fightfortheftr
Fight for the Future
Digital rights are human rights. There's hardly anything as important as ensuring that our shared future has freedom of expression and creativity at its core.
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2023-07-25 16:20:24 Event JSON
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Last Notes npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr Manhattan for safe, uncensored access to knowledge #Digitalrights 📚 @npub1umd…wfr7 https://image.nostr.build/6c1197b5b9c319fcdd4112c7cfb679e3f80ed4124d4e637fdb590c41c8dce432.jpg npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr NYC report finds #ShotSpotter failure rate of 87% - there is no reason a city should be using this tech. It expands surveillance and endangers people instead of offering any actual safety. npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr We have until October 30 to speak out about this. We’ve created this tool to help you submit your comment before the deadline. Take ACTION NOW https://stopfinancialsurveillance.org. npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr We want a future in which tech is #decentralized and impossible for governments to surveil or manipulate. We don’t all have to agree on crypto but we can agree that government mass surveillance is bad for us all. npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr This might look fine on the surface but what it really means is that the government is forcing software developers or builders exploring crypto to track and sell out their users’ data. This is unconstitutional and a downright violation of our right to #financialprivacy. npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr Compliance with this rule and its reporting requirements would be impossible for some of the people working with this tech. The definition is so broad that it would force developers working on decentralized tech projects to collect info they don't have and certainly don't need. npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr These new rules could require anyone deemed a broker to collect personal information about users of their crypto tools and report that information to the IRS in the name of reducing tax avoidance. npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr In 2021, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was passed despite tens of thousands of calls from the #DontKillCrypto army. Now, the IRS and Treasury are putting the government’s surveillance plan into motion. npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr The US Treasury and IRS are proposing new regulations that would mandate mass surveillance of digital assets. This would be a massive blow to our human rights. That’s why we’re calling for the government to #StopFinancialSurveillance https://www.stopfinancialsurveillance.org npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr Fight for the Future is calling on all companies with direct messaging platforms to immediately implement default end-to-end encryption for DMs and message back-ups, and on activists and organizations to join the campaign by signing on at https://MakeDMsSafe.com npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr Recently, mounting activist/expert pressure has been forcing companies to take decisive action on this issue: both Google and Discord made announcements this month about expanded end-to-end encryption testing and roll-out: npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr Now with the overturn of Roe, the private messages of anyone seeking, facilitating, or providing abortion care are also at risk of being used by law enforcement as tools of criminalization. The messages of one Nebraska teenager and her mom already have: https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/11/23790923/facebook-meta-woman-daughter-guilty-abortion-nebraska-messenger-encryption-privacy npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr Just the most recent examples of how DMs are used to target activists: The Colorado Springs police department forcing Meta to hand over the private Facebook messages of a housing justice advocate and of the Chinook Center, a small progressive Colorado Springs organization: https://www.cpr.org/2023/08/03/colorado-aclu-sues-colorado-springs-police-department-and-fbi-over-alleged-unlawful-privacy-invasions-of-local-activist/ npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr This roll out couldn’t happen fast enough. Privacy experts have been pointing to importance of end-to-end encryption for years – for everyone online, but especially for vulnerable people historically targeted by surveillance, including activists, journalists, immigrants, and other racialized people https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/19/technology/end-to-end-encryption.html npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr In the letter, Meta lays out why the launch of end-to-end encryption on Messenger is taking time, why the company believes E2EE is so vital for user privacy, and why E2EE is also - in the company's view - the right business choice. https://messengernews.fb.com/2023/08/22/expanding-testing-for-end-to-end-encryption-on-messenger/ npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr Breaking: #Meta has responded to the demands of the MakeDMsSafe.com campaign in a letter to Fight for the Future that reiterates the company's commitment to rolling out default end-to-end encryption for Facebook Messenger in 2023 https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/22/23841490/meta-facebook-messenger-instagram-encryption-default npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr We cannot rely on tech companies to protect us, esp when they see the 246100 potential of AI. What we need is strong federal data privacy legislation that will actually protect us from corporate surveillance & stop companies like Zoom from harvesting & abusing our data for profit. npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr Meanwhile Zoom is still offering AI features in Zoom IQ. Zoom says participants will be notified when AI is in use but that doesn’t actually mean they can consent to its use or opt out (esp if it is in use at school or work and there is no alternative) https://blog.zoom.us/zooms-term-service-ai/ npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr Yes, Zoom listened this time and made changes but this should serve as a warning to other tech companies following this trend of misleading customers and trying to get away with stealing user data while hiding behind confusing policy updates npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr ICYMI: Following the backlash from ❤️Fight and other privacy experts, Zoom updated its terms of service AGAIN. This time to clarify that the company will not use any customer content to train Zoom’s or third-party AI https://therecord.media/zoom-ai-terms-of-service-update npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr STATEMENT: “The concerted efforts of Big Content to ensure the enshittification of public #libraries and shut down digital libraries like the #InternetArchive could not be clearer than they are with this new lawsuit from the world’s biggest record labels. #music #library #preservation #lawsuit #copyright #copyrighttroll https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2023-08-14-statement-major-record-labels-sue-to-destroy-internet-archives-70-120-year-old-music-archive npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr New Substack post: Cops is internet is cops https://fightforthefuture.substack.com/p/cops-is-internet-is-cops npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr Take action now to call on Zoom to protect users, revise the Terms of Service and publicly state that it will not use our data to train its AI. Sign the petition here: npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr Zoom has a history of misleading its customers. Last year, we called it out for plans to use creepy emotion-analyzing AI. Now, Zoom is hiding significant privacy concerns under confusing legalese and conflicting statements. npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr Zoom’s Terms of Service update is staking a claim to user data and “customer content” to train its AI models. The company says this is necessary to provide its services to customers, but what it really wants is to profit from user data. https://www.popsci.com/technology/zoom-data-privacy/ npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr New Substack post is up :D It's about Pee-wee's Playhouse, obscenity, and the bad internet bills: https://fightforthefuture.substack.com/p/policing-the-playhouse npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr Can I get that on a t-shirt? npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr Lol. Will do npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr We launched a Substack this week! We’re calling it Touch Grass because its central focus will be connecting digital issues to the real world. We're thinking about it as an idea laboratory where we can expand on things—like Amazon worker towns, health tech, and algorithmic music taste—that might not have full campaigns yet. The goal is to make it fun to write and definitely fun to read. npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr I can't seem to delete this. But for future reference: the syntax for the noscl help command is not "noscl publish help". npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr We're hoping to hear Senators on the committee express concerns about KOSA. That would be a huge victory. The only reason that would happen is bc of the thunder we all are bringing to DC. npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr Everyone is doing a fantastic job driving the opposition to KOSA. There’s no need to panic based on today’s vote, just take calm persistent-ass action every day, and take good care of yourselves too. npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr Also, for what it’s worth, there’s way less support for KOSA in the House of Representatives, which hasn’t voted on it at all yet, than there is in the Senate. TL;DR we have lots of ways to win! npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr If we want to kill KOSA, we do have to keep that activist pressure up in order to keep it from passing the full Senate. If KOSA passes out of committee today, we need to redouble our efforts and call our representatives every day telling them to vote NO on KOSA. npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr The next step is a Senate floor vote. That’s VERY different than a vote out of a committee. The work we are doing right now is setting the stage to make KOSA very controversial, as it should be. npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr Inside intel + expectations on the #KOSA committee vote today: they’re probably going to pass it out of committee. But! They’re shaking in their boots thanks to the thousands of people who are calling them out. What we’re doing is WORKING, and the fight is far from over. npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr help npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr Join us Monday as we dig into what #humanrights activists should know about the future of #AI and social media in our Emerging Tech for Activists Salon series with Amnesty International. npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr We sent more than 100,000 emails and 6,000 calls from citizens opposing #KOSA through https://badinternetbills.com and https://stopkosa.com today. npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr Want more strong voices on what's real in AI? Join ❤️Fight and Amnesty International this Monday for a chat on the future of #GenerativeAI and social media. npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr ALL OUT #NYC: #Amazon workers and community will lead a direct action at the #AWS summit in New York City on July 26 @ 12:30 PM to demand an end to Amazon’s contract with the Israeli military and government! RSVP: https://notechforapartheid.com/NYCAWS npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr RSVP Now: we're talking #AI & the future of #socialmedia with our friends at #Amnesty US on July 31. Join salon panelists from #OpenMedia, #Mozilla Fdtn, and more. npub1jcwuf0dh5vqsq44qavygqwjfecawf53fmx7gadlcdtuexz0548hqy4jyrz fightfortheftr Congress is trying to push through a swarm of harmful internet bills that would severely impact human rights, expand surveillance, and censor the internet.
