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  Jessica J. González, FreePress.net · [email protected]
September 17, 2020 at 1:10 PM

The election is 7 weeks away

Free Press Fight back against disinformation and the suppression of truth. With seven weeks left until Election Day, the essential information we need to make informed decisions and stay healthy is being actively suppressed and distorted. Fox News and QAnon conspiracy…
  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]
September 16, 2020 at 5:15 PM

Stop Charter

Free Press I’m submitting our members’ comments to the FCC tomorrow! Friend, Tomorrow I’m going to submit our members’ comments to the FCC to urge the agency to stop Charter from limiting people’s internet access in the midst of a pandemic. But I noticed that your name is mis…
  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]
September 12, 2020 at 1:06 PM

This wasn’t merely a “mistake”

Free Press Take action. Stop violent organizing on Facebook. Friend, Facebook has refused to crack down on hate for years and years — with devastating consequences. Most recently, after two people were murdered in Kenosha, Wisconsin, it emerged that Facebook did nothing when users flagged a r…
  Gaurav Laroia, FreePress.net · [email protected]
September 10, 2020 at 11:08 PM

4 hours left - this is going to be big

Free Press Today only: Have 3x the impact on our legal battle. There are unprecedented wildfires across the West right now. People are being displaced and are suffering from the effects of wildfire smoke, and the devastation is likely to mount in the remaining weeks of fire season…
  Candace Clement, FreePress.net · [email protected]
September 10, 2020 at 7:08 PM

Re: We’re suing Trump [1 Day Triple Match]

Free Press Today only: Have 3x the impact on our legal battle. Friend, After Twitter added a warning label to one of Trump’s false tweets about mail-in voting, the president issued an unconstitutional executive order that seeks to punish social-media companies — and violate free-speech protec…
  Candace Clement, FreePress.net · [email protected]
September 10, 2020 at 4:01 PM

We’re suing Trump [1 Day Triple Match]

Free Press Today only: Have 3x the impact on our legal battle. There are unprecedented wildfires across the West right now. People are being displaced and are suffering from the effects of wildfire smoke, and the devastation is likely to mount in the remaining weeks of fire season…
  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]
September 9, 2020 at 11:08 PM

This wasn’t merely a “mistake”

Free Press Take action. Stop violent organizing on Facebook. There are unprecedented wildfires across the West Coast right now. People are being displaced and are suffering from the effects of wildfire smoke, and the devastation is likely to mount in the remaining weeks of fire s…
  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]
September 3, 2020 at 6:07 PM

Say NO to data caps

Free Press Tell the FCC: Stop Charter from instituting data caps & limiting people’s internet access. Friend, Right now, while millions of people are stuck at home trying to keep themselves and their communities safe, Charter has decided that this would be a great time to institute data …
  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]
September 2, 2020 at 8:38 PM

Say NO to data caps

Free Press Tell the FCC: Stop Charter from instituting data caps & limiting people’s internet access. Tell the FCC: Stop Charter from instituting data caps & limiting people’s internet access. Friend, The COVID-19 crisis, remote learning and the digital divide are threa…
  Candace Clement, FreePress.net · [email protected]
August 28, 2020 at 4:33 PM

Fox News is paying Tucker Carlson $10 million

Free Press This shouldn’t be up for debate: Fox News must fire Tucker Carlson. Friend, Fox News is paying Tucker Carlson $10 million to be a racist and misogynist — and to justify a white vigilante's murder of two people protesting against police violence. Enough is enough: Tell Fox News to…
  Candace Clement, FreePress.net · [email protected]
August 27, 2020 at 6:27 PM

Fire. Tucker. Carlson.

Free Press This shouldn’t be up for debate: Fox News must fire Tucker Carlson. Friend, Tucker Carlson’s laundry list of heinous commentaries is exhausting. And last night he used his show to justify murder. This shouldn’t be up for debate: Fox News must fire Tucker Carlson. Wh…
  Candace Clement, FreePress.net · [email protected]
August 21, 2020 at 1:08 PM

Re: Let's take Fox down, one advertiser at a time

Free Press From Facebook to Fox, advertisers answer to us. Friend, Fox News is toxic. In the last week, it’s aired hateful attacks against Kamala Harris, Michelle Obama, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, while spreading more dangerous lies about COVID-19 and the US Postal Service. We've launche…
  Candace Clement, FreePress.net · [email protected]
August 19, 2020 at 6:30 PM

Tell advertisers to cut ties with Fox News

Free Press From Facebook to Fox, advertisers answer to us. Friend, Fox News doesn’t even attempt to conceal the messages of hate and disinformation that its platform relies on. But at a rapidly accelerating pace, corporations are recognizing that they are responsible for the ha…
  Lucia, FreePress.net · [email protected]
August 15, 2020 at 1:07 PM

#BoycottFox

Free Press In the past 48 hours the network has spread dangerous COVID conspiracy theories. Friend, Fox News is spreading dangerous coronavirus conspiracy theories and racist lies about Kamala Harris and other people of color. But as the network's ratings grow, it's snapping up new advertise…
  Lucia, FreePress.net · [email protected]
August 14, 2020 at 1:05 PM

It’s time to hold Fox News accountable

Free Press In the past 48 hours the network has spread dangerous COVID conspiracy theories. Friend, Fox News is at it again: In the past 48 hours the network has spread dangerous coronavirus conspiracy theories and racist lies about Kamala Harris. Take action now: Tell Fox News …
  Candace Clement, FreePress.net · [email protected]
August 12, 2020 at 9:33 PM

Fight the Fox-Trump Conspiracy Cycle

Free Press Advertisers are propping Fox up. Friend, Fox News, with support from the Trump administration, is responsible for a vast amount of the racism, disinformation and right-wing conspiracy theories that go viral today. And as Fox’s ratings continue to soar, the network is luring in ne…
  Candace Clement, FreePress.net · [email protected]
August 11, 2020 at 11:08 PM

Fight the Fox-Trump Conspiracy Cycle

Free Press Advertisers are propping Fox up. Take action now: Urge advertisers to take a stand against hate and boycott Fox. Friend, I call it the Fox-Trump Conspiracy Cycle. It’s vicious, it summarizes the last four years really well, and it goes a little something like this ……
  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]
August 3, 2020 at 5:42 PM

Tell the Senate to keep people connected

Free Press The Senate is set to leave D.C. at the end of this week. Friend, We are running out of time. The Senate is set to leave D.C. at the end of this week, and senators are still debating whether and how to get much-needed support to their constituents. With the start of s…
  Jessica J. González, FreePress.net · [email protected]
August 1, 2020 at 12:16 AM

[3 Hours] We’re almost there. Double your impact!

Free Press Show Mark Zuckerberg the fight’s not over. We are so close to hitting our new-donor matching gift goal — but there are just 3 hours left before our deadline! Your gift could put us over the top. Donate now to double your impact against white supremacy online. With 95 days till El…
  Craig Aaron, FreePress.net · [email protected]
July 31, 2020 at 4:50 PM

[Last Day] Double your impact on online hate

Free Press Show Mark Zuckerberg the fight’s not over. We have $2,300 left to raise to hit our new-donor matching gift goal. But this is the last day your first-time gift can be DOUBLED. We need all the help we can get in the fight against white supremacy online. Donate now to ha…
  Craig Aaron, FreePress.net · [email protected]
July 30, 2020 at 10:44 PM

[1 Day Left] Double your impact against online hate

Free Press We can’t let Mark Zuckerberg off the hook. There is just 1 day left to have your first-time donation DOUBLED. Donald Trump has 96 more days to spread hate through his re-election campaign — and we all remember how well that worked on Facebook in 2016. We need all the…
  Lucia, FreePress.net · [email protected]
July 28, 2020 at 4:05 PM

RSVP for the watch party

Free Press On Wednesday four of the wealthiest, most powerful people will testify before Congress. Friend, On Wednesday, four of the wealthiest, most powerful people on our planet will testify before Congress in a House Judiciary hearing: the CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and …
  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]
July 27, 2020 at 8:59 PM

FWD: Leslie in Washington wants to sponsor you

Free Press 4 days to match your gift. 100 days until the election. I wanted to make sure you saw Jessica’s email below. I also wanted to make sure you knew that we are now less than 100 days away from Election Day. We saw how racism and other forms of hate were used on Facebook to influence …
  Lucia, FreePress.net · [email protected]
July 26, 2020 at 2:06 PM

We must stop the Patriot Act

Free Press Don’t let Congress expand the federal government’s spying powers. Friend, This month, Trump sent unidentified feds driving unmarked vans into Portland, where they abducted racial-justice protesters exercising their First Amendment rights. And he's vowed to send more feds to more c…
  Lucia, FreePress.net · [email protected]
July 25, 2020 at 12:05 PM

Trump is targeting protesters

Free Press Don’t let Congress expand the federal government’s spying powers. Friend, We’ve been fighting the Patriot Act, and the invasive spying powers built into it, for the better part of 6 years. And many of you have been with us every step of the way. While thes…
  Jessica J. González, FreePress.net · [email protected]
July 23, 2020 at 8:34 PM

Leslie in Washington wants to sponsor you

Free Press New donors have twice the impact right now. To help us keep the #StopHateForProfit Facebook ad boycott going strong, over 65 of our generous donors have pitched in to help us double gifts from first-time givers like you. Leslie in Washington is one of them. Will you g…
  Lucia, FreePress.net · [email protected]
July 22, 2020 at 9:35 PM

Bye Tucker

Free Press Fox News: Tucker Carlson has got to go. Friend, Last month, we demanded that Fox News fire Tucker Carlson after he blatantly encouraged violence against Black protesters after George Floyd’s murder. Yet despite Carlson’s history of courting a white-supremacist viewership — and in …
  Craig Aaron, FreePress.net · [email protected]
July 21, 2020 at 3:37 PM

FWD: Facebook’s response to ad boycott: ̄\_(ツ)_/ ̄

Free Press New donors will have twice the impact right now. Friend — I hope you saw Jessica’s email below, because this is just too much. I’d like to say I’m shocked, but it’s classic Zuckerberg to simply pretend there’s nothing to worry about. Facebook failed its own independent civil-right…
  Lucia, FreePress.net · [email protected]
July 20, 2020 at 9:44 PM

Thank you, Rep. John Lewis

Free Press John Lewis was a courageous fighter for media justice Friend, As our nation mourns the passing of civil-rights icon Rep. John Lewis, there will be a lot of discussions about his legacy and his historical impact. What’s less known is that Rep. Lewis was a courageous f…
  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]
July 19, 2020 at 3:44 PM

The next stimulus bill

Free Press Being able to get and stay connected is a civil and human right. Friend, As COVID-19 infection rates keep climbing, the need for affordable home-internet access has never been more apparent. And with millions of schoolchildren slated to attend classes virtually this fall, the need…
  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]
July 18, 2020 at 1:19 PM

The next stimulus bill

Free Press Being able to get and stay connected is a civil and human right. Friend, COVID-19 infection rates in the U.S. are skyrocketing. People are being evicted because they can’t attend online eviction hearings since they can’t afford an internet connection. Predatory prison…
  Jessica J. González, FreePress.net · [email protected]
July 17, 2020 at 2:32 PM

We say #StopHateForProfit. Facebook says ...

Free Press New donors will have twice the impact right now. Halfway through July, with 1,000+ companies from Coca-Cola and Verizon to Honda and Target participating in the ad boycott, what is Facebook’s response? To falsely claim that it’s already doing a great job. Facebook is…
  Collette, Free Press · [email protected]
July 14, 2020 at 3:04 PM

Trump on Twitter is dangerous

Free Press Twitter and Trump are endangering Black lives. Friend, Donald Trump has long used Twitter to incite anti-Black racism: This month alone he attacked NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace and slammed Black Lives Matter as a so-called "symbol of hate". Trump's tweets have had dangerous real-l…
  Collette, Free Press · [email protected]
July 13, 2020 at 7:49 PM

Trump on Twitter is dangerous

Free Press Twitter and Trump are endangering Black lives. Friend, Once again, Donald Trump is using Twitter to incite anti-Black hate. Earlier this month, he vilified NASCAR’s lone Black driver, Bubba Wallace,1 and called Black Lives Matter a “symbol of hate.”2 This comes at a …
  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]
July 11, 2020 at 12:36 PM

Zuckerberg & Trump

Free Press Demand that Zuckerberg put human rights first or resign. Friend, Racism is rampant on Facebook — and this week offered the latest proof that Mark Zuckerberg just doesn't care. Four leaders of the #StopHateForProfit Facebook advertising boycott, including Free Press Co-CEO Jessica…
  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]
July 10, 2020 at 3:36 PM

Zuckerberg & Trump

Free Press Demand that Zuckerberg put human rights first or resign. Friend, Mark Zuckerberg is having a bad week. In case you’ve missed the headlines, Zuckerberg met with our co-CEO Jessica J. González along with the CEOs of ADL, Color Of Change and the NAACP on Tuesday in resp…
  Mike Rispoli, FreePress.net · [email protected]
July 8, 2020 at 8:14 PM

Happy birthday, News Voices 🎈

Free Press Celebrating the 5th anniversary of News Voices. Friend, Is journalism dead? Hell, no! We know this because five years ago this week, we launched News Voices on a wild premise: The idea that community organizing could create a new vision for local news — one that cent…
  Jessica J. González, FreePress.net · [email protected]
July 7, 2020 at 9:58 PM

I just spoke to Mark Zuckerberg [#StopHateForProfit]

Free Press We’re boycotting Facebook ads too. And it does hurt. Friend, I just got out of a meeting with Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg and other Facebook leaders to discuss the #StopHateForProfit Facebook advertising boycott. I'll be honest with you: I'm deeply disappointed. Facebook app…
  Jessica J. González, FreePress.net · [email protected]
July 6, 2020 at 8:18 PM

[Only you can] double your impact to #StopHateForProfit

Free Press We’re boycotting Facebook ads too. And it does hurt. Free Press isn’t just a founding member of the coalition that built the #StopHateForProfit Facebook advertising boycott — we’re also participating. But we have to tell you: This does hurt. As a nonprofit, we’ve reli…
  Lucia, FreePress.net · [email protected]
July 4, 2020 at 12:07 PM

The FBI and police are targeting Black activists

Free Press The FBI and police are deploying military-grade surveillance tech against Black protesters. Friend, Nationwide, protests against police violence are being met with more police violence. Police are deploying tanks, tear gas — and advanced surveillance and tracking technology. That…
  Lucia, FreePress.net · [email protected]
July 3, 2020 at 2:17 PM

The FBI and police are targeting Black activists

Free Press The FBI and police are deploying military-grade surveillance tech against Black protesters. The FBI and police are deploying military-grade surveillance tech against Black protesters. Tell Congress to pass legislation that would stop this gross repression of protesters…
  Jessica J. González, FreePress.net · [email protected]
July 2, 2020 at 12:10 AM

Facebook Boycott Starts Today [#StopHateForProfit]

Free Press our support made this boycott possible. After years of hate and lies flowing unchecked on Facebook, we’re hitting Mark Zuckerberg in the one place he cares about — his ad revenue. And with 99% of Facebook’s profits coming from ads, you better believe he is feeling the …
  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]
June 30, 2020 at 7:58 PM

Facebook is freaking out

Free Press Facebook has shown it doesn’t care about its users. But it does care about money. Friend, Over 300 companies — including heavyweights like Coca-Cola, Honda, Starbucks and Verizon — have joined the #StopHateForProfit boycott and are pulling their advertising dollars from Facebook f…
  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]
June 29, 2020 at 6:05 PM

Facebook is freaking out

Free Press Facebook has shown it doesn’t care about its users. But it does care about money. Facebook continues to profit from hate and disinformation. But Zuckerberg is feeling the heat: Over 180 companies are refusing to be complicit and have joined a Facebook ads boycott. Tell…
  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]
June 27, 2020 at 12:06 PM

Re: Boycott Facebook

Free Press Facebook has shown it doesn’t care about its users. But it does care about money. Friend, Facebook doesn't care about its users — which is why it's long refused to adequately combat hate and disinformation on its platform. But now advertisers are revolting: Ben & Jerry's, Honda…
  Heather Franklin, FreePress.net · [email protected]
June 26, 2020 at 11:54 PM

Boycott Facebook

Free Press Facebook has shown it doesn’t care about its users. But it does care about money. Friend, Facebook is facing a full-on advertising revolt. And it’s huge. The company’s largest advertisers are turning their back on the social-media giant because of its repeated failur…
  Nilda Muhr, FreePress.net · [email protected]
June 26, 2020 at 3:54 PM

Hey Jack Dorsey, let’s not forget Trump

Free Press Support our calls to ban Trump on Twitter. I hope you saw my email below. Free Press is happy to see Twitter doing more to enforce its own policies by banning Katie Hopkins, a well-known British white supremacist. But a spotty approach that bans one white supremacist and flags a c…
  Nilda Muhr, FreePress.net · [email protected]
June 24, 2020 at 4:51 PM

Tell Twitter: Dump Trump

Free Press The pressure is working and we have to keep it up. Friend, UPDATE: Twitter has banned Katie Hopkins — an infamous British white supremacist who used the platform to incite violence against Black and Brown people and religious minorities. Her tweets were so vile that …
  Tauhid Chappell, FreePress.net · [email protected]
June 18, 2020 at 6:57 PM

Speak out and stand with Black staff at the New York Times

Free Press The winds of change have been blowing for decades. Friend, This is the week of Juneteenth, a celebration of Black liberation. But in 2020, newsrooms across the country are still oppressing Black journalists. Join us now as we stand with those demanding justice. Urge the New York …
  Tauhid Chappell, FreePress.net · [email protected]
June 18, 2020 at 12:28 AM

Speak out and stand with Black staff at the New York Times

Free Press The winds of change have been blowing for decades. Stand with Black journalists and Black employees at the New York Times. Friend, Earlier this month, the New York Times published a violent and racist anti-First Amendment Op-Ed by Sen. Tom Cotton (R–Arkansas). In resp…