Hi John,

There’s been a lot brewing at Fight for the Future, and I just wanted to say thank you for sticking around to hear about our fight for your digital rights, through wins and setbacks alike. With your help this year, we’ve gotten the censorship bill KOSA tabled¹, net neutrality rules restored², and fought tooth and nail against online censorship targeting Palestinians and anti-genocide advocates³.

But the truth is, we get the most eyes on us—and the most support for our campaigns—when we’re on the edge of a crisis. And while we’re immensely grateful for those who show up to support us when things are dire, that support often slows when big news cycles take over (like this election season) or when we’re building behind-the-scenes toward our longer-term goals, like a national ban on facial recognition⁴.

The only thing that can sustain our campaigns in every season, while enabling us to use our boldest strategies to keep the Internet free, fair, and safe, is a strong community of monthly supporters like you. Would you pitch in with a monthly gift of any size to fuel critical campaigns for privacy and Internet freedom through this election season and beyond?

BECOME A MONTHLY SUPPORTER

You might wonder what the use is of pitching in when things seem calm. But I’ll be honest: with a lack of comprehensive privacy protections and a constantly shifting landscape of Bad Internet Bills⁵, there’s always a new battle to fight around the corner. And when we’re not stretched thin, we can respond to a problematic trend in state laws (like the growing wave of age verification laws⁶), jump into high gear when a bad bill escalates, and continue building strong coalitions and public support for big, system-changing legislation, all at the same time.
We were hoping to grow our community of supporters by 80 new people this week to make all that possible, and more. Today’s the last day to make it happen. Will you pitch in?

I'LL JOIN THE FIGHT

With enough support, we could even pivot away from asks like these almost completely and focus all of our energy on fiercely campaigning for your rights. And whether you pitch in $3 or $30 a month to the fight, sign petitions and make calls, or talk to your friends and family about the importance of privacy and Internet freedom, just know, it all matters. Thank you for sticking with us, we couldn’t do this without you.

In solidarity,

Alex and the team at Fight for the Future

P.S. If you pitch in with $10/month or more, we’ll send you a sweet digital security tote (with possums!) as a thank you.

Footnotes:

1. KOSA is dead. Now it’s time to unite to take on Big Tech for real: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2024-08-01-kosa-is-dead-now-its-time-to-unite-to-take-on-big-tech-for-real/

2. CBS News: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/net-neutrality-fcc/

3. Meta: Let Palestine Speak: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/meta-let-palestine-speak/

4. Ban Facial Recognition: banfacialrecognition.com

5. Free Speech Coalition: https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/age-verification-bills/