Candace Clement, Free Press · [email protected]

May 6, 2021 at 9:17 PM

Don’t let Trump back on Facebook

Free Press Allowing Donald Trump to return to Facebook would undermine public safety. Friend, The Facebook Oversight Board has come back with a decision on the suspension of Donald Trump’s account: keep him off...for now. The Board's decision kicks the can back to Facebook to …

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  Candace Clement, Free Press · [email protected]

May 5, 2021 at 2:29 PM

Trump’s still off Facebook, for now...

Free Press This is just the beginning. Friend — BREAKING: This morning, the Facebook Oversight Board recommended that the company continue its suspension of Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts, and told Facebook that it must complete its review of its decision to sus…

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  Alicia Bell, Free Press · [email protected]

April 29, 2021 at 8:06 PM

Anti-Blackness must be consciously undone everywhere

Media 2070 | Media Reparations: An Invitation to Dream We’re in the midst of heavy, painful harm. Friend, The cops killed Ma’Khia Bryant, Andrew Brown, Daunte Wright and George Floyd, but anti-Black media helped create the conditions for these murders. And this is nothing new: Anti-Black ra…

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  Alicia Bell, Free Press · [email protected]

April 28, 2021 at 11:28 PM

Anti-Blackness must be consciously undone everywhere

Media 2070 | Media Reparations: An Invitation to Dream We’re in the midst of heavy, painful harm. A Project of Free Press Friend, We’re in the midst of heavy, painful harm. The pain is layered on with every murder at the hands of police and white supremacists. Viol…

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  Candace Clement, Free Press · [email protected]

April 27, 2021 at 8:17 PM

Facebook’s pattern of ugly behavior

Free Press We have to be ready to fight. Friend, Bad news: We have reason to believe that the Oversight Board that Mark Zuckerberg created will recommend reinstating Trump's Facebook account. Giving Trump access will make all of our communities less safe. Please donate today so we can keep…

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  Candace Clement, Free Press · [email protected]

April 26, 2021 at 8:01 PM

Trump + Zuckerberg: A toxic combination

Free Press We have to be ready to fight. Friend — We have reason to believe that Mark Zuckerberg, and the Oversight Board he created, will make the wrong decision later this month by allowing Donald Trump back onto Facebook. Zuckerberg has a well-established pattern of behavior…

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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]

April 22, 2021 at 6:07 PM

A flashlight app can sell your data

Free Press Federal agencies have access to your moment-to-moment location data. Friend, The federal government can track your moment-by-moment location data via the apps you download on your phone or tablet. We’re all at risk of having our privacy violated, but immigrants, people of color an…

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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]

April 21, 2021 at 5:32 PM

Your privacy is not for sale

Free Press Federal agencies have access to your moment-to-moment location data. Friend, Right now, federal agencies have access to your moment-to-moment location data. They get this, in part, from the apps you download on your phone or tablet. Something as innocuous as a flashli…

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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]

April 13, 2021 at 6:30 PM

Ugh, Facebook

Free Press There are so many reasons why Facebook must not give Trump a megaphone. Friend, The Facebook Oversight Board will soon release its recommendation on whether to reinstate Trump's account. And while Trump used Facebook to spread hate and lies and incite racist violence, we have rea…

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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]

April 12, 2021 at 11:19 PM

Ugh, Facebook

Free Press There are so many reasons why Facebook must not give Trump a megaphone. Friend, The Facebook Oversight Board will give its recommendation on whether to allow Trump back on the social-media platform any day now. The right thing to do is clear. But Facebook is determi…

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  Candace Clement, Free Press · [email protected]

April 8, 2021 at 8:40 PM

Since January: Progress against disinformation

Free Press Fewer headlines, but a lot of hard work. Friend, The fight against disinformation drew big headlines back in January, when the white-supremacist insurrection put a spotlight on just how dangerous the rise of propaganda is — with consequences including Twitter permanen…

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  Heather Franklin, Free Press · [email protected]

April 6, 2021 at 6:14 PM

[FWD:] A parting gift from Trump

Free Press Tell the White House and Senate to appoint a fifth FCC commissioner Friend, The Trump FCC inflicted damage on so many fronts, leaving the Biden FCC with a huge mess to clean up. But the agency is currently deadlocked — which means there's only so much it can do. Urge President Bi…

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  Heather Franklin, Free Press · [email protected]

April 5, 2021 at 6:07 PM

A parting gift from Trump

Free Press Tell the White House and Senate to appoint a fifth FCC commissioner We’ve waited long enough for a fully functional FCC. Tell the Biden administration and Senate to appoint a fifth FCC commissioner now. We’ve got important work to do. Friend, In the waning days of th…

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  Candace Clement, Free Press · [email protected]

April 4, 2021 at 3:04 PM

Tell Facebook: This is how to stop another Jan. 6

Free Press Your profits are not as valuable as our safety. Friend, Later this month, the Facebook Oversight Board will give its recommendation on whether to allow Trump back on the social-media network. The right thing to do is clear. But Facebook’s determination to profit off of the hate an…

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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]

April 3, 2021 at 4:09 PM

SCOTUS ruled in favor of Trump

Free Press Now we take the fight back to the FCC Friend, Earlier this week — in a case we’ve been fighting for years — the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump FCC’s total abdication of its responsibility to promote media ownership diversity. But we aren’t giving up: We’re taking …

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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]

April 2, 2021 at 7:03 PM

SCOTUS ruled in favor of Trump

Free Press Now we take the fight back to the FCC Friend, Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Prometheus Radio Project v. FCC, a case that we’ve been fighting for years. And the decision wasn’t good. SCOTUS ruled in favor of the Trump FCC’s complete abdication …

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  Candace Clement, Free Press · [email protected]

April 1, 2021 at 6:46 PM

When Trump speaks, the chance of violence spikes

Free Press Your profits are not as valuable as our safety. Take Action Friend — This April, the Facebook Oversight Board will give its recommendation on whether to allow Trump back on the social-media network. But here’s the thing: The Facebook Oversight Board was cre…

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  Craig Aaron, Free Press · [email protected]

March 31, 2021 at 6:12 PM

Last Day: 2x the impact. 2x the progress.

Free Press We still have to raise $3,283 by midnight tonight. Last day: donate before midnight tonight to DOUBLE your impact on disinformation. This is it. The last day when your gift can go TWICE as far in the fight against disinformation and hate, and for access to lifesaving…

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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]

March 30, 2021 at 7:16 PM

The farther we get from Jan. 6 ...

Free Press 1 day left: DOUBLE your impact 1 day left — donate now to DOUBLE your impact. We have only one day left to reach our goal of raising $12,500 and turning it into $25,000 to help us keep up the fight against disinformation and hate. Match My Gift Donate now and your …

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  Jessica J. González, Free Press · [email protected]

March 27, 2021 at 2:07 PM

No more talk. It’s time to rein in Big Tech

Free Press Double your impact & make Big Tech pay. Friend— I wanted to make sure you saw Candace’s email below, because our plan for upending Big Tech’s hate-for-profit business model has real potential in Congress ... and for 5 more days, your gift will be DOUBLED to help us turn our sol…

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  Candace Clement, Free Press · [email protected]

March 26, 2021 at 4:38 PM

Our record in Congress (and plan for Big Tech)

Free Press Double your impact & make Big Tech pay. Donate now to DOUBLE your impact and help stop Big Tech from profiting off of hate and lies. Friend — Let’s be honest: Yesterday’s tech hearing wasn't enough. It’s great for Congress to call Big Tech CEOs to account for fost…

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  Candace Clement, Free Press · [email protected]

March 25, 2021 at 4:29 PM

Hate for profit in Silicon Valley

Free Press It’s time for policymakers to confront the hate-for-profit business model of tech platforms. Friend, Today the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter are testifying in the House in a hearing addressing social media's role in fueling hate and misinformation. One thing's clear: We ca…

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  Candace Clement, Free Press · [email protected]

March 24, 2021 at 11:15 PM

Hate for profit in Silicon Valley

Free Press It’s time for policymakers to confront the hate-for-profit business model of tech platforms. Friend, Social media and tech platforms are vectors for extremism, racism, misogyny, lies and violence. Self-regulation has not worked. It’s past time for policymakers in Wa…

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  Dutch Cosmian, Free Press · [email protected]

March 22, 2021 at 7:14 PM

Seriously, how are you?

Free Press This feels like an important moment to check in on our members. Friend, as a community, we have gone through a lot together over the last year. Free Press is strong because we represent a movement, and this feels like an important moment to check in on all of our mov…

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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]

March 17, 2021 at 7:38 PM

Let’s stop the Patriot Act for good

Free Press One year ago today, we won a major victory … Friend, One year ago we celebrated when the Patriot Act expired. But lawmakers on both sides of the aisle want to revive it. Surveillance doesn't make us any safer: This is especially true for communities of color, who are disproporti…

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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]

March 15, 2021 at 4:13 PM

We’re live: Stop the Patriot Act

Free Press One year ago today, we won a major victory … Friend, We’ve been fighting the Patriot Act, and the invasive spying powers built into it, for the better part of 6 years. One year ago today, we won a major victory: The Patriot Act expired, and despite Mitch McConnell’s …

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  Heather Franklin, Free Press · [email protected]

March 14, 2021 at 6:18 PM

We need a 5th FCC commissioner

Free Press The FCC deadlock has put some of our most important work on hold. Friend, The Biden FCC has its work cut out for it if it's going to fix the mess left by former Chairman Ajit Pai and the Trump administration. But right now we have a deadlocked agency — which means that some of our…

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  Heather Franklin, Free Press · [email protected]

March 13, 2021 at 2:18 PM

We need a fully functioning FCC

Free Press The FCC deadlock has put some of our most important work on hold. A deadlocked FCC can’t finish the job. Urge the White House and your senators to give us a fully functioning agency that can end the digital divide, bring back Net Neutrality and more. Friend, In the w…

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  Candace Clement, Free Press · [email protected]

March 13, 2021 at 12:39 AM

[FWD:] 1 year later: why we need you (x 2) now

Free Press Double your impact for universal broadband now. Friend — I wanted to make sure you had seen Heather’s email below. But there’s another thing I wanted to make sure of: Did you know that Free Press doesn’t take a cent from business, government or political parties — because our inde…

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  Heather Franklin, Free Press · [email protected]

March 12, 2021 at 8:03 PM

1 year later: why we need you (x 2) now

Free Press Double your impact for universal broadband now. Donate Today Friend — For Free Press, today feels like the official anniversary of the pandemic in the United States. March 12, 2020 was the last time I saw any of my colleagues in person before we closed our…

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  Candace Clement, Free Press · [email protected]

March 10, 2021 at 8:35 PM

12 months in ... it could not be more clear

Free Press Help us raise $12,500 by March 31. Donate Today Friend — In the year since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States, more than 500,000 people have died here. And there are millions of people who remain cut off from lifesaving information because of the …

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  Candace Clement, Free Press · [email protected]

February 25, 2021 at 7:04 PM

Drop Fox for good

Free Press It’s not the MyPillow guy who’s keeping Fox News afloat: It’s you. Friend, Even if you never turn on Fox News, you're still paying for it. Every cable subscriber is forced to subsidize the network's racism, hate, election lies, COVID disinformation and more through subscriber fees…

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  Candace Clement, Free Press · [email protected]

February 25, 2021 at 12:17 AM

Drop Fox for good

Free Press It’s not the MyPillow guy who’s keeping Fox News afloat: It’s you. Friend, Facebook and Twitter have gotten a lot of attention for their role in spreading disinformation about the election and COVID — and for fanning the flames of white supremacy and other …

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  Craig Aaron, Free Press · [email protected]

February 19, 2021 at 5:23 PM

We’re hard at work (check this out)

Free Press We don’t have a moment to waste. It’s hard to believe that it was just four weeks ago that we entered a new era of incredible opportunity for justice and progressive priorities — one that Mitch McConnell is determined to end in just two years. Free Press knows how qu…

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  Candace Clement, Free Press · [email protected]

February 16, 2021 at 11:12 PM

Together we can keep this momentum going

Free Press All of this is thanks to your actions. Friend, As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to intensify, lies about vaccine safety are multiplying on social media. These lies threaten to undermine the nation's fight against this deadly disease. Thanks to thousands of people like you, we'v…

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  Candace Clement, Free Press · [email protected]

February 13, 2021 at 10:08 AM

Together we can keep this momentum going

Free Press All of this is thanks to your actions. Friend — This week, we saw more progress in the fight against disinformation as Instagram barred Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from the platform due to his lies about COVID-19 and vaccines1 — and Twitter permanently banned anti…

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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]

February 5, 2021 at 4:10 PM

Tell the Senate to convict Trump

Free Press Trump’s impeachment trial is set to begin next week. Friend, In just a few days Trump will go on trial in the Senate for inciting the violent white-supremacist insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6. It's crucial that senators hold Trump accountable for undermining our democracy. …

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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]

February 4, 2021 at 7:12 PM

Tell the Senate to convict Trump

Free Press Trump’s impeachment trial is set to begin next week. Friend, After a long delay, and a change in administration, Trump’s impeachment trial is set to begin next week. Even though Trump has already left office, the Senate still has the power to prevent him from running …

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  Carrie Cuthbert, Free Press · [email protected]

January 30, 2021 at 5:11 PM

Ugh Mitch McConnell

Free Press Every month matters. Friend — We’ve almost reached our goal of signing up 21 new monthly donors in District of Columbia. Could you make a monthly donation now to help us reach this goal by midnight tomorrow? We helped craft portions of both the HEROES Act and the December COVID-19…

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  Carrie Cuthbert, Free Press · [email protected]

January 29, 2021 at 5:38 PM

Ugh Mitch McConnell

Free Press Now is the time for big goals. Friend — Right now politicians who want to end the digital divide and fight disinformation and hate are at the helm of the White House and both houses of Congress. But just one week into the Biden administration, Mitch McConne…

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  Heather Franklin, Free Press · [email protected]

January 26, 2021 at 7:19 PM

And now the clock’s ticking

Free Press Before Mitch McConnell has a chance to retake the Senate ... Friend — It took just five weeks for the number of people in the United States who died from COVID-19 to jump from 300,000 to 400,000. And now, Joe Biden is predicting that the death toll could rise to 5…

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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]

January 22, 2021 at 3:54 PM

Now. Is. The. Time. For. Change.

Free Press Yesterday we celebrated. Now we get to work. Friend — I wanted to make sure you saw Jessica’s email below, because every single day between now and the 2022 midterm elections is critical. The next two years — before Mitch McConnell has a chance to retake the Senate and obstruct any…

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  Jessica J. González, Free Press · [email protected]

January 22, 2021 at 12:20 AM

Now. Is. The. Time. For. Change.

Free Press Yesterday we celebrated. Now we get to work. Friend — Yesterday, we let ourselves take a breath of relief as we celebrated the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. The shift of political power in D.C. could not be more meaningful. And the significanc…

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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]

January 20, 2021 at 11:09 PM

Take care of yourself and democracy

Free Press 5 things you can do today. Friend, Joe Biden was just sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. Kamala Harris is the first Black, South Asian and woman vice president in U.S. history. This is momentous. And it’s been a long 4 years. Trump left the White …

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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]

January 20, 2021 at 12:27 AM

What to do if you see disinformation

Free Press Disinformation is a huge problem that’s not going away after Inauguration Day. Friend, In the past year, online hate and disinformation took center stage as one of the biggest issues of the internet era. In the United States, COVID-19 disinformation has contributed to…

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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]

January 18, 2021 at 6:52 PM

So Trump was impeached, again

Free Press Let’s make sure Trump can never hold public office again. Friend, Over 50 years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., fully embracing his legacy still threatens the preservation of a white-racial hierarchy. But that’s all the more reason why we must challenge any …

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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]

January 17, 2021 at 7:36 PM

With crimes like Trump’s ...

Free Press Let’s make sure Trump can never hold public office again. Friend, Donald Trump is the first president in U.S. history to be impeached twice. And his latest impeachment was for inciting a violent insurrection against the United States. With a crime of this magnitude, …

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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]

January 16, 2021 at 2:08 PM

Stop all contributions to the seditious 147

Free Press Media and tech companies are complicit I wanted to make sure you saw Candace’s email below. Why do companies like Amazon, Comcast, Facebook and Google need to review their policies for political contributions? The choice for these companies couldn’t be clearer: They need to perman…

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  Candace Clement, Free Press · [email protected]

January 15, 2021 at 10:19 PM

Stop all contributions to the seditious 147

Free Press Stop funding Cruz, Hawley, McCarthy and the rest today. The 147 seditious members of Congress who attempted to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 election have begun to pay a political price ... or have they? In response to Jan. 6’s white-supremaci…

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  Heather Franklin, Free Press · [email protected]

January 14, 2021 at 7:01 PM

[FWD:] Facebook must ban calls for violence

Free Press Democracy is under attack. Lives are at stake. I wanted to make sure you saw Candace’s email below. Trump and his seditious supporters have made their goal of overturning our democracy clear. In the wake of last week’s white-supremacist insurrection at the Capitol, armed Trump sup…

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