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  Internet Defense Team · [email protected]
August 23, 2019 at 2:59 PM

Re: Trump's “Censor the Internet” executive order

Trump’s “Censor the Internet” executive order would be the end of free speech online. Dear Friend, Last week, news leaked from the White House about a Trump executive order draft that would allow federal agencies to monitor and even censor political speech on the internet. Trump's "C…
  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
August 21, 2019 at 10:07 PM

ICE is DNA testing families at the border. What could possibly go wrong?!

Hi, This year, ICE got a tech upgrade that will chill you to your core: DNA testing families at the border.1 This is just the latest in a very long line of ICE atrocities at the US-Mexico border, and its implications are terrifying. Tell ICE: Stop using rapid DNA testing on immigran…
  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]
August 19, 2019 at 8:06 PM

ALERT: Trump executive order to censor the internet

Trump is preparing an executive order to allow Ajit Pai to censor political speech on the internet. Friend—We're running digital ads to rally people against Trump's internet censorship executive order. The more we can count on you, the more ads we can run and the more public pressure…
  Team Internet · [email protected]
August 15, 2019 at 1:26 PM

UPDATE: Trump executive order to censor the internet

Trump is preparing an executive order to allow Ajit Pai to censor political speech on the internet. Friend—I wanted to make sure you saw this urgent email. We are mobilizing to stop Trump's administration from controlling what we post online, and we're preparing to run digital ads to…
  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
August 14, 2019 at 9:20 PM

ICE’s deportation machine is run by Palantir software

Hi, ICE operations aren’t just a morally reprehensible machine to separate families and deport immigrants en masse. They’re also surprisingly high-tech. A private company called Palantir provides ICE with unprecedented abilities to track and monitor people in real time. They’re raki…
  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
August 14, 2019 at 8:06 PM

ICE’s deportation machine is run by Palantir software

Hi, ICE operations aren’t just a morally reprehensible machine to separate families and deport immigrants en masse. They’re also surprisingly high-tech. A private company called Palantir provides ICE with unprecedented abilities to track and monitor people in real time. They’re raki…
  Team Internet · [email protected]
August 12, 2019 at 6:35 PM

URGENT: Trump executive order to censor the internet

Trump is preparing an executive order to allow Ajit Pai to censor political speech on the internet. Dear Friend, BREAKING: Donald Trump is preparing an executive order that would essentially end freedom of speech on the internet. A leaked draft of the order would give broad authority…
  Salma Mirza, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
August 11, 2019 at 5:37 PM

56 calls a week?

Tell the CFPB to protect consumers from debt collector harassment. Friend, When I got sick six years ago and was unemployed because of my illness, I was afraid to answer the phone or open my mail because of debt collectors trying to collect on medical debt I couldn’t pay. That’s why …
  Salma Mirza, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
August 5, 2019 at 10:08 PM

Add your name: Stop the FTC and Equifax’s $125 scam

Trump’s administration is in the business of deceptive advertising. Friend, You know that $125 you’re supposed to get from Equifax for its data breach? Yeah, that’s not happening.1 The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Equifax let us think we were going to get a cash payout, when in…
  Save Net Neutrality · [email protected]
July 31, 2019 at 10:52 PM

Net neutrality blocked by a DEMOCRAT?!

Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema is teaming up with Big Cable to block net neutrality. Dear Friend, There's only one Democrat in the entire U.S. Congress who doesn't stand with us on net neutrality: Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona. In fact, she's teamed up with Big Cable’s favorit…
  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]
July 20, 2019 at 1:44 PM

Largest surveillance system in the world

Stop the race to build the world’s most accurate facial recognition software with databases of millions of pictures. Dear Friend, People go on OkCupid hoping to find their perfect match. But online daters are getting more than they bargained for. They and many other people who have p…
  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
July 19, 2019 at 2:55 PM

ICE and the FBI routinely search DMV photos

Hi, If you have a state-issued driver’s license or ID, chances are high that ICE agents have seen your face. Recent reporting reveals that ICE agents routinely use state DMV photos for facial recognition scanning1 – without consent from millions of ID-holders across the country. Tel…
  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
July 18, 2019 at 2:56 PM

Tell Amazon: Stop helping ICE

Hi, Children are languishing in cages, families are being ripped apart, and too often held in sub-standard living conditions. And Amazon isn't just complicit in this, they're profiting from it. Amazon's AWS servers form the backbone of ICE's detention and deportation operations. But…
  Team Demand Progress · [email protected]
July 10, 2019 at 5:33 PM

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attacked by DEMOCRATS?!

Establishment Democrats are attacking Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, trying to “rein in” her efforts to bring progressive change to D.C. Dear Friend, Establishment Democrats are going after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez . . . again. After AOC refused to go along with the House Democratic leade…
  Salma Mirza, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
July 6, 2019 at 2:34 PM

Re: Amazon

Your representative needs to hear from you. Hi, Amazon is profiting from ICE putting children in cages and separating immigrant families. It provides the technology infrastructure ICE needs.1 At a time when many are labeling immigrant detention centers2 “concentration camps,”3 Amazon…
  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
July 4, 2019 at 6:06 PM

You’re not flying JetBlue, Delta, or American Airlines, are you?

Hi, Chances are you or someone you know and love is flying the week of July 4th. And if they’re flying JetBlue, Delta, or American Airlines, you or loved ones might be in for a shock. JetBlue, Delta, and American Airlines are now collecting invasive biometric face scans from passeng…
  Save Net Neutrality · [email protected]
July 2, 2019 at 8:54 PM

New life for net neutrality?!

A federal court could be days away from restoring net neutrality. Dear Friend, We could be just days away from a federal court decision THROWING OUT Ajit Pai’s repeal of net neutrality. Ajit Pai, the former Verizon lawyer in charge of the FCC, violated the law in his rush to repeal …
  Salma Mirza, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
June 28, 2019 at 4:35 PM

No legal right to sue?

An 87-year-old nun was raped in her nursing home, but her family was barred from suing the nursing home for negligence. Hi, An 87-year-old nun was raped in her nursing home, but her family was barred from suing the nursing home for negligence.1 A woman was charged a 1,000 percent int…