Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

November 23, 2019 at 7:45 PM

This facial recognition bill is bad

This bill is worse than doing nothing, which is why we have to stop it. John, We’ve been warning about this—a bill that pretends to rein in facial recognition, while actually letting it spread.1 Now it’s here, and it’s worse than we expected. We have to stop it now. Take action…

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  Net Neutrality Defense Team · [email protected]

November 22, 2019 at 5:15 PM

This billboard could save net neutrality

We're putting up a billboard to call out Comcast's biggest shill in the U.S. Senate: Kyrsten Sinema. John, Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema is the only Democrat in the entire U.S. Congress who refuses to support net neutrality—despite the fact that 80 percent of her constituents s…

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

November 20, 2019 at 5:52 PM

The bad facial recognition bill is here

This facial recognition bill basically authorizes it at the expense of our privacy and safety. John, Senators just introduced a bill on facial recognition.1,2 And honestly, it’s a joke. This bill, which claims to limit facial recognition, basically authorizes almost every exist…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

November 19, 2019 at 5:20 PM

BREAKING NEWS: House voting to reauthorize Patriot Act

Your action right now is critical to stopping a three month reauthorization of the Patriot Act. John, URGENT: House leadership just snuck a reauthorization of the unconstitutional Patriot Act into a must-pass spending bill, and they’re voting on it TODAY. We can’t let Congress …

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

November 15, 2019 at 8:05 PM

Did we scan you?

We used facial recognition yesterday in D.C. Did we scan you? John, Yesterday, we sent a team out to run live facial recognition surveillance in the halls of Congress, Capitol Hill, and downtown D.C. to try to find Members of Congress, journalists, lobbyists, and to keep track o…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

November 14, 2019 at 5:16 PM

Live Now: We’re scanning Congress!

We’re livestreaming our facial recognition action—watch now! John, We’re live in Washington, D.C. right now doing something really wild. Check it out right now! Evan at Fight for the Future   Fight for the Future works to protect your rights in the digital age. Click here…

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  Stop Amazon · [email protected]

November 13, 2019 at 9:44 PM

Amazon is taking over our elections!?

Amazon is running our elections infrastructure in more than 40 states, putting our democracy at risk. John, We're now less than a year away from one of the most important elections of our lives, and you'll never guess who is running the digital election infrastructure for states…

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  Net Neutrality Defense Team · [email protected]

November 7, 2019 at 6:46 PM

Do any 2020 Dems really support net neutrality?

We can't trust the Democrats on net neutrality. John, Any one of the Democrats running in the 2020 primary could easily restore net neutrality if they become president. But will they? We don't really know. A free and open net affects the lives of every American, and it needs t…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

November 5, 2019 at 5:00 PM

No facial recognition in schools

Turning schools into surveillance states will not make our children safe. We need to stop this now. John, More and more schools across the country are conducting unethical experiments on our children with invasive face scanning technology. Take action now to keep facial recognit…

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  Net Neutrality Defense Team · [email protected]

November 3, 2019 at 10:15 PM

Ground zero in the fight for net neutrality

We’re launching a big campaign to pass net neutrality laws in every state. John, California is ground zero in the fight for net neutrality. In 2018, California passed a gold-standard net neutrality law—even stronger than the federal protections that were repealed by FCC chairm…

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  Stop NSA Spying · [email protected]

October 30, 2019 at 8:09 PM

Edward Snowden SUED

The U.S. government is suing Edward Snowden to seize the money from his best-selling memoir. John, Edward Snowden revealed the CIA's and NSA's warrantless surveillance of the private emails, text messages, and phone numbers of nearly everyone on the planet.1 The journalists who…

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  Dayton, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

October 29, 2019 at 6:53 PM

Send a Message in Solidarity with Censorship Victims

As you may have heard, game companies have been censoring users who speak out on human rights and politics. And, gamers are fighting back en masse. Hello, As you may have heard, game companies have been censoring users who speak out on human rights and politics.1 Gaming company …

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  Net Neutrality Defense Team · [email protected]

October 27, 2019 at 3:35 PM

Ajit Pai is the BIGGEST loser

Ajit Pai is making the media rounds to convince Congress to shut down state net neutrality laws. John, Just a few weeks ago, FCC Chair Ajit Pai was loudly celebrating the federal court decision to uphold his repeal of net neutrality.1 Now Pai is making the media rounds to compl…

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  Ayele, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

October 24, 2019 at 8:51 PM

Amazon cannot be trusted

Amazon cannot be trusted. The surveillance partnerships between police and Amazon’s doorbell camera company, Ring, threaten our privacy, civil rights, and security. Tell Congress to investigate Amazon. John, Amazon cannot be trusted. The surveillance partnerships between police …

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  Ayele, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

October 23, 2019 at 6:35 PM

Amazon is watching you!

Amazon’s partnerships with police pose an immediate threat to you and your neighborhood—and they’re potentially even more invasive than the NSA’s spying programs. John, A little over a month ago, there were 400 cities with Amazon-police surveillance partnerships. Today, there ar…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

October 22, 2019 at 8:23 PM

[take action] Restoring net neutrality in ​District of Columbia​

We won net neutrality in California, and ​District of Columbia​ could be next. Will you add your name? John, Bad news: the court upheld the majority of the FCC’s repeal of net neutrality.1 Good news: the court also said the federal government can’t block states from passing the…

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  Net Neutrality Defense Team · [email protected]

October 19, 2019 at 2:37 PM

1.5 MILLION fake comments

Big Cable will do anything to win. John, Remember the huge flood of fraudulent anti-net neutrality comments that bombarded the FCC? A bombshell investigation just found the smoking gun: proof that these comments were funded by lobbyists for Comcast and AT&T.1 A two-year inv…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

October 17, 2019 at 7:29 PM

Persecuted without a warrant

Congress is hurtling towards reauthorizing Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act so the government can continue its warrantless surveillance of Americans. Speak up now! John, Congress is about to reauthorize the law that allows the government to spy on Americans without a warrant. If w…

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  Internet Defense Team · [email protected]

October 16, 2019 at 12:37 PM

WARNING: Major new threat to the Internet

One of the biggest threats to the Internet we’ve ever seen is flying through Congress. John, RED ALERT: Legislation is flying through Congress that would unleash a wave of censorship and create huge fines for everyday people who share memes or just download photos from the Inte…

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  Net Neutrality Defense Team · [email protected]

October 14, 2019 at 9:48 PM

Net neutrality is NOT dead yet

Just as we predicted, lobbyists for Comcast and AT&T are swarming Capitol Hill, pushing for new legislation to block state action and to kill net neutrality once and for all. John, Two weeks ago, a federal court threw out Ajit Pai's ban on state-level net neutrality protecti…

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  Dayton, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

October 12, 2019 at 8:03 PM

This isn’t about video games. This is about basic human rights.

Don’t let powerful tech companies get away with blatant censorship. John, Video game developer Blizzard is engaging in blatant censorship, and we need your help to protect free speech online. Take action now to tell Blizzard and other video game developers to protect our basic …

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  Dayton, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

October 8, 2019 at 8:23 PM

About your Facebook messages

Tell Mark Zuckerberg to STAND UP to dangerous government overreach. John, What if all your Facebook and WhatsApp messages were leaked and posted on the Internet for everyone to see? Currently, these messaging services are protected by end-to-end encryption, but the US, UK and A…

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  Net Neutrality Defense Team · [email protected]

October 6, 2019 at 5:07 PM

HUGE news you might have missed

A federal court just ruled that the FCC cannot block states from passing their own net neutrality protections. John, A federal court just upheld the majority of the FCC's repeal of net neutrality. It's a slap in the face to the millions of Internet users whose voices FCC Chair A…

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

October 3, 2019 at 10:33 PM

[take action] Add your name to 200,000 others

Here's the bad news: a federal court just upheld most of Ajit Pai's disastrous repeal of net neutrality. John, Here's the bad news: a federal court just upheld most of Ajit Pai's disastrous repeal of net neutrality. But there is good news: the next president can appoint a new F…

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  Net Neutrality Defense Team · [email protected]

October 1, 2019 at 6:26 PM

BREAKING: net neutrality game-changer

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals just partially vacated Ajit Pai's repeal of net neutrality, overruling one of the crucial anti-net neutrality provisions and sending other parts back to the FCC for further review. John, BREAKING: The major federal court decision on Ajit Pai's r…

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  Ban Facial Recognition · [email protected]

September 26, 2019 at 10:18 PM

Facial recognition = arrests & deportations at music festivals?

Sign the petition and then contact music festivals: tell them to say NO to facial recognition. John, Imagine you're watching your favorite artist perform and suddenly security grabs you out of the crowd, because a computer algorithm decided you look like a "threat." That is a fu…

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  Net Neutrality Defense Team · [email protected]

September 22, 2019 at 2:45 PM

This Democrat BETRAYED net neutrality

Kyrsten Sinema is the ONLY Senate Democrat who isn’t supporting net neutrality. John, There's only one Democrat in the ENTIRE U.S. Congress who doesn't support net neutrality: Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema. Now she's facing a major backlash from her own constituents, who are …

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  Net Neutrality Defense Team · [email protected]

September 18, 2019 at 9:47 PM

COMING SOON: The return of net neutrality?

The court decision reinstating net neutrality could come as soon as Friday. John, Does it seem like your Internet is slower lately? It's not your imagination. The repeal of net neutrality gave Big Cable the greenlight to create an Internet slow lane—and they're already taking f…

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  Shuo, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

September 15, 2019 at 8:46 PM

We’re sharing our playbook to save the world

Climate change is coming for our Internet. John, When Congress introduced the censorship bill SOPA, we knew it was an existential threat to the free and open Internet. So we mobilized tens of thousands of websites for the largest online protest in human history, flooded lawmake…

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  Ayele, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

September 13, 2019 at 3:36 PM

Eyes everywhere: Amazon-police partnerships expand to more cities

There are over 400 Amazon-police surveillance partnerships. These partnerships are spreading like a virus. John, Good news: facing growing backlash from our campaign, Amazon finally caved and released the full list of cities where they have surveillance partnerships with police …

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

September 12, 2019 at 3:48 PM

Your face in a database

Facial recognition is the most dangerous form of surveillance ever invented, and it’s spreading like an epidemic. John, Facial recognition is the most dangerous form of surveillance ever invented, and it’s spreading like an epidemic.1 Our basic human rights are at stake. Tell y…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

September 8, 2019 at 3:35 PM

ATTENTION: Your data is being throttled

The court decision reinstating net neutrality could come as soon as Tuesday. John, A new study from a team of Internet data experts proves that Big Cable has been throttling apps and websites “all the time, 24/7” since Ajit Pai’s repeal of net neutrality.1 These are the Interne…

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  Net Neutrality Defense Team · [email protected]

August 31, 2019 at 2:32 PM

$80 million to kill net neutrality?!

ISPs spent more in 2018 than any other year. John, Newly released lobbying disclosure data show that Big Cable spent more than eighty million dollars on lobbying in 2018—shattering their previous record. AT&T and Comcast alone spent more than $15 million in 2018 to kill ne…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

August 27, 2019 at 9:02 PM

Tell the presidential candidates: restore net neutrality!

We’re demanding that the 2020 democratic presidential candidates take a stand on net neutrality. John, Last year, ISPs spent more money lobbying than ever before in history.1 They’re pouring campaign contributions into politicians’ pockets, and we can’t trust either party to re…

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  Stop Internet Censorship · [email protected]

August 24, 2019 at 2:17 PM

UPDATE: This would kill free speech on the Internet

Leaked documents from the White House show a plan to authorize censorship of political speech on the Internet. John, Last week, a draft copy of an executive order that would authorize government censorship of political speech on the Internet leaked from the Trump administration.…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

August 14, 2019 at 2:47 PM

Executive order to "Censor the Internet"

A drafted executive order would put the government in charge of policing the Internet. Tell the White House: hands off free speech! John, News alert: leaked documents show that the Trump administration is drafting an executive order that puts the FTC and the FCC, headed by its n…

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  Internet Defense Team · [email protected]

August 12, 2019 at 3:04 PM

URGENT: This would kill free speech on the Internet

Leaked documents show the White House is planning an executive order to censor the Internet. Hi, I wanted to make sure you saw Evan's important email below. -Sarah John, Donald Trump wants to give Ajit Pai a new job: Internet Censor-in-Chief. Leaked documents show that Presi…

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  Internet Defense Team · [email protected]

August 10, 2019 at 7:32 PM

LEAKED: Internet free speech under attack

Leaked documents show the White House is planning an executive order to censor the Internet. John, Donald Trump wants to give Ajit Pai a new job: Internet Censor-in-Chief. Leaked documents show that President Trump is preparing an executive order that will put FCC Chairman Ajit…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

August 8, 2019 at 9:15 PM

Amazon Ring is watching you

Amazon is building a surveillance dragnet, city by city. John, Amazon Ring is building a privately run, for-profit surveillance state—and they’ve recruited police to be their sales team. In exchange, police get the promise of on-demand access to their camera footage. Public rec…

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  Net Neutrality Defense Team · [email protected]

August 4, 2019 at 2:09 PM

Susan Collins against net neutrality?

A Koch-funded group is astroturfing Maine on net neutrality. John, Susan Collins is one of the handful of Republicans who have stood up for net neutrality. But now she's wavering, and the Koch brothers and other big corporations are funding a fake grassroots "astroturf" campaig…

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  Laila, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

August 2, 2019 at 5:32 PM

Congress should be ashamed

Here’s what the industry and government don’t want you to know. John, By now you’ve probably heard that Capital One lost the sensitive information of over 100 million people in a major data breach, one of the largest breaches ever. But did you know that you can’t sue Capital One…

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  Shuo, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

July 26, 2019 at 5:46 PM

CNN: not neutral on net neutrality

Big Cable is silencing any talk about net neutrality. John, Ever wonder why net neutrality never comes up on mainstream cable news channels like CNN and MSNBC? How about this: these two companies are owned by AT&T and Comcast, respectively.1,2 That’s probably why over four …

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  Shuo, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

July 24, 2019 at 6:30 PM

That meme you shared? It may soon cost you $15,000.

Have you ever shared a meme that you didn’t make? Or downloaded a photo you saw on social media? John, Have you ever shared a meme that you didn’t make? Or downloaded a photo you saw on social media? If Congress has its way, this could get you slapped with a $15,000 fine by cop…

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  Fight for the Future · [email protected]

July 23, 2019 at 3:12 AM

Thanks for signing!

John, Thanks for taking action at BattleForTheNet.com to defend net neutrality. To save the free and open Internet, we need everyone to help spread the word. Will you share? Want to help even more? Chip in to help cover the costs of this campaign…

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