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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 9h

Section 230 is basically the first amendment of the internet but many people don’t see it that way. Many people don’t know much about section 230 at all. That’s where we come in www.whatissection230.org

What is Section 230

www.whatissection230.org

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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 9h

Section 230 is basically the first amendment of the internet but many people don’t see it that way. Many people don’t know much about section 230 at all. That’s where we come in www.whatissection230.org

What is Section 230

www.whatissection230.org

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Joshua Casey 😷🎮🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 @joshuacasey.net · 1d

Disappointed to see "Center for Countering Digital Hate" pushing anti-Section 230 propaganda. @fightforthefuture.org

Section 230 is the ONLY THING allowing you and I and everyone else to be able to post on social media and have free speech on the Internet.

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YK Hong @ykhong.bsky.social · 16h

The NYC MTA is transitioning to OMNY tap-and-pay cards, rendering swipe cards obsolete by June 2026.

OMNY is notorious for tracking riders through our devices, digital wallets, and credit card top-ups, and the MTA is besties with the NYPD. MTA Surveillance is a given.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 3d

Some exciting news: 404 Media just won a grant via Muckrock to investigate book bans and educational censorship in the U.S. The plan is to file hundreds of public records requests around the country and to report on and archive all the documents for public use:

www.404media.co/help-us-inve...

Help Us Investigate Book Bans and Educational Censorship Around America

404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.

www.404media.co

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 6d

I think people take for granted the ability to post freely on the internet. Our ability to do so is endangered. Social media isn't going away but the powers that be are hyper focused on making it an echo chamber

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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 16d

I spent the week at the police surveillance convention and let me tell you my biggest observation: The name of the game now is consolidating as much information as humanely possible from surveillance devices, the internet, other governmental data, and literally a million other places. 🧵

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 2d

This happened because of a customer complaint. Here's how to file one of your own: www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

How to File a Privacy Complaint in California

Seeing something sketchy when it comes to your online privacy? Here’s how to file a complaint under California’s consumer data privacy law.

www.eff.org

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deblbrown.bsky.social @deblbrown.bsky.social · 2d

New calls on Microsoft to suspend business activities that are contributing to grave human rights abuses & international crimes by the Israeli military & other government bodies
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...

@hrw.org @accessnow.org @amnesty.org @7amleh.bsky.social @eff.org @fightforthefuture.org

Israel/Palestine: Microsoft Should Avoid Contributing to Rights Abuses

Microsoft should suspend business activities that are contributing to grave human rights abuses and international crimes by the Israeli military and other Israeli government bodies, Human Rights Watch...

www.hrw.org

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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 3d

Want to join the VPN defense party? Tap in here: www.defendvpns.com

Defend VPNs from government bans!

www.defendvpns.com

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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 3d

Our Campaigns & Communications Director @liaholland.bsky.social sat down with @taylorlorenz.bsky.social
to discuss political attacks against VPNs & how we’re fighting back.

Watch the full video: youtu.be/IoXafCNjl54?...

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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 3d

NEW: Pledge now open for sign-ons to artists, record labels, and music industry workers that are protesting parent company’s investments in genocide + environmental destruction:

www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2025-10...

Artists launch boycott pledge against festivals that fuel genocide

In a new pledge now open for sign-ons, artists, record labels, and music industry workers are boycotting major music festivals in protest of their parent company’s investments in genocide and environmental destruction. The pledge reads in part: “As artists and culture workers, we refuse to let our art and influence be used to legitimize and […]

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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 3d

ICYMI: We recently launched a global campaign to defend VPNs- vital tools for people living under authoritarian regimes. This article highlights some of the campaign goals, concerns and challenges:

dataconomy.com/2025/10/06/f...

@liaholland.bsky.social

Fight for the Future launches campaign to protect VPN access

Fight for the Future launched a nationwide campaign on September 25, designating a VPN Day of Action to prevent potential legislative restrictions on virtual

dataconomy.com

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 7d

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.

Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

Signal @signal.org · 9d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

signal.org

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 5d

I for one will defend Senator Blumenthal's first amendment rights even though he spends most of his time in office trying to take away mine

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Trump posts that Sen. Blumenthal “should be allowed to speak no longer”

Sanctimonious Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal, perhaps the biggest “joke” in the United States Senate, is at it again! “Dick” lied until the midpoint of his political career, convincing everyone, in particular the Fake News Media, that he was a great “War Hero” who lived on the precipice of death in the jungles of Vietnam. He would talk about his life in the military in almost every speech, in particular the death defying dangers he faced in his many years “fight for freedom” while in Vietnam. He stated that “the battles were violent and long, but there was no going back” - And then it happened, Blumenthal was found out to be a FRAUD. The soldiers in his so-called “platoon” came forward and said that they had no idea who this guy was. He was revealed, broke down and admitted, tears flowing from his eyes, that he LIED, a Whopper, one that lasted 20 year. This guy shouldn’t even be in the U.S. Senate. It should be investigated, and Justice should be sought. Right now there is a Congressman sitting in prison for lying about his past during a campaign. Well, those lies were nothing compared to those of Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal, perhaps the greatest phony in the history of the United States Senate. He should be allowed to speak no longer!

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 5d

I hear and see your concerns. Over the weekend, a couple users hosted on Blacksky's PDS were banned from the Bluesky app and thus the Bluesky API servers. This was a weakness of our system I've been aware of and hoped we had more time to address before any kind of public incident. 1/11

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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 4d

@mediajustice.bsky.social did a deep dive on this - it’s definitely not a coincidence but Black + Brown communities are calling out decision makers + organizing against data center development all across the South 👏 mediajustice.org/resource/the...

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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 6d

Speculative Friction has a cool series and they just spoke with our colleague, activist + author @liaholland.bsky.social, about challenging tech solutionism, navigating surveillance capitalism in the creative industry + more. Check it out!

speculativefriction.substack.com/p/the-journe...

The Journey Matters: resisting tech solutionism, building community, and rewriting narratives

A conversation with Lia Holland exploring how storytelling opens space for meaning, equity, and imagination

speculativefriction.substack.com

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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 6d

CALIFORNIA folks: Local organizers with @aclucalaction.bsky.social @arocaction.bsky.social CAIR California + others are organizing a last push to defeat AB715, a bill that threatens local free speech and curriculum in schools.

Call @governor.ca.gov + oppose AB715:
action.aclu.org/petition/ca-...

Tell Newsom: Veto AB 715, Protect Free Speech

Protect free speech and academic freedom in public schools. Tell Governor Newsom to veto AB 715.

action.aclu.org

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 8d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 6d

Discord confirms that government IDs used for age-verification were compromised in a hack with a vendor.

Who could have predicted?

Oh, right.

Discord users suffer the first high-profile age-verification hack – and it's unlikely to be the last

Critics of age verification laws warned this was inevitable

www.tomsguide.com

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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 6d

Tech Speedrun this week:
📱 TikTok sale
💰Amazon got hit with a $2.5B FTC fine
🛡️ Gavin Newsom helps to protect abortion seekers
📍 ICE bought new surveillance tech

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 9d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 8d

NEW: Our very own @liaholland.bsky.social digs in with @taylorlorenz.bsky.social about the political campaign against VPNs + how to fight back.

Not A TikTok @notatiktok.bsky.social · 10d

Excellent interview @taylorlorenz.bsky.social. VPNs are our last line of defense against internet censorship. It was only a matter of time before the censors come after us.

youtu.be/IoXafCNjl54?...

The Shocking Plan to Kill Online Privacy: A VPN Ban Will Break the Web

YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz

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The Movement Cooperative @themvmtcoop.bsky.social · 11d

Safety in organizing means more than showing up—it means protecting our data too. 📱✨

Step One: Turn Off Your Phone is a new Guide to Activist #DigitalSecurity hosted by @fightforthefuture.org, created by organizers to help communities stay safer against surveillance & risk.

🔗 buff.ly/0ShhpyW

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