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BREAKING: Today, EPIC and 39 partner organizations filed an amicus brief in Slaughter v. Trump, a case challenging the President’s attempted firing of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter. buff.ly/nuwP9Bn
PRESS RELEASE: EPIC joins 40 consumer protection and privacy groups in amicus brief challenging Trump’s attempted firing of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter
November 13, 2025
epic.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
BREAKING: Today, EPIC and 39 partner organizations filed an amicus brief in Slaughter v. Trump, a case challenging the President’s attempted firing of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter. buff.ly/nuwP9Bn
Demand Progress has driven Americans to send more than 570K messages to Congress and make more than 8K calls demanding the release of the Epstein files. This is clearly something that resonates deeply with the American people.
November 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Demand Progress has driven Americans to send more than 570K messages to Congress and make more than 8K calls demanding the release of the Epstein files. This is clearly something that resonates deeply with the American people.
Jeffrey Epstein on Donald Trump:
"of course he knew about the girls"
"[victim] spent hours at my house with him"
Tell your representative release the Epstein files!
Go to ReleasetheFiles(dot)org or call 909-321-5643 to connect w/ offices after entering your zip code.
"of course he knew about the girls"
"[victim] spent hours at my house with him"
Tell your representative release the Epstein files!
Go to ReleasetheFiles(dot)org or call 909-321-5643 to connect w/ offices after entering your zip code.
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Jeffrey Epstein on Donald Trump:
"of course he knew about the girls"
"[victim] spent hours at my house with him"
Tell your representative release the Epstein files!
Go to ReleasetheFiles(dot)org or call 909-321-5643 to connect w/ offices after entering your zip code.
"of course he knew about the girls"
"[victim] spent hours at my house with him"
Tell your representative release the Epstein files!
Go to ReleasetheFiles(dot)org or call 909-321-5643 to connect w/ offices after entering your zip code.
If Jensen Huang is so concerned about the U.S. losing to China in the AI race, then why is he trying to get Trump to allow him to sell our advanced chips to China?
November 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
If Jensen Huang is so concerned about the U.S. losing to China in the AI race, then why is he trying to get Trump to allow him to sell our advanced chips to China?
A coalition of public interest groups asked the FTC to investigate the role that the consolidated cloud computing market played in the recent Amazon Web Services outage.
November 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A coalition of public interest groups asked the FTC to investigate the role that the consolidated cloud computing market played in the recent Amazon Web Services outage.
Amazon buying Warner Bros isn’t just a disaster for competition and media: It’s a disaster for workers. Amazon’s monopoly is underpinned by its merciless exploitation of its workforce.
November 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Amazon buying Warner Bros isn’t just a disaster for competition and media: It’s a disaster for workers. Amazon’s monopoly is underpinned by its merciless exploitation of its workforce.
President Trump keeps dragging us closer and closer to a regime change war in Venezuela.
October 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
President Trump keeps dragging us closer and closer to a regime change war in Venezuela.
Trump is now considering allowing China to buy their advanced AI chips, a move that would earn them billions but also jeopardize America's competitive edge in AI and our national security.
October 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Trump is now considering allowing China to buy their advanced AI chips, a move that would earn them billions but also jeopardize America's competitive edge in AI and our national security.
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Seven consumer protection, digital justice, and privacy organizations signed on to EPIC’s comment: Center for Democracy and Technology, Center for Digital Democracy, @checkmyads.org, Consumer Action, Consumer Federation of California, @demandprogress.bsky.social, and @privacyrights.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Seven consumer protection, digital justice, and privacy organizations signed on to EPIC’s comment: Center for Democracy and Technology, Center for Digital Democracy, @checkmyads.org, Consumer Action, Consumer Federation of California, @demandprogress.bsky.social, and @privacyrights.bsky.social
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EPIC submitted comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) urging the agency to maintain the strong consumer protections it adopted in the 2024 Personal Financial Data Rights rules.
October 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
EPIC submitted comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) urging the agency to maintain the strong consumer protections it adopted in the 2024 Personal Financial Data Rights rules.
This week in DC, Nvidia is hosting a Super Bowl of AI. Nvidia, the market leader of AI hardware, also just announced a partnership with OpenAI, the market leader of AI software. The FTC must investigate this shady partnership that threatens to dominate AI.
October 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This week in DC, Nvidia is hosting a Super Bowl of AI. Nvidia, the market leader of AI hardware, also just announced a partnership with OpenAI, the market leader of AI software. The FTC must investigate this shady partnership that threatens to dominate AI.
Today, Defense Secretary Hegseth deployed an aircraft carrier and its strike group to the waters off South America. This further escalates the risk of the U.S. getting dragged into a regime change war in Venezuela.
October 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Today, Defense Secretary Hegseth deployed an aircraft carrier and its strike group to the waters off South America. This further escalates the risk of the U.S. getting dragged into a regime change war in Venezuela.
OpenAI demanded that the family of a teen who died by suicide after talking to ChatGPT hand over all video, pictures and eulogies and guest lists for any memorial services.
OpenAI's president is also launching a $100 million+ super PAC to oppose safeguards and accountability for AI companies.
OpenAI's president is also launching a $100 million+ super PAC to oppose safeguards and accountability for AI companies.
OpenAI prioritised user engagement over suicide prevention, lawsuit claims
Family of teen who took his own life after ChatGPT use alleges chatbot maker intentionally weakened protections
www.ft.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
OpenAI demanded that the family of a teen who died by suicide after talking to ChatGPT hand over all video, pictures and eulogies and guest lists for any memorial services.
OpenAI's president is also launching a $100 million+ super PAC to oppose safeguards and accountability for AI companies.
OpenAI's president is also launching a $100 million+ super PAC to oppose safeguards and accountability for AI companies.
Adelita Grijalva won her election but Speaker Johnson refuses to swear her in as a member of Congress.
Adelita Grijalva is also the last signature needed to force a House vote on releasing the Epstein files.
Adelita Grijalva is also the last signature needed to force a House vote on releasing the Epstein files.
October 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Adelita Grijalva won her election but Speaker Johnson refuses to swear her in as a member of Congress.
Adelita Grijalva is also the last signature needed to force a House vote on releasing the Epstein files.
Adelita Grijalva is also the last signature needed to force a House vote on releasing the Epstein files.
Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre wrote that she was violently beaten and raped by a “well-known prime minister.”
Releasing the Epstein files is not about political gotchas. It's about holding some of the richest and most powerful people accountable for their actions.
Releasing the Epstein files is not about political gotchas. It's about holding some of the richest and most powerful people accountable for their actions.
October 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre wrote that she was violently beaten and raped by a “well-known prime minister.”
Releasing the Epstein files is not about political gotchas. It's about holding some of the richest and most powerful people accountable for their actions.
Releasing the Epstein files is not about political gotchas. It's about holding some of the richest and most powerful people accountable for their actions.
No raids, no wars, no kings.
Join us tomorrow (Saturday , Oct. 18) at hundreds of events nationwide on Saturday, October 18, to say “No Kings!"
Find a event near you!
Join us tomorrow (Saturday , Oct. 18) at hundreds of events nationwide on Saturday, October 18, to say “No Kings!"
Find a event near you!
No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
www.nokings.org
October 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
No raids, no wars, no kings.
Join us tomorrow (Saturday , Oct. 18) at hundreds of events nationwide on Saturday, October 18, to say “No Kings!"
Find a event near you!
Join us tomorrow (Saturday , Oct. 18) at hundreds of events nationwide on Saturday, October 18, to say “No Kings!"
Find a event near you!
Find a hate rally near you and join us
October 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Find a hate rally near you and join us
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Corporate America’s mouthpieces claim the few limits on corporate influence we helped win during the Biden admin drove Big Business to board Trump’s tyrannical train.
If so, how can Big Business ever be trustworthy participants in a democracy?
Our @jeffhauser.bsky.social in the @wsj.com:
If so, how can Big Business ever be trustworthy participants in a democracy?
Our @jeffhauser.bsky.social in the @wsj.com:
Opinion | Why Did Business Jump on the Trump Train?
And how can it ever be considered trustworthy participants in a democracy?
www.wsj.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Corporate America’s mouthpieces claim the few limits on corporate influence we helped win during the Biden admin drove Big Business to board Trump’s tyrannical train.
If so, how can Big Business ever be trustworthy participants in a democracy?
Our @jeffhauser.bsky.social in the @wsj.com:
If so, how can Big Business ever be trustworthy participants in a democracy?
Our @jeffhauser.bsky.social in the @wsj.com:
Speaker Johnson keeps refusing to call the House back to work, prolonging the shutdown and conveniently delaying the swearing in of the final member needed to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
Tell your representative to release the files!
Tell your representative to release the files!
October 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Speaker Johnson keeps refusing to call the House back to work, prolonging the shutdown and conveniently delaying the swearing in of the final member needed to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
Tell your representative to release the files!
Tell your representative to release the files!
Demand Progress applauds @schiff.senate.gov & @kaine.senate.gov for forcing a vote today on a war powers resolution to force the president to seek congressional approval before taking military action against Venezuela.
October 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Demand Progress applauds @schiff.senate.gov & @kaine.senate.gov for forcing a vote today on a war powers resolution to force the president to seek congressional approval before taking military action against Venezuela.
Despite what the president thinks, America has no kings.
That's why people will be at hundreds of events nationwide on Saturday, October 18, to say “No Kings!"
Find a event near you:
That's why people will be at hundreds of events nationwide on Saturday, October 18, to say “No Kings!"
Find a event near you:
No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
www.nokings.org
October 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Despite what the president thinks, America has no kings.
That's why people will be at hundreds of events nationwide on Saturday, October 18, to say “No Kings!"
Find a event near you:
That's why people will be at hundreds of events nationwide on Saturday, October 18, to say “No Kings!"
Find a event near you:
By cancelling House votes, Speaker Johnson is not only prolonging a shutdown, he's also delaying a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
October 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
By cancelling House votes, Speaker Johnson is not only prolonging a shutdown, he's also delaying a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
Encryption is a vital tool that protects us and safeguards our rights in a increasingly digital world. Learn more from our friends at @hrdag.org!
HRDAG stands firmly with the human rights community in insisting that encryption is not optional — it is fundamental to the defense of truth.
Any attempt to ban or backdoor encryption technology is a threat to the human rights community.
hrdag.substack.com/p/without-en...
Any attempt to ban or backdoor encryption technology is a threat to the human rights community.
hrdag.substack.com/p/without-en...
Without Encryption My Work Wouldn’t Be Possible
Our work isn’t always popular. It can infuriate those in power who want to cover up incriminating truths about the past and current trends in state violence. So when I think about HRDAG’s threat model...
hrdag.substack.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Encryption is a vital tool that protects us and safeguards our rights in a increasingly digital world. Learn more from our friends at @hrdag.org!
Not only did Zuckerberg and Meta let let their AI prey on kids, they're putting tens of millions into a super PAC that will attack anyone who tries to stop them.
October 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Not only did Zuckerberg and Meta let let their AI prey on kids, they're putting tens of millions into a super PAC that will attack anyone who tries to stop them.
If the Epstein files aren’t a big deal, why did the White House set up a whole war room all about them?
Tell your representatives to release the the files!
Go to ReleasetheFiles(dot)org or call 909-321-5643 to connect w/ offices.
Tell your representatives to release the the files!
Go to ReleasetheFiles(dot)org or call 909-321-5643 to connect w/ offices.
September 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
If the Epstein files aren’t a big deal, why did the White House set up a whole war room all about them?
Tell your representatives to release the the files!
Go to ReleasetheFiles(dot)org or call 909-321-5643 to connect w/ offices.
Tell your representatives to release the the files!
Go to ReleasetheFiles(dot)org or call 909-321-5643 to connect w/ offices.