Notices by Fight for the Future (fight@mastodon.fightforthefuture.org)

Democratic trifecta states CAN and MUST act fast to protect their citizens by passing comprehensive privacy protections that can serve as a shield, especially for the most vulnerable.

https://Fftf.link/demtrifecta

Democratic trifecta states CAN and MUST act fast to protect their citizens by passing comprehensive privacy protections that can serve as a shield, especially for the most vulnerable.

https://Fftf.link/demtrifecta

Big Tech companies are aligned with the Trump administration, fueling mass deportations and arrests of political dissenters.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/clearview-ai-immigration-ice-fbi-surveillance-facial-recognition-hoan-ton-that-hal-lambert-trump/

WE NEED CALLS NOW! HR 9495, now known as Section 112209, if passed, would give the Trump administration unprecedented power in suppressing nonprofits, by allowing the administration the power to strip organizations of their tax exempt status!

Call 319-313-7674

It’s no secret that universities have cracked down on student speech, sacrificing campus safety & fundamental rights to quash protest against Israel’s genocide in Gaza. In response to April 2024 encampments, a renewed tactic of suppression emerged: the campus mask ban

https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/states-dust-off-obscure-anti-mask-laws-to-target-pro-palestine-protesters

Texas bill SB 2880 will ban abortion pills and criminalize hosting abortion information online. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/texass-war-abortion-now-war-free-speech

From intense surveillance to retaliation for free speech, tech workers have a lot to say about Big Tech’s labor + human rights violations. 🪡🧵

Amazon uses an AI automated algorithmic systems to track worker performance, push ‘off task’ warnings, and issue automated dismissal notices. These are biased systems that can disproportionately impact vulnerable and marginalized workers.

https://civilrights.org/blog/a-worker-resistant-approach-to-ai-is-harming-our-workforce-economy-and-civil-rights/

Great news for students, Palestinian solidarity + free speech!

https://zeteo.com/p/breaking-mohsen-mahdawi-released

Y'all should know that our ability to make posts like this is reliant on Section 230, which lawmakers are working hard to repeal. We need to preserve the tools we rely on to organize!

Whatever misconceptions you have about 230 can be cleared up here: https://www.whatissection230.org

You can learn more about common misconceptions about Section 230 + how to take action here: www.whatissection230.org

We depend on Section 230 for the ability to talk about issues we care about on social media. Without it, you can kiss most online free speech goodbye unless it’s from
billionaires who can afford it, or speech from people they favor.

https://youtube.com/shorts/Ojah_0GIn3g?si=WZtUi-hfQJ9utsgU

The FTC is requesting comments from social media users about online censorship. Artists- this may seem like the moment you’ve been waiting for but- HOLD UP! Comments will likely be used to justify greater governmental control over social media, rather than bring justice to artists censored online.

Lifting up the ACLU’s campus firewall toolkit. If students are able to establish one, schools won’t voluntarily share staff time or faculty/student data – with federal law enforcement: https://www.aclu.org/publications/firewall-for-freedom-campus-resolution-toolkit?in%5B...%5Dchan=soc&ms=awr-na-ig-na-nat-na-freespeech-na-acluaiusatoolkit&utm_campaign=feed&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=later-linkinbio

❗️TOMORROW❗️MA state legislature is considering two landmark data privacy bills.

1. Location Shield Act
2. Massachusetts Data Privacy Act

📲 Your reps need to hear from you! Tell them to support these bills TODAY: 234-301-5383

Our cell phones track our locations + collect sensitive data making us vulnerable to hacking, stalking + political targeting. The Location Shield Act: bans the sale of your cell phone location data by companies + shady data brokers. https://www.aclum.org/en/ban-sale-location-data

Google’s newly acquired company, founded by a former Israeli army cyber-espionage/surveillance unit, does little to quell concerns about their complicity in the ongoing Palestinian genocide…https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/google-playing-fire-acquiring-israeli-company-founded-unit-8200-veterans

“In a world where privacy is under attack + police can force companies to share anyone’s personal messages, we can’t take the importance of secure messaging lightly.” - C. Seeley George, Campaigns + Managing Director https://www.applemust.com/apple-ready-to-enable-encrypted-rcs-messages-on-iphones/

These docs show that Microsoft has supplied a range of tech tools, from cloud systems to millions of dollars in engineering support, to the IDF as they carried out genocide.

https://tinyurl.com/455zpan3

The truth has finally come to the surface: leaked docs from January confirm a clear partnership b/t Microsoft + Israel’s military ops throughout the latters’ assault on Gaza.

https://tinyurl.com/nt8vcaku