to digital books. It has also released a mobile app ...

Fight for the Future 1 year ago

OpenAI upset that an AI company would train on someone else's data without consent is laughable and hypocritical.

404 Media

OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole From Us

OpenAI shocked that an AI company would train on someone else's data without permission or compensation.

Fight for the Future 1 year ago

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. https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/net_neutrality_repeal_journalism.php

Fight for the Future 1 year ago

BREAKING: HR 9495 Defeated! View quoted note →