NOW: Congress is holding a hearing on 19(!) kids safety bills and several would age-gate/censor the internet, particularly for LGBTQ youth. Our policy counsel + members of our team are live-streaming analysis and reactions. Join us! https://www.youtube.com/live/GwAAPmNa_0U?si=L3HLTc_OW7XgWScx
AMA on Online ID Checks is now live! Where the Redditors at? Our policy counsel team will be answering questions about the dangers of online ID checks alongside policy experts at @Electronic Frontier Foundation
Reddit - The heart of the internet
You shouldn’t have to present your ID, credit card info, or face to be scanned just to access your favorite sites, news, or games yet this is the growing reality for Internet users globally. We need a firestorm to take down online ID checks for good-- so we planned one. Join us for a week of action!
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We helped the UC Berkeley Cybersecurity Clinic to organize risk assessments for mutual aid groups. Now, here’s the report with digital security recs for orgs + for projects that want to build mutual aid tools: https://cltc.berkeley.edu/publication/securing-mutual-aid-cybersecurity-practices-and-design-principles-for-financial-technology/
Our Campaigns & Communications Director sat down with Taylor Lorenz to discuss political attacks against VPNs & how we’re fighting back. Watch the full video:
NEW: Fight for the Future and CovidSafeCampus are sounding the alarm as more schools capitulate to Trump admin financial threats and quietly adopt forced unmasking policies for the fall semester.
Fight for the Future
New campaign tracks spread of campus mask bans at 60+ universities threatened by Trump admin, highlighting growing threats to student health, privacy, and free expression
As students return to colleges and universities across the country, Fight for the Future and COVID Safe Campus are launching our Campus Mask Policy...
Gaming platforms Steam + Itchio have given in to pressure payment processors MasterCard + Visa by removing content flagged by a conservative advocacy group as ‘inappropriate.’
The Verge
The chaos and confusion of itch.io and Steam’s abrupt adult game ban
There’s been a lot of confusion around what works have been targeted and why.
TSA claims face scan opt-outs cause an “overwhelming + chaotic environment" but thanks to Algorithmic Justice League’s new report we know this isn’t the case. 
They found that 99% of the time, travelers weren't even told they had the right to opt-out of face scans. 

The Comply To Fly? report by the Algorithmic Justice League
The Comply To Fly? report by the Algorithmic Justice League focuses on the facial recognition program operated by TSA at U.S. airports.
BREAKING: New investigation exposes Microsoft for enabling surveillance + killing of Palestinians.
the Guardian
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe
✈️ 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 Read the full report:
The Comply To Fly? report by the Algorithmic Justice League
The Comply To Fly? report by the Algorithmic Justice League focuses on the facial recognition program operated by TSA at U.S. airports.