Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

July 8, 2022 at 10:15 PM

The Supreme Court decision & your privacy rights

Free Press Urgent: We need to move fast to protect everyone’s privacy rights. The ruling to overturn Roe has jeopardized ALL privacy-based rights. Tell Congress to pass the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act and protect our privacy rights from government entities. Friend— In …

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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]

July 7, 2022 at 9:52 PM

FWD: Cast your vote

Free Press We’ve got great news! Friend, This month, Free Press Action is in the running to win a grant of up to $83,333 from the generous folks at CREDO Mobile. You can help us by clicking here to cast your vote. It’s fast and simple and doesn’t cost a cent. Thank you so much! Lucia …

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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]

July 6, 2022 at 2:04 PM

Quick favor?

Free Press We’ve got great news! Cast your vote for Free Press Action and help us win up to $83,333 (!!) from CREDO Mobile. Friend— We’ve got great news! Free Press Action is in the running to receive a major grant from CREDO Mobile. During the month of July, you can support our wo…

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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]

July 2, 2022 at 1:03 PM

FWD: We’re on the CREDO ballot!

Free Press Fund the fight for your digital rights without spending a cent Friend, It’s not every day that you get to fund the fight against online hate and disinformation without spending a cent. But this month, Free Press Action is one of three groups eligible to receive a grant of up to $8…

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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]

July 1, 2022 at 4:31 PM

We’re on the CREDO ballot!

Free Press Fund the fight for your digital rights without spending a cent Cast your vote for Free Press Action and help us win up to $150K (!!) from CREDO Mobile. Exciting news! You can help us raise money without donating a cent. This month, Free Press Action is one of three groups …

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

June 29, 2022 at 5:10 PM

Abortion access + data privacy

Free Press We have to act fast to protect digital-privacy rights. Friend — In a post-Roe v. Wade America, we face many grim realities — and it’s becoming increasingly clear that law enforcement, government officials and others could weaponize our personal data to investigate, harass a…

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

June 23, 2022 at 6:45 PM

Announcing: #HandsOffMyData

Free Press NEW comprehensive campaign to protect your digital privacy rights. Friend— For too long tech companies have been collecting our data, storing that data and selling it without our permission. Sometimes this can feel harmless, like when you get an ad for a pair of sneakers you se…

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  Nora, Free Press · [email protected]

June 20, 2022 at 7:27 PM

FWD: Tell the DoJ to protect your protest rights

Free Press Add your name: Protect your right to protest. Friend, Since 2020, more than 250 anti-protest bills have circulated in statehouses across the country — and their sole purpose is to undermine our basic constitutional rights. The Justice Department has the power to step in. Urge the…

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  The Media 2070 Team · [email protected]

June 19, 2022 at 6:07 PM

Juneteenth and media reparations

Media 2070 | Media Reparations: An Invitation to Dream Tell us what you see when you envision media reparations. A Project of Free Press The story and celebration of Juneteenth connect to our current reparations struggle, specifically the fight for media reparations. Chec…

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  Nora, Free Press · [email protected]

June 18, 2022 at 1:15 PM

Dissent is patriotic

Free Press Add your name: Protect your right to protest. Friend, I wanted to make sure you didn’t miss my last email about the anti-protest bills that are sweeping through statehouses across the country. Since George Floyd’s murder, Free Press Action and partners have witnessed …

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  Rose, Free Press · [email protected]

June 17, 2022 at 3:22 PM

FWD: RE: Facebook

Free Press Facebook won’t stop until we make it. Friend, Facebook supposedly prohibits buying and selling guns on its platform, but a user can violate that rule 10 times before getting kicked off. That’s 10 guns bought and sold, in direct contradiction to Facebook’s own rules — putting our …

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  Rose, Free Press · [email protected]

June 16, 2022 at 6:28 PM

Free Press vs. Facebook

Free Press Facebook won’t stop until we make it. Dear Friend, Facebook is at it again: The platform is violating its own terms of service so it can profit from gun sales. Facebook supposedly prohibits buying and selling guns on its platform, but a user can violate that rule 10…

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  Amy Kroin, Free Press · [email protected]

June 14, 2022 at 10:07 PM

Free Press and the global fight against disinformation

Free Press The latest from the Free Press team Friend— The spread of hate speech and disinformation on social media isn’t just a U.S. problem — countries around the world are grappling with this growing threat. Free Press is a leading figure in the fight to keep users safe on t…

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  Free Press Team, Free Press · [email protected]

June 12, 2022 at 3:03 PM

FWD: Facebook’s shocking “10 strikes” policy

Free Press Facebook has a shocking leniency around gun sales. Friend, Facebook claims to ban gun sales from its platforms, but a Washington Post investigation shows that the platform fails to enforce its own policies. In fact, Facebook gives gun buyers and sellers 10 chances to violate its …

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  Free Press Team, Free Press · [email protected]

June 10, 2022 at 11:04 PM

10 strikes ... you’re still here?

Free Press Facebook has a shocking leniency around gun sales. Join us: Demand that Facebook enforce its own policies banning gun sales on the platform and commit to banning calls-to-arms from event pages. Friend, Supposedly you can’t buy or sell guns on Facebook. But a new in…

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  Rose, Free Press · [email protected]

June 8, 2022 at 5:08 PM

FWD: Why are Disney and Kellogg supporting hate speech?

Free Press We need to act before Musk buys Twitter. Friend, Twitter hasn’t done what it needs to do to crack down on hate and disinformation. Regardless of whether Elon Musk’s bid to buy the company goes through, we need Twitter to put rules and regulations in place to keep users safe. Let…

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  Rose, Free Press · [email protected]

June 7, 2022 at 11:14 PM

Why are Disney and Kellogg supporting hate speech?

Free Press We need to act before Musk buys Twitter. Friend, We’re counting on Twitter to improve its policies to keep all its users — and our democracy — safe from hate and disinformation. We’ve asked Twitter executives nicely to take the necessary steps, and now we’re ready to…

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  Heather Franklin, Free Press · [email protected]

May 22, 2022 at 3:07 PM

Alvaro Bedoya confirmed!

Free Press The Senate has confirmed public-interest champion Alvaro Bedoya to the FTC. Friend, Good news is hard to come by but I’m writing with some: On Wednesday, May 11th, after nearly 8 months of waiting, public interest-champion and former Free Press board member Alvaro Bedo…

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  Free Press Team, Free Press · [email protected]

May 21, 2022 at 1:03 PM

FWD: After Buffalo, Tucker has to go

Free Press Tucker Carlson airs violent hate speech every night – he must be stopped Friend, Hate and disinformation – including the far-right “great replacement” conspiracy theory that motivated the Buffalo terrorist – aren't reserved to the fringes of the internet. These are being repeated…

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  Free Press Team, Free Press · [email protected]

May 20, 2022 at 9:06 PM

The “great replacement” conspiracy theory must be stopped

Free Press Tucker Carlson airs violent hate speech every night – he must be stopped Can you add your name to demand Tucker Carlson be fired for spreading violent white supremacist lies? Friend – We’re deeply saddened and angry about the murders in Buffalo last Saturday. Violen…

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  Jessica and Craig, Free Press · [email protected]

May 17, 2022 at 8:50 PM

After Buffalo, media and tech can’t look away

Free Press This tragedy should be a catalyst to a fundamental reckoning with the media system. Friend, A church elder. A grandmother. A grandfather. A security guard. A Sunday school teacher. A baker. A civil rights activist. A jitney driver. A father of three. A young girl, wit…

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  Free Press Team, Free Press · [email protected]

May 14, 2022 at 12:06 PM

[SIGN] KEEP TRUMP OFF TWITTER

Free Press We can’t leave our safety up to the whims of Elon Musk. Friend, We celebrated a major victory when Twitter removed Donald Trump from the platform in 2021. For years, Trump violated Twitter’s terms of service by spreading disinformation and promoting violence — includ…

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  Free Press Team, Free Press · [email protected]

May 11, 2022 at 3:41 PM

FWD: Elon Musk and Donald Trump

Free Press Trump should not be allowed to return to Twitter. Friend, Elon Musk wants to allow Trump to return to Twitter — showing that he doesn’t care one bit about how the ex-president used the platform to incite a violent white-supremacist insurrection. And Musk has made it clear that he…

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  Free Press Team, Free Press · [email protected]

May 10, 2022 at 11:07 PM

Elon Musk and Donald Trump

Free Press Trump should not be allowed to return to Twitter. Elon Musk just announced that he plans to let Trump back on Twitter. Donate to our emergency fundraiser to help us fight back. Friend, Elon Musk just confirmed what we suspected: If he becomes CEO of Twitter, he will…

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  Amy Kroin, Free Press · [email protected]

May 9, 2022 at 9:30 PM

What we’ve been up to 👀

Free Press The latest from the Free Press team Friend— A free and equitable press is essential to our survival as a multiracial democracy. As we face increasing threats to our civil rights, Free Press organizers and advocates are working hard to ensure that journalists, policym…

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  STOP ELON · [email protected]

April 27, 2022 at 3:42 PM

FWD: How we’ll take on Elon

Free Press Online hate and disinformation are destroying our democracy. Friend, Elon Musk — the world’s richest person — just bought Twitter, and there’s a huge risk that under his leadership the platform will FULLY stop fighting online hate and disinformation. But let’s be real: Twitter w…

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  STOP ELON · [email protected]

April 26, 2022 at 7:13 PM

How we’ll take on Elon

Free Press Online hate and disinformation are destroying our democracy. The midterms are in six months, Elon Musk just took over Twitter and scandal after scandal is uncovered at Facebook every week. Make an emergency gift to help us #FixTheFeed today. Friend, Elon Musk — the …

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  Rose, Free Press · [email protected]

April 25, 2022 at 9:31 PM

Twitter: sold! To the richest man in the world

Free Press Social-media companies have failed us. Friend, I’m sure you saw the news: The Twitter board has unanimously approved Elon Musk’s bid to take over the company and take it private.1 What will Musk do with the platform now? Musk doesn’t have a great track record of prot…

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  Rose, Free Press · [email protected]

April 21, 2022 at 6:45 PM

More puppies, fewer lies

Free Press Social-media companies have failed us. Friend, Hateful, violent and misleading content is everywhere on social media. And companies like Facebook are actively amplifying this content — and causing it to go viral. Why? Because it makes them money. This has gone on long enough: Urge…

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  Rose, Free Press · [email protected]

April 20, 2022 at 2:14 PM

Disinformation? We’ve got a plan for that

Free Press Social-media companies have failed us. Social-media companies have failed us, Friend. They promised us cute pictures of our nieces and our friends’ new puppies. And what they delivered instead was hate speech, deadly disinformation, calls to violence and propaganda. …

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

April 14, 2022 at 12:14 AM

Disrupting online hate and lies

Free Press Our values Friend— This month Free Press is launching a campaign to pressure social-media companies to stop amplifying bigotry and conspiracy theories ahead of the midterm elections. As in previous years, we know that foreign and domestic actors alike will push lies …

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  Amy Kroin, Free Press · [email protected]

April 9, 2022 at 1:14 PM

A view from the field

Free Press The latest from the Free Press team Friend— There’s so much on the line: fighting disinformation, ensuring equity and reparations for Black communities, and strengthening local journalism. Free Press organizers and advocates are hard at work in communities across the…

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  Jessica and Craig, Free Press · [email protected]

March 31, 2022 at 5:11 PM

We haven’t heard from you yet

Free Press We are getting SO close. As the co-CEOs of Free Press Action, our text chain is always busy. And right now, as we approach the deadline to raise $10,000 and have it matched dollar for dollar, we’ve been texting a lot to see how close we are to meeting our goal. The a…

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

March 25, 2022 at 2:05 PM

FWD: An update from our legal team

Free Press Will you help the Free Press Action legal team? Hey there— I wanted to be sure you saw this note from Carmen earlier. ALL donations to Free Press Action are currently being matched dollar for dollar up to $10,000! This is an exciting opportunity to have a BIG impact on the critica…

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  Carmen Scurato, Free Press · [email protected]

March 22, 2022 at 4:29 PM

Checking in

Free Press Will you help the Free Press Action legal team? Dear Friend, I know, I know — usually when you get an email from a lawyer it’s bad news, right? Well, in this case it’s GOOD news, because I wanted to give you a quick update on the legal work we’re doing to stop the dan…

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  Jessica and Craig, Free Press · [email protected]

March 18, 2022 at 4:21 PM

This is a critical time to stop disinformation

Free Press Let’s keep the momentum going. Dear Friend, We have a major victory to announce: Under pressure from the Free Press Action-led Change the Terms coalition, YouTube has agreed to block global access to the Russian propaganda outlets Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik. That …

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  Jessica and Craig, Free Press · [email protected]

March 9, 2022 at 8:48 PM

Ukraine and the media

Free Press A different media — a different future — is possible. Friend, Like you, we’re watching the news coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with anxiety, sadness — and frustration over how the media often fail to pierce the fog of war or to offer deeper context about wh…

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  Heather Franklin, Free Press · [email protected]

March 3, 2022 at 9:34 PM

We’ve waited over a year

Free Press A quick update on FCC and FTC nominees Friend, I’m writing with great news: This morning the Senate Commerce Committee advanced the nominations of Alvaro Bedoya and Gigi Sohn to respectively fill the tie-breaking commissioner spots at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC…

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  Amy Kroin, Free Press · [email protected]

February 14, 2022 at 11:32 PM

A view from the field: fighting for equitable journalism

Free Press This is how we build a movement. Friend— If we’re going to save democracy with an inclusive press and a free and open internet — we have to get to work! Free Press organizers and advocates are working in communities all over the country to ensure that journalists, p…

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  Rose, Free Press · [email protected]

February 5, 2022 at 2:07 PM

FWD: Your rights are at stake

Free Press Dissent is essential to achieving racial justice and protecting our democracy. Friend, In the last 4 years, 243 anti-protest bills have been introduced in 45 states. And these bills are truly horrifying: In Florida, Oklahoma and Iowa, for example, laws grant immunity to drivers wh…

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  Rose, Free Press · [email protected]

February 4, 2022 at 7:52 PM

Protect dissent

Free Press Dissent is essential to achieving racial justice and protecting our democracy. Friend, 243 bills in 45 states. That’s how many punitive anti-protest bills have been introduced in the last 4 years. It’s been nearly 2 years since millions of people around the world too…

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  Venneikia Williams, Free Press · [email protected]

February 1, 2022 at 9:25 PM

February is Black Narrative Power Month

Media 2070 | Media Reparations: An Invitation to Dream This month, you’re invited to journey with us into the Afro future. A Project of Free Press Friend, There are many ways of marking, measuring and experiencing time. For some, the new year began on January 1st. For o…

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  Kimberly Longey, Free Press · [email protected]

January 21, 2022 at 5:07 PM

FWD: Big or small — up to you

Free Press This is where you come in. Friend, 2022 is off to an intense start — and we’re already hard at work on campaigns to fight hate and disinformation, restore Net Neutrality and deliver affordable internet access. The effectiveness of our campaigns depends on how many organizers we…

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  Kimberly Longey, Free Press · [email protected]

January 20, 2022 at 5:22 PM

Big or small — up to you

Free Press This is where you come in. Dear Friend, 2022 is off to an intense start. We’re already hard at work fighting disinformation ahead of the 2022 midterm elections — and using every tool we have to protect the free and open internet, and make it accessible to all. How …

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  Rose, Free Press · [email protected]

January 14, 2022 at 5:46 PM

FWD: Capitol Insurrection: sponsored by Facebook

Free Press Help defend against disinformation. Friend, Between Election Day 2020 and the Jan. 6 insurrection on the Capitol, Facebook hosted over 650,000 deceitful posts about the presidential race on its platform. These lies prompted people across the country to believe that the election ha…

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  Rose, Free Press · [email protected]

January 13, 2022 at 7:25 PM

Capitol Insurrection: sponsored by Facebook

Free Press Help defend against disinformation. Friend, A damning new report from ProPublica and The Washington Post found that between Election Day 2020 and the Jan. 6 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol, Facebook hosted over 650,000 hateful disinformation posts about the president…

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  Heather Franklin, Free Press · [email protected]

January 12, 2022 at 6:47 PM

FWD: Sen. Cantwell needs to hear from you

Free Press Gigi Sohn, Biden’s nominee to fill the FCC’s fifth and final seat, is still waiting for a vote. Friend, Comcast just hired a lobbying firm to try to torpedo Gigi Sohn’s nomination to the FCC. The company clearly knows that Sohn will work for people, not corporations. We can’t aff…

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  Heather Franklin, Free Press · [email protected]

January 11, 2022 at 7:34 PM

Sen. Cantwell needs to hear from you

Free Press Gigi Sohn, Biden’s nominee to fill the FCC’s fifth and final seat, is still waiting for a vote. Friend, The Federal Communications Commission has been without a governing majority for the entire Biden administration. That means that the agency hasn’t been able to do t…

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  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]

January 7, 2022 at 5:22 PM

This was not the plan

Free Press Let’s break down what’s happened — and hasn’t — since Jan. 6, 2021. Friend, A year ago we sent you this message: “A mob incited by the sitting president of the United States attacked the Capitol to try to subvert the results of a democratic election.” Thinking back …

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  Jessica and Craig, Free Press · [email protected]

January 4, 2022 at 4:34 PM

Thrilled

Free Press From the bottom of our hearts: Thank you. Dear Friend, Thank you. We set a big, ambitious goal to raise $50,000 at the end of 2021 to fuel our work in 2022. And we are thrilled to report back that we met our goal! Thanks to our supporters, we raised $50,190 — which…

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