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

HUGE win! Big thanks to the many tech workers and organizers who made this happen 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/25/microsoft-blocks-israels-use-of-its-technology-in-mass-surveillance-of-palestinians

Lawmakers are “taking a hard look” at VPNs after the total flop of the UK “age verification” rollout + we all know where that’s gonna lead—censorship fanatics are gonna try to bring the ban hammer down on VPNs.

Millions use VPNs to dodge surveillance + circumvent censorship.

Can you help us remind them what a terrible idea it is to destroy essential Internet safety infrastructure?

Sign the thing at https://www.defendvpns.com

✈️ Some numbers from Algorithmic Justice League's recent report on passenger experiences with opting out of invasive biometric face-scans at the airport:

- 67% that requested to opt-out received negative treatment for doing so
-56% of people didn’t see opt-out info
-74% weren’t notified of TSA use of facial recognition
-99% weren't notified of their right to opt-out
- 87% shared concerns with facial recognition
- 33% were concerned with the handling of data

NEW: We talked to the @WashingtonPost about how KOSA (The Kids Online Safety Act) would give Trump the ability to censor LGBTQ+ content online simply by claiming it can harm children by making them ‘anxious’ or ‘depressed’

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/24/kosa-lgbtq-transgender-wachowski-blackburn-coppa/

Mahmoud Khalil is free👏

But he should never have been detained in the first place.

“Dissent is not grounds for deportation.” - ACLU

https://theintercept.com/2025/06/20/mahmoud-khalil-homeland-security-investigations-ice-surveillance/

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