Ayele, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

April 15, 2020 at 6:00 PM

Amazon exposes users to COVID

COVID-19 continues to spread in Amazon's warehouses. Hi John, Amazon is failing to stop the spread of COVID-19 in their warehouses.1 Despite 50 facilities having positive COVID cases, warehouse workers continue to pull materials and pack boxes without any personal protective e…

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

April 12, 2020 at 3:32 PM

DOJ wants to detain people indefinitely

The DOJ requested the ability to suspend court proceedings and detain people indefinitely. This is terrifying. John, This is terrifying: the Department of Justice is exploiting the COVID-19 crisis to try to get the power to detain people indefinitely without a trial, and to susp…

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

April 6, 2020 at 5:47 PM

Facial recognition is not a solution

In response to COVID-19 facial recognition companies are trying to promote their tech. John, This makes me sick: facial recognition companies are taking advantage of a world-wide crisis to promote their invasive tech.1 As if that wasn't bad enough, Washington State just passed a…

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  Dayton, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

April 5, 2020 at 2:31 PM

Dangerous new bill threatens encryption

The EARN IT Act threatens our online safety and privacy John, We’re living our lives online to a degree we’ve never experienced before—working from home, taking classes online, connecting with each other, and getting healthcare through tele-health appointments. It’s the wrong ti…

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  Ayele, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

April 4, 2020 at 5:00 PM

Zoom has been misleading all of us

Zoom misled us. Their video conferences are not safe or secure. Help make Zoom safe to use. John, Zoom has been misleading all of us. Their video conferences are not safe or secure. And during this crisis, that means they’re putting people in danger.1 But Zoom is showing signs …

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

March 29, 2020 at 1:16 PM

You can help make sure more people see this

Can you help make TakeThisSeriously.org reach more people? John, Things feel pretty scary right now. Many of us live in states that instituted shelter-in-place or stay-at-home orders this week. This is unprecedented. In order to slow down the spread of COVID-19 and to save live…

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

March 24, 2020 at 5:41 PM

stay vigilant

Governments and corporations shouldn’t take steps that endanger human rights and essential freedoms. John, First and foremost, I hope you’re staying safe and taking care. This is an unprecedented moment and it’s important to be checking in. Things are changing quickly—every day…

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

March 18, 2020 at 8:55 PM

An online festival to bring us together

We’re throwing an online festival to support artists and unite people while we stay apart to stay safe. Hi John This has been a hard couple weeks. I hope you are doing okay and are able to take care of yourself and your loved ones. We wanted to organize a Fight for the Future w…

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

March 17, 2020 at 7:36 PM

The Internet is more important than ever

The net neutrality fight continues - and is more important than ever in light of this global health crisis John - We’ve been told by the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control to practice social distancing and to stay home. Businesses that can are telling …

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  Dayton, FIght for the Future · [email protected]

March 16, 2020 at 6:45 PM

Key PATRIOT Act provisions expired Sunday

Let’s put an end to invasive and dangerous government spying for good. John, BREAKING NEWS: Key provisions of the PATRIOT Act expired on Sunday after political infighting prevented a vote on free speech and privacy amendments.1 The Senate still has an opportunity to reauthorize …

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  The team at Fight for the Future · [email protected]

March 14, 2020 at 2:30 PM

Pause everything, flatten the curve.

John, Covid-19 is hard to think about. It's hard to feel the individual risk when you know many people don't get sick. And it's really hard to act based on exponential growth. This isn’t an Internet issue per se, but it is a place where urgent collective action is extremely imp…

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  Dayton, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

March 12, 2020 at 4:55 PM

This bill is a HUGE threat to essential online freedoms

The EARN IT Act threatens the foundation of the modern Internet Did you see this email John? The Senate is discussing the EARN IT Act, and your legislator needs to hear from you now. Will you sign the petition and tell them to oppose this terrible bill to protect our online priv…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

March 10, 2020 at 7:03 PM

COVID 19: a threat to civil liberties

Hi John, Coronavirus is on many of our minds right now. And with good reason. COVID 19 is a serious pandemic. People are right to be concerned. And we need to take urgent action as a human society to protect vulnerable people and contain the spread of the virus. But we also mus…

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

March 9, 2020 at 7:09 PM

What we’ve been up to—just last week!

I want to give you a hat and tell you about all the campaigns we’ve been working on this week. Hi John, Our designer has made a ton of cool merch recently and we'd love to send you something. Here’s the deal, if you’re able to make a monthly donation to make the wide array of wo…

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  Dayton, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

March 5, 2020 at 7:42 PM

[BREAKING] A new bill is a HUGE threat to essential online freedoms

The EARN IT Act threatens the foundation of the modern Internet John, A dangerous new bill could lead to widespread Internet censorship and decimate our online privacy.1 Sign the petition to tell Congress: “Protect free speech online! Encryption keeps us safe. Reject the danger…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

March 4, 2020 at 7:30 PM

LEAKED: Verizon and Walmart are using facial recognition

If we don’t stop this, you’ll be watched by facial recognition everywhere you go: to the store, in restaurants, on college campuses –– everywhere. John, The client list was just leaked for Clearview, the shady facial recognition surveillance company infamous for scraping basical…

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  Lia, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

March 2, 2020 at 7:53 PM

Day of action on facial recognition!

Time to make noise. Email & tweet for the facial recognition day of action! John, Today, university students across the country are taking part in a day of action, calling on their administrations to commit to not using facial recognition on campus. They are delivering lette…

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

February 28, 2020 at 8:07 PM

$1,053

We need to print banners and signers for Monday’s National Day of Action Against Facial Recognition John, This is awesome. Students are planning a national day of action on Monday to keep facial recognition surveillance off college campuses. We even wrote a piece about it for MT…

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  Net Neutrality Defense Team · [email protected]

February 23, 2020 at 3:01 PM

Still Fighting

We're still fighting for net neutrality. Are you in? DONATE   Fight for the Future works to protect your rights in the digital age. Click here to learn more Donate $3 to keep us going Click here to receive fewer emails from us PO Box 55071 #95005 Boston, MA 02205 …

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

February 18, 2020 at 10:21 PM

ICE knows where you are

Cell phone companies have been selling our cell phone location data—and now Homeland Security is buying it. John, Cell phone companies have been selling our location data—and now Homeland Security is buying it. An expose by the Wall Street Journal revealed that Homeland Securit…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

February 14, 2020 at 6:37 PM

RE Net Neutrality: Plan

A federal court just sided with Ajit Pai. Here's our plan to save net neutrality now. Did you see this email John? We're still raising money towards our goal of hitting $40,000 before the end of the month to launch a campaign to fight for net neutrality in three key states. Wil…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

February 12, 2020 at 9:35 PM

Plan

A federal court just sided with Ajit Pai. Here's our plan to save net neutrality now. John, This is so messed up. A federal court just sided with Ajit Pai and refused to even hear an appeal in the case that would have restored net neutrality.1 The good news is that we have a pl…

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  Dayton, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

February 11, 2020 at 7:36 PM

[LEAKED] A new bill threatens online privacy and security

Don’t be fooled by the dangerous EARN IT Act John, Last week, news leaked that members of Congress are writing a bill that will kill encryption once and for all. That’s bad. Really bad. Not only does encryption keep us safe from hacking, privacy breaches, and government abuse, b…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

February 7, 2020 at 6:24 PM

BREAKING: Court rejects net neutrality appeal!

U.S. appeals court has rejected requests to reconsider the ruling that upheld the repeal of net neutrality. Here’s what’s next: John, Late last night, a U.S. appeals court rejected a request to reconsider the FCC’s repeal of net neutrality.1 And while the appeal could go to the …

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  Lia, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

February 3, 2020 at 9:01 PM

Facial Recognition coming to George Washington University? Send them a message!

Facial recognition puts everyone in danger. We need to stop this technology before it comes to George Washington University! John, George Washington University is one of only three universities out of 100 that have refused to comment on whether they have plans to implement dange…

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  Ayele, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

February 1, 2020 at 1:00 PM

Amazon Ring should be shut down

High level Amazon employee calls for Ring to permanently "shut down" amidst on-going security issues. John, A high level Amazon engineer just said that Ring should be “shut down and not brought back.” Max Eliaser, a software development engineer for Amazon said in a Medium arti…

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  Joe at Fight for the Future · [email protected]

January 31, 2020 at 9:04 PM

Investigative journalism is on the ropes. We need your help.

Glenn Greenwald is being charged with cybercrime for investigative journalism John, The Brazillian government has made the shocking decision to charge Glenn Greenwald with cybercrime for doing his job as a journalist.[1] This is terrible news for the future of the global free p…

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  Net Neutrality Defense Team · [email protected]

January 29, 2020 at 8:18 PM

Ajit Pai vs. reality

Slower connections, bogus fees, and even threats to public safety--but Ajit Pai thinks Net Neutrality repeal is going great. John, Evidence is piling up that shows the repeal of net neutrality has been a disaster. Slower connections, bogus fees, and even threats to public safet…

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  Sarah, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

January 28, 2020 at 10:56 PM

BREAKING: a bill to rein in the PATRIOT ACT

Tell Congress to finally do something about Edward Snowden’s revelations. John, BREAKING: a bill has finally been introduced to rein in the worst parts of the PATRIOT Act and put basic limits on mass government surveillance. Call Congress at (202) 919-7073 and tell your lawmake…

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

January 27, 2020 at 11:08 PM

Clearview is a secretive app that is scraping images from Facebook, YouTube, Venmo, and more, and uses facial recognition to identify people - and hundreds of law enforcement agencies across the U.S. are using it. Can you take action to stop it?

Clearview is a dangerous app, but it’s just a system of the larger danger: facial recognition. John, Last week, a New York Times article exposed a new app called Clearview: a secretive facial recognition program that scrapes images from Facebook, YouTube, Venmo and other sites. …

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

January 26, 2020 at 2:45 PM

No one can hide from this app

A secretive facial recognition app is threatening privacy as we know it. John, This is terrifying: A database of more than 3 billion images scraped from Facebook, YouTube, Venmo and other sites, accessible to hundreds of law enforcement agencies across the U.S. The app is Clear…

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  Sarah, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

January 22, 2020 at 4:59 PM

Re: Save .ORG

More than 10 million websites are threatened by a greedy private equity firm. John, I wanted to make sure you saw this important email. On Friday, we’re delivering these signatures as part of an in-person protest demanding that they stop the sale of more than 10 million .Org webs…

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  Ayele, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

January 17, 2020 at 8:23 PM

These cameras are still unsafe

Ring knows its employees spy on our homes! John, Ring was just forced to admit that its employees have been spying on Ring users’ homes.1,2 Ring employees have access to 24 hour live stream of user's footage—and we know for a fact that they are watching this footage of people i…

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  Dayton, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

January 15, 2020 at 8:40 PM

[SURVEY] Should Apple let the FBI hack your phone?

The US Attorney General wants access to your data. Any time. Anywhere. John, Attorney General William Barr is once again demanding that tech companies like Apple allow the feds to break into your phone and computer at any time.1 But weakening digital security makes us all less s…

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  Lia, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

January 14, 2020 at 11:33 PM

Facial Recognition on Campus? NO! Sign the Petition

Across the USA, students are organizing to fight back against the erosion of their liberties and school administrations’ misguided plans to turn campuses into mini-surveillance states. John Right now, facial recognition companies are looking at schools and drooling. They’re com…

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  Net Neutrality Defense Team · [email protected]

January 9, 2020 at 5:58 PM

This is how we save net neutrality

New York is going to unveil its own net neutrality bill. John, Ajit Pai repealed net neutrality nationwide, but last year a federal court said that states can pass their own strong net neutrality protections. And now the governor of New York has announced his intention to intro…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

January 7, 2020 at 5:20 PM

Chelsea Manning is being tortured

John, Breaking news: a top United Nations official just condemned the continuing imprisonment of Chelsea Manning as torture and called for her immediate release. 1 Sign the petition to the judge to free whistleblower Chelsea Manning This is a major development. The UN’s specia…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

January 1, 2020 at 12:45 AM

This is the last one

Last email of the year - of the decade even! Hi John Everything that we're able to do in 2020 will be because of you. If you're ready to fight for net neutrality, to stop facial recognition from spreading, to put an end to surveillance, and the Patriot Act, and censorship—this i…

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  Sarah, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

December 31, 2019 at 3:11 PM

Tick, tick, tick ...

The year is almost up, and so is this match offer I know these last few days of the year get busy, John. So I wanted to send you a quick note to remind you that if you give to Fight for the Future by the end of the year, your donation will be matched and doubled, thanks to a gene…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

December 30, 2019 at 1:31 PM

We’ve got a problem, and we need your help

We have big plans for 2020, but we're short the funds to make it happen. John, It's been a huge year for Fight for the Future. With a small team of activists, artists, and tech wizards, we've managed to keep the fight for net neutrality alive. We've exposed Amazon's surveillanc…

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  Finance Department, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

December 29, 2019 at 4:15 PM

You don’t usually hear from me

I’m Terri, the Chief Finance Officer here at Fight for the Future. We have a problem. John, I’m Terri, the Chief Finance Officer here at Fight for the Future. I’m responsible for keeping track of the finances, making sure we make the most out of every donation, and ensuring we …

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

December 27, 2019 at 7:31 PM

Plans

Check out our 2020 priorities for making sure the Internet is awesome John, I’m Caitlin, a new campaigner at Fight for the Future. I’m excited to be a part of an organization doing some of the most innovative and impactful work on the Internet, for the Internet. We’re sending y…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

December 26, 2019 at 8:20 PM

Thinking about a VPN?

Fight for the Future has teamed up with Private Internet Access to give you a way to protect your privacy. John, Do you trust corporations to be responsible with your personal information? How about the government? We don't either. That's why everyone at Fight for the Future pr…

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

December 24, 2019 at 5:29 PM

Save .ORG

More than 10 million websites are threatened by a greedy private equity firm. John, More than 10 million websites are facing a private corporate takeover—but we still have time to stop it. This is a little complicated, but here’s what’s going on: Private equity firm Ethos Capi…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

December 23, 2019 at 1:31 PM

Unplug Amazon Ring NOW

Hackers are breaching Amazon security devices, and we’re the only ones warning the public. John Eight-year-old Alyssa LeMay was alone in her bedroom when she heard a strange male voice harassing her with racial slurs. The voice was coming from the Amazon Ring security camera in …

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  Sarah, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

December 22, 2019 at 2:30 PM

Wear your support on your sleeve

Rep the campaign you care about most. John, Thanks for taking action this year to fight for net neutrality. Now you can rep the campaign you’ve been a part of. Check out the Fight for the Future store and buy a campaign shirt (or a tote, stickers, hat, and more!). We’re not …

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  Joe and Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

December 20, 2019 at 3:49 PM

Sign the petition to free Chelsea Manning

Whistleblower Chelsea Manning just spent another birthday behind bars. She’s about to spend the holidays there too. But we have a chance to get her out. John, Whistleblower Chelsea Manning just spent another birthday behind bars. She’s about to spend the holidays there too. But…

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  Ayele, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

December 19, 2019 at 4:21 PM

Product Warning

WARNING: Multiple hacker break ins. Leaked home addresses. Compromised users’ Wi-Fi passwords. Amazon’s response? They’re blaming the victims. John, Last week, a man hacked into an Amazon Ring camera to watch an 8 year old girl and speak to her. He introduced himself as Santa C…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

December 15, 2019 at 2:30 PM

This is all on the line

We're doing our 2020 campaign planning - and I'm worried about what we might have to drop. Hi John— I just wanted to make sure you saw this email. I hope you're able to chip in and make sure we can keep winning, together, in 2020! John Hi, I’m Evan, Fight for the Future’s dep…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

December 11, 2019 at 8:33 PM

Still fighting for net neutrality

The Senate betrayed net neutrality. John, When the FCC repeal of net neutrality went into effect two years ago, Congress was given a chance to save the Open Internet Order. The House voted to pass the Save the Internet Act to reinstate net neutrality, but the Senate never took u…

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