Don’t believe the claims about ‘kids safety’ behind the push for Online ID checks. They are and always have been about surveillance and censorship.
@cassiewillson.bsky.social is spot on in this video
Palantir is working on a tool for ICE that populates a map with potential deportation targets, brings up a dossier on each person, and provides a “confidence score” on the person’s current address. @josephcox.bsky.social breaks it down.
Watch our latest episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-QH...
ICE surveillance is directly connected to ICE violence. One of the most concrete things that progressive leaders can do in cities targeted by ICE is work to roll back surveillance ASAP:
-Cancel contracts with Flock
-Ban facial recognition
-End private camera registries
-Data privacy protections
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
How do online id checks impact abortion access? We’ll be discussing this and more of your questions tomorrow during our r/prochoice AMA with guests @eff.org @taylorlorenz.bsky.social @woodhullfreedom.bsky.social
These companies already pulled ICE tracking apps in the US. I don't have high hopes if the Trump admin demands it, they won't also pull LGBTQ apps from their app stores.
www.wired.com/story/apple-...
Abolish the app store
Thank god that the app store is there to protect users.
techcrunch.com/2025/09/24/n...
Hi! We are fighting this tooth and nail and have been for years even though we lost a major foundation funder because of our vocal and effective opposition to KOSA.
Anyhow here's our donate page ;-) www.fightforthefuture.org/donate/
We tried to tell people it wouldn't stop with sex or porn or whatever bogeyman was going to be used to end online anonymity.
Australia has declared that Google will now have to verify all users for age/identity.
mashable.com/article/micr...
Instead of working to protect Americans' privacy, today the FTC is hosting what amounts to an anti-trans rally. Nobody is more obsessed with controlling the private decisions of the American people than Republicans.
Happy birthday (some time soon) to my dear friend and co-leader of @fightforthefuture.org, @evangreer.bsky.social . Looking forward to #40moreyearsofEvanGreer "blasting members on both sides of the aisles" (thanks Ted Cruz for this amazing moment in a hearing).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWOz...
We are all shocked (read: not at all) that the crypto industry's push to elect Trump and other Rs has not resulted in more bipartisanship and may be the death knell for the big crypto market restructure bills.
www.coindesk.com/news-analysi...
Lots of very high profile UK biologists sign a letter saying that biological sex isn't binary or immutable and that the Supreme Court's ruling is scientifically wrong!
We really need to hammer home how the anti-trans side is anti-science
(you can add your name still if you are in a relevant field)
Literally everyone's Magic Solution for whatever they think is wrong with social media comes down to Someone Should Stop Those People From Being Able To Speak. Do YOU want Donald Trump and his gang of thugs to be the ones doing that? Because we all know who they'll stop from speaking.
"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
🌬️ @fightforthefuture.org is #hiring a Senior Campaign Director! Deadline: March 17. See this and other job openings in our Digital Rights Job Board: buff.ly/UL5DwAd #TechJobs #DRJobs #JobSearch
I love this news! At @fightforthefuture.org, we have been fortunate to fight with and alongside @seanvitka.bsky.social and look forward to doing so in the years ahead.
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
This is not law. It couldn’t withstand legal scrutiny.
Don’t comply in advance university presidents. General counsel, don’t panic. Do law, not vibes.
Wanna work with me against technofascism?@fightforthefuture.org is hiring! We are a queer and trans run org that aims to bring an abolitionist and ruthlessly strategic approach to tech policy fights. We get shit done AND we have a 4 day work week ;-) nrgconsultinggroup.applytojob.com/apply/gLzw01...
Federal workers serve the American people—not an unelected billionaire on a power trip.
Musk’s 48-hour stunt is a sham, meant to gut public services & hand power to corporations. Workers won’t waste time on his chaos. Do not respond unless directed. #SaveOurServices
So this happened last night.
The Stonewall Riots happened because trans people, particularly of color, rose up against state violence. You can’t even begin to tell the story without our trans ancestors and elders. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...
I’m sad to learn that my law school classmate, Kiah Duggins, died in the DC plane crash last night.
Kiah was an exceptionally talented civil rights lawyer and aspiring legal scholar.
I hope you’ll read about her work and the causes she cared about, some of which I’ll 🧵 below.
What an immense loss
Important #netneutrality news: Last week a federal court struck down the FCC's 2024 #netneutrality protections. I spoke with @npr.org's @jsummers.bsky.social about what this means & what may be next: npr.org/2025/01/06/n... (audio & transcript)
I can say confidently that the dangerous & misguided Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) would have passed this year if not for the powerful work done by the queer and trans led team @fightforthefuture.org.
Instead, the bill is dead for now. But it will be back:
www.fightforthefuture.org/2025
BREAKING: 300+ musicians including Tegan and Sarah, Kathleen Hannah of Bikini Kill, Deerhoof, Eve 6, Speedy Ortiz & more have signed an open letter opposing big corporate record labels' lawsuit attacking the nonprofit Internet Archive www.rollingstone.com/music/music-... h/t @liaholland.bsky.social
