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  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]
July 31, 2022 at 1:03 PM

We have until midnight

Free Press Keep the fight for your digital civil rights going strong. Voting ends @ MIDNIGHT! Friend, We have until 11:59 p.m. ET TONIGHT to get as many votes as possible to win a grant from CREDO Mobile. And we can’t do it without your help. If you haven’t already, please vote for Free P…
  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]
July 30, 2022 at 1:15 PM

Midnight tomorrow

Free Press Keep the fight for your digital civil rights going strong Voting ends July 31 @ Midnight! Dear Friend, This is NOT a fundraising ask, we promise. But it IS an opportunity to help Free Press Action secure some much-needed funding. ICYMI, we’re on the ballot this month to receive …
  Lucia, Free Press · [email protected]
July 27, 2022 at 9:05 PM

The countdown begins

Free Press Fund the fight against online hate without spending a cent. Voting ends Sunday! Friend, July has flown by. There are only five days left in the month, which means there are only five days left to vote for Free Press Action to win a grant from CREDO Mobile. This month, we’re one…
  Heather Franklin, Free Press · [email protected]
July 25, 2022 at 11:13 PM

Exciting news!

Free Press It’s time to undo the major damage the Trump FCC inflicted. Friend, I’ve got exciting news! The Washington Post recently reported that Sen. Markey, Sen. Wyden and Rep. Matsui are preparing to introduce the Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice Act1 as soon as this week…
  Dutch Cosmian, Free Press · [email protected]
July 24, 2022 at 2:15 PM

FWD: Did you cast your vote?

Free Press We’ve got great news! Friend, Have you heard? 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 m…
  Jessica at Free Press · [email protected]
July 23, 2022 at 4:04 PM

FWD: #HandsOffMyData update

Free Press Free Press Action has been working hard to keep #HandsOffMyData Friend— Great news: Earlier this week a House committee passed the American Data Privacy and Protection Act by a huge bipartisan margin. This bill would prohibit online platforms and other entities from collecting, pro…
  Jessica at Free Press · [email protected]
July 22, 2022 at 4:35 PM

#HandsOffMyData update

Free Press Free Press Action has been working hard to keep #HandsOffMyData Friend— We have good news: Earlier this week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted to send the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) to the full House of Representatives. The committee passed the …
  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]
July 20, 2022 at 10:13 PM

Protect your location data

Free Press #HandsOffMyData 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— Federal agencies can buy all kinds of information abou…
  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]
July 16, 2022 at 2:33 PM

FWD: Your search history should be private

Free Press When health-care searches fall into the wrong hands Friend, In states where abortions are now illegal, searching online for any kind of pregnancy-related information could signal to law enforcement that a person is pregnant and should be monitored. This is a terrifying violation …
  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]
July 15, 2022 at 2:33 PM

Your search history should be private

Free Press When health-care searches fall into the wrong hands Friend— We’ve all done a quick Google search to satisfy a pressing question, right? Maybe it was about that actor in the movie you just saw. Or a recipe for an easy weeknight dinner. But sometimes it’s a private health-care …
  Dutch Cosmian, Free Press · [email protected]
July 13, 2022 at 12:16 AM

Did you cast your vote?

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 suppor…
  Candace at Free Press · [email protected]
July 9, 2022 at 9:26 PM

FWD: The Supreme Court decision & your privacy rights

Free Press Urgent: We need to move fast to protect everyone’s privacy rights. Friend, Federal agencies can buy all kinds of information about us without a warrant. That includes browsing and search histories — and the location data of people visiting abortion clinics. There’s a bill that wo…
  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 …
  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 …
  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…
  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…
  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 …
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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 …
  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 …
  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…
  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…
  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 …
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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 …
  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…
  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…
  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. …
  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 …
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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…
  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 …
  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…
  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…