FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 8, 2021Contact: Caitlin Seeley George, , 303-594-4321With more data on where facial recognition is used, the urgency for legislation banning government and law enforcement use of facial recognition heightens.Earlier this week, BuzzFeed News the story that employees at law enforcement agencies across the country have run thousands of facial recognition searches using the controversial Clearview AI app. The investigative research included data from a confidential source that shows nearly 2,000 agencies that have used the application in some fashion.This data has...…FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 8, 2021Contact: Caitlin Seeley George, , 303-594-4321With more data on where facial recognition is used, the urgency for legislation banning government and law enforcement use of facial recognition heightens.Earlier this week, BuzzFeed News the story that employees at law enforcement agencies across the country have run thousands of facial recognition searches using the controversial Clearview AI app. The investigative research included data from a confidential source that shows nearly 2,000 agencies that have used the application in some fashion.This data has...WW…

Digital rights group has teamed up with the (UMAW) to launch . The campaign calls on Spotify to drop to use artificial intelligence and voice recognition software to spy on listeners’ conversations, conducting emotional surveillance and manipulation to target music and advertising. The campaign comes after human rights group Access Now sent to Spotify demanding they abandon the surveillance patent last week.The campaign is accompanied by a dystopian new video for the song “Surveillance Capitalism” from trans femme indie-punk artist (she/her), which blends layers of melodic indie punk...…Digital rights group has teamed up with the (UMAW) to launch . The campaign calls on Spotify to drop to use artificial intelligence and voice recognition software to spy on listeners’ conversations, conducting emotional surveillance and manipulation to target music and advertising. The campaign comes after human rights group Access Now sent to Spotify demanding they abandon the surveillance patent last week.The campaign is accompanied by a dystopian new video for the song “Surveillance Capitalism” from trans femme indie-punk artist (she/her), which blends layers of melodic indie punk...WW…

IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, March 24thCONTACT: Evan Greer, press@fightforthefuture.org, 978-852-6457Today, more than twenty racial justice, worker advocacy, privacy, and civil rights organizations released a calling on the editors of CNET, Consumer Reports, Digital Trends, TechRadar, Tom’s Guide, and Wirecutter to rescind their recommendations of Amazon Ring cameras given the threats Ring technology poses to Black and brown communities. See the letter here:“Putting Black lives in danger is part of Amazon Ring’s business model. The tech giant weaponizes racist, fear-mongering by using...…IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, March 24thCONTACT: Evan Greer, press@fightforthefuture.org, 978-852-6457Today, more than twenty racial justice, worker advocacy, privacy, and civil rights organizations released a calling on the editors of CNET, Consumer Reports, Digital Trends, TechRadar, Tom’s Guide, and Wirecutter to rescind their recommendations of Amazon Ring cameras given the threats Ring technology poses to Black and brown communities. See the letter here:“Putting Black lives in danger is part of Amazon Ring’s business model. The tech giant weaponizes racist, fear-mongering by using...WW…

Wired just reported that Uber Eats in the UK are being fired because of the company’s faulty facial identification software. Uber requires drivers to submit selfies to confirm their identity, but when the technology fails, and isn’t able to match photos of the drivers with their accounts, drivers get booted off the system and are unable to work, and thus unable to pay their bills. This isn’t the first time this has happened — in 2019 a Black Uber driver in the US the company for its discriminatory facial recognition.This case clearly shows how private use of facial recognition, by...…Wired just reported that Uber Eats in the UK are being fired because of the company’s faulty facial identification software. Uber requires drivers to submit selfies to confirm their identity, but when the technology fails, and isn’t able to match photos of the drivers with their accounts, drivers get booted off the system and are unable to work, and thus unable to pay their bills. This isn’t the first time this has happened — in 2019 a Black Uber driver in the US the company for its discriminatory facial recognition.This case clearly shows how private use of facial recognition, by...WW…

The US Senate just voted 52 to 47 to block the FCC’s repeal of net neutrality and restore protections that prevent ISPs like Comcast and Verizon from controlling what we see and do online with censorship, throttling, and expensive new fees.Now, we need to move our focus to the House. Our best chance to force a vote will be between now and the midterm elections. Head over to now to tell your House Representative to vote for the net neutrality CRA.This was a simple up or down vote on the freedom of the open internet. Here are the US Senators who voted NO on the net neutrality CRA, and how...…The US Senate just voted 52 to 47 to block the FCC’s repeal of net neutrality and restore protections that prevent ISPs like Comcast and Verizon from controlling what we see and do online with censorship, throttling, and expensive new fees.Now, we need to move our focus to the House. Our best chance to force a vote will be between now and the midterm elections. Head over to now to tell your House Representative to vote for the net neutrality CRA.This was a simple up or down vote on the freedom of the open internet. Here are the US Senators who voted NO on the net neutrality CRA, and how...WW…

URGENT UPDATE: SB 822 has made it out of appropriations without getting watered down! This is good! The bill is now headed to a full Senate floor vote TODAY. Call 916–823–9612 right now and we’ll connect you to your California State Senators. Tell them to support SB 822 to save net neutrality!Background:State legislators in California have introduced the , most comprehensive, net neutrality bill in the country. But powerful telecom giants like AT&T are pulling out all the stops to kill it, and the word on the street is they’ve hired up basically every contract lobbyist in Sacramento.The...…URGENT UPDATE: SB 822 has made it out of appropriations without getting watered down! This is good! The bill is now headed to a full Senate floor vote TODAY. Call 916–823–9612 right now and we’ll connect you to your California State Senators. Tell them to support SB 822 to save net neutrality!Background:State legislators in California have introduced the , most comprehensive, net neutrality bill in the country. But powerful telecom giants like AT&T are pulling out all the stops to kill it, and the word on the street is they’ve hired up basically every contract lobbyist in Sacramento.The...WW…

Posted March 10, 2020, 2:23 PM Networked technology has the power to expand our democracy and give more people a say than ever before. The Internet has given an urgently needed megaphone to young people organizing to stop climate change and movements working to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. But over the last decade we’ve witnessed how this same power can be used to voices, opinion, and our basic rights at a mass scale.As the US approaches an election that will shape the future of our nation, there’s an increasing focus on the role that companies like Facebook and...…Posted March 10, 2020, 2:23 PM Networked technology has the power to expand our democracy and give more people a say than ever before. The Internet has given an urgently needed megaphone to young people organizing to stop climate change and movements working to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. But over the last decade we’ve witnessed how this same power can be used to voices, opinion, and our basic rights at a mass scale.As the US approaches an election that will shape the future of our nation, there’s an increasing focus on the role that companies like Facebook and...WW…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 6, 2020CONTACT: , 978-852-6457Today, Senators Lindsey Graham (R–SC) and Richard Blumenthal (D–CT) the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act — or EARN IT Act, for short. But digital rights group Fight for the Future has already responded by rallying more than to oppose this dangerous legislation.If passed into law, the EARN IT Act would give the Attorney General sweeping powers to establish and enforce a set of “best practices” that tech companies must follow to protect minors from sexual exploitation online. But let’s be very...…FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 6, 2020CONTACT: , 978-852-6457Today, Senators Lindsey Graham (R–SC) and Richard Blumenthal (D–CT) the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act — or EARN IT Act, for short. But digital rights group Fight for the Future has already responded by rallying more than to oppose this dangerous legislation.If passed into law, the EARN IT Act would give the Attorney General sweeping powers to establish and enforce a set of “best practices” that tech companies must follow to protect minors from sexual exploitation online. But let’s be very...WW…