Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

October 19, 2020 at 8:21 PM

NBA: say no to facial recognition

We’re launching a new campaign to keep facial recognition out of NBA arenas! John, The NBA has acted to protect fans, players, and staff during a global pandemic this season.1 But now is when we find out if they really care about safety: as the league discusses bringing fans ba…

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  Sarah, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

October 13, 2020 at 8:07 PM

quarter’s end

As the Fight for the Future Executive Director, I’m asking for your support. Hi John I’m Sarah, the Executive Director at Fight for the Future. You don’t hear from me a ton, and when you do it’s usually about one of our campaigns. But I’m also responsible for making sure we hav…

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  Ayele, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

October 8, 2020 at 6:01 PM

Tell FCC: Stop Amazon’s indoor drone

Stop Amazon’s indoor surveillance drone from invading our privacy and coming to market. John, Amazon anticipates its creepy indoor spy drone will be released next year but the device has not been certified by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Tell the FCC: stop Amazo…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

October 4, 2020 at 5:25 PM

House attacks encryption

The House of Representatives just introduced their version of the EARN IT Act, one of the worst pieces of Internet legislation we’ve ever seen. BREAKING NEWS: The House just introduced a companion bill to the dangerous EARN IT Act. Please chip in to our emergency fund to stop Con…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

October 2, 2020 at 5:37 PM

This is a lot

I wanted to make sure you saw this update on all the bills we're fighting. Hi John— I just wanted to make sure you saw this email. If you can, please click here to rush an urgent donation to our legislative Internet Defense fund to fight these bad bills.~Evan John, we have a prob…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

September 29, 2020 at 6:56 PM

We have a problem

I know that sounds like an exaggeration, but there are no less than five (5!) bills in Congress that, if they passed, would essentially end the Internet as we know it John, we have a problem. Right now there are no less than five (5!) bills in Congress that, if they passed, woul…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

September 26, 2020 at 1:15 PM

Have you watched this on Netflix?

Have you seen the documentary The Social Dilemma being promoted on Netflix? Hi John— have you seen the documentary The Social Dilemma being promoted on Netflix? It’s an interesting film, and can be a good introduction for those looking to better understand how social media comp…

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  Ayele, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

September 24, 2020 at 7:00 PM

Demand Amazon stop spying on workers

Amazon internal surveillance system dictates to workers when or if they can go to the bathroom. John, Imagine having persistent infections because your employer’s software determines when you can go to the bathroom. That’s the reality for thousands of Amazon workers. Workers ar…

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  Ayele, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

September 22, 2020 at 6:47 PM

Stop ICE

Stop doctors like the “uterus collector” from abusing women in ICE detention centers. John, Mass hysterectomies are being systematically performed by a US government facility. Demand Congress put an end to these crimes against women in ICE detention centers. At the Irwin Count…

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

September 21, 2020 at 7:25 PM

Remote learning without Internet access

For months the Senate has failed to pass legislation to make sure kids can access remote learning. John, School is starting, and around 16 million kids—predominantly from communities of color, low-income households, and rural areas—don’t have Internet access and can’t take part …

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

September 18, 2020 at 6:57 PM

Pai lied...again

FCC Commissioner Pai used bad data to say millions more people have access to high-speed Internet than they really do, in an effort to show that his repeal of net neutrality “worked.” John, It looks like FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai will do anything to make himself look good—even l…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

September 17, 2020 at 5:14 PM

Did you submit yet?

The deadline to submit comments to the FCC against the "Censor the Internet" executive order is TONIGHT John, the FCC deadline to submit comments against the “Censor the Internet” executive order is TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT! Did you submit your comment yet? If not click here to do it …

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

September 16, 2020 at 9:04 PM

We’re hearing the vote is coming

A vote on the EARN IT Act could happen any day now. The vote on the EARN IT Act could happen any day. Chip in now to ramp up efforts to defeat the bill and protect free speech online! HELP STOP EARN IT John, We’re hearing that the EARN IT Act vote could happen any day now. …

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  Ayele, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

September 15, 2020 at 6:00 PM

Amazon ignores security breaches of election data

WARNING: Amazon powers elections for over 40 states and fails to respond to breaches of election data. John, Amazon services elections in more than 40 states, and it's not keeping election data secure. Tell Amazon: stop endangering the security of our elections. It’s been re…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

September 14, 2020 at 3:41 PM

Making sure

I’m writing to make sure you submit a comment to the FCC opposing the “Censor the Internet” executive order. Hi John I’m writing to every single person on our list to make sure you submit a comment to the FCC opposing the “Censor the Internet” executive order before the deadline…

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

September 10, 2020 at 7:00 PM

Parents against facial recognition

You now need to add facial recognition to the list of things you worry about at your kid’s school. John, As a parent, I’m terrified about facial recognition and how it’s quietly invading our schools.1 As our kids are heading back to school—some in person and some online—we shou…

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  Dayton, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

September 8, 2020 at 7:44 PM

We’re losing the fight against the EARN IT Act

Your donation will prevent the dangerous EARN IT Act from becoming law John, In July, a small group of influential Senators unanimously approved the EARN IT Act, paving the way for the full Senate to vote on this disastrous bill.1 That’s bad news. We need to turn the tide of thi…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

August 28, 2020 at 5:58 PM

Gross

An anti-LGBTQ hate group has been flooding the FCC with comments supporting the White House executive order that would open the floodgates for widespread online censorship. John, This is just gross. An anti-LGBTQ hate group has been flooding the FCC with comments supporting the …

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

August 22, 2020 at 2:45 PM

Worse than EARN IT

This bill is even worse than the EARN IT Act. John, If you’ve been worried about the EARN IT Act (the bill that would open the floodgates for Internet censorship and undermine encryption technology that keeps us all safe)—I’ve got bad news for you. There’s another bill in Congr…

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  Ayele, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

August 21, 2020 at 12:01 AM

Amazon helps cops spy on protesters

Cops are tracking protesters with Amazon's surveillance network. John, Amazon is helping the police spy on protesters.1 Tell mayors to stop Amazon and protect protesters! Across the country, activists are working to hold police accountable for repression and violence. In retu…

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

August 15, 2020 at 3:35 PM

I use Amazon

I use Amazon, But that doesn’t mean I can’t hold Amazon accountable for doing bad things John, I’ll be honest—I use Amazon. I literally ordered baby wipes yesterday. We get replies, when we send emails or post on social media about our campaigns to fight Amazon, from people who…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

August 12, 2020 at 5:32 PM

URGENT: Trump’s executive order

The FCC is moving forward with a White House Executive Order that would lead to massive Internet censorship. John, Bad news. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is moving forward with a White House Executive Order that would lead to massive Internet censorship. They’ve o…

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  Dayton, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

August 5, 2020 at 5:20 PM

Just $2

We can stop the EARN IT Act, but not without you. John, Nearly 600,000 people signed the petition to protect free speech online from the dangerous EARN IT Act (if that includes you - thank you!). We delivered those messages to Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), and we will keep deliverin…

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

July 30, 2020 at 3:29 PM

Facial recognition coming to schools

A school just announced it’s using facial recognition to open this fall. Can we stop this from spreading? John, This is bad. A school in Kansas announced that it will be using facial recognition this fall in response to COVID-19.1 We knew that facial recognition companies were …

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  Dayton, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

July 27, 2020 at 7:10 PM

STOP the government from spying on protesters

Together, we can put an end to invasive government surveillance John, For years, intelligence agents and law enforcement officials have abused the PATRIOT Act to spy on political protesters,1 journalists,2 and hundreds of millions of ordinary Americans3 just like you and me. Te…

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  Ayele, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

July 24, 2020 at 5:26 PM

Bezos will testify

Jeff Bezos will testify in front of Congress. We need to hold him, and Amazon, to account. John, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is going to testify to Congress. This is a huge opportunity that we have worked months for, and it’s critical we take full advantage of it in order to hold Ama…

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

July 22, 2020 at 6:54 PM

Have your reps signed on?

We’re launching our scorecard to track what legislators support the facial recognition ban. John, Do your members of Congress support the bill to ban facial recognition? Check out our new facial recognition scorecard and send your representatives a message to co-sponsor the feder…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

July 17, 2020 at 9:24 PM

Could someone read your DMs?

A massive hack just breached numerous Twitter accounts with hundreds of millions of combined followers - John, A massive hack just breached numerous Twitter accounts with hundreds of millions of combined followers––and used them to scam people for money. But that’s not all: The…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

July 12, 2020 at 1:23 PM

tipping point

I wanted to send you a quick note because I know you’re one of the people on our list who cares about stopping facial recognition surveillance. Hey John I wanted to send you a quick note because I know you’re one of the people on our list who cares about stopping facial recognit…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

July 7, 2020 at 4:24 PM

Did you see this >> BREAKING: EARN IT act passes out of committee

John, Last week the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to move the EARN IT Act to a full Senate vote. This bill is dangerous—if passed it will open the floodgates for Internet censorship and break encryption technology that keeps us all safe. Can you chip into an emergency crowd…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

July 2, 2020 at 3:49 PM

BREAKING: EARN IT act passes out of committee

URGENT: The Senate Judiciary Committee just voted to advance the EARN IT Act, dangerous legislation that threatens to lead to widespread Internet censorship and surveillance. [1] This bill is now heading for a vote on the Senate floor. We’re launching an emergency crowdfunding c…

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  Dayton, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

June 30, 2020 at 4:45 PM

EARN IT Act vote THIS Thursday

Together, we can stop the government from spying on our online communications. John, In just a few days, members of Congress are holding an important vote on the EARN IT Act that will determine the fate of this dangerous — and unconstitutional — legislation. [1] How they vote de…

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  Terri, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

June 29, 2020 at 9:05 PM

Good news and bad news

Because I’m the one that keeps track of our books, I know the hard truth. Which is that if we don’t meet our fundraising goals we can’t pay the bills, and we’re going to have to scale back our work at a time when it has never been more important. John, I’m Terri, the Chief Finan…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

June 27, 2020 at 2:33 PM

This is wild

A mercenary hacking-for-hire group targeted me when we were trying to save net neutrality John, This is wild. Bloomberg and Reuters just exposed the mercenary hacking-for-hire group that targeted me and Fight for the Future at the height of our organizing to save net neutrality.…

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

June 25, 2020 at 6:45 PM

BREAKING - Congress introduces bill to ban facial recognition

The House and Senate just introduced a bill that would ban facial recognition! John, Members of Congress just introduced a bill to ban facial recognition!1 Contact your legislators and tell them to pass the bill and ban facial recognition. Today, Senators Markey and Merkley a…

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

June 23, 2020 at 8:22 PM

EARN IT Act Vote Coming Thursday

Congress has scheduled a vote on the EARN IT Act, which would kill end-to-end encryption. We need to stop it. John, A key committee has scheduled a vote for THIS THURSDAY to move forward the EARN IT Act—the bill that would essentially let the government monitor everything we do …

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

June 19, 2020 at 4:58 PM

Digital Justice Gathering this weekend

We’re sharing our digital playbook to partner with the Poor People’s Campaign John, We’re in an historical moment that demands everyone come together to take action to fight systemic racism and inequalities. But because we are still in a global health crisis, not everyone is ab…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

June 18, 2020 at 2:37 PM

BREAKING NEWS on facial recognition

BREAKING NEWS: Politico just reported that Congress is planning to introduce legislation to immediately stop the use of facial recognition surveillance in the United States. John, BREAKING NEWS: Politico just reported that Congress is planning to introduce legislation to immedia…

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  Ayele, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

June 13, 2020 at 2:17 PM

Zoom wants to share calls with police

Zoom just announced that they won’t offer end to end encryption to users with free accounts, because they want to give the police and FBI access to calls. John, This is outrageous. Zoom just announced that they won’t offer end to end encryption to users with free accounts, becau…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

June 8, 2020 at 6:36 PM

mass surveillance and censorship

The EARN IT act is a sneak attack on Internet freedom and privacy. It’s an attempt by the government to spy on us and silence our voices. But we have a plan to stop it. John, With everything going on right now, everyone is talking about the EARN IT Act, legislation in the US Se…

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  Ayele, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

June 6, 2020 at 4:13 PM

Amazon helps cops spy on protesters

Amazon's private surveillance network helps police crack down on protesters en masse. John, Tear gas and batons are not the cops most dangerous weapon: it's surveillance. That's what police are using to target people and crack down on dissent en masse, and Amazon is helping the…

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  Dayton, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

June 4, 2020 at 11:34 PM

BREAKING: Senator wants to STOP militarizing police forces

Prevent local law enforcement agencies from buying explosives, guns, and armored vehicles from the military John, BREAKING: Senator Brian Schatz (D–HI) has announced that he will introduce an amendment that will prevent local police forces from getting tear gas,1 drones,2 armore…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

May 29, 2020 at 8:18 PM

PATRIOT Act update

John— Breaking update on this: after we stopped the vote on the floor, House leadership is now trying to ram through the FISA / PATRIOT ACT surveillance reauthorization using an obscure Congressional mechanism. Please chip in now and stand by for a more in depth update soon. - E…

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  Evan, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

May 28, 2020 at 4:31 PM

BREAKING: Patriot Act vote cancelled!

John, I kind of can’t believe this is happening. We just got handed a once in a lifetime opportunity to FINALLY shut down the mass government surveillance programs created by FISA and the USA PATRIOT ACT. The House of Representatives was set to vote last night on a bill to reau…

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  Dayton, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

May 26, 2020 at 4:13 PM

Tell Congress to Save Internet Privacy from the PATRIOT Act

We can prevent invasive online surveillance, but we need your help NOW John, Democratic leaders are deciding RIGHT NOW whether or not the government will be able to spy on your online activity without a warrant. If you don’t want the government knowing what websites you visit, …

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

May 22, 2020 at 4:23 PM

Clearview taking a step back?

We’ve got a plan to take down Clearview - here’s what it is. John, Clearview AI, the creepiest facial recognition tool out there (and that’s saying something), recently announced they will no longer share their product with private entities.1 This is great news—it means that th…

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  Ayele, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

May 21, 2020 at 8:20 PM

Amazon inaction leads to more workers dying from COVID

As long as Amazon fails to take necessary precautions to protect workers and the public from COVID-19, we're all in danger. John, While employees across the country are returning to work with new virus prevention guidelines, Amazon workers are still fighting for basic protection…

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

May 19, 2020 at 4:55 PM

Net neutrality and safety: comments due

John, The deadline for submitting your comment opposing the repeal of net neutrality is Wednesday, 5/20. Submit your comment now! SUBMIT YOUR COMMENT After the FCC repealed net neutrality, the court questioned whether Ajit Pai had done enough to consider how the repeal could t…

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  Sarah, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

May 16, 2020 at 1:30 PM

Drones are not a public health solution

Some police departments are saying drones provide a public health benefit, but these claims are misguided. Drones are not for public health—they are for public spying. John, Drones are not a public health solution, but police are using COVID-19 as an excuse to expand drone surve…

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  Caitlin, Fight for the Future · [email protected]

May 15, 2020 at 3:01 PM

Crushing blow to Ajit Pai

Ajit Pai just lost a net neutrality fight - now we’ve gotta strike. John, Remember when shady astroturf groups with links to the telecom industry got caught blatantly flooding the FCC with fraudulent comments against net neutrality? At the time, notorious chairman Ajit Pai refus…

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