Fight for the Future

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/

Big Tech app store censorship bolsters government surveillance efforts & puts real people in danger, setting a terrible precedent when they should really be focused on resisting authoritarianism & protecting users' rights. TELL THEM 👉 fftf.link/stopappcensorship

Calling all artists & musicians: 🔈 🎶 🎨 There’s a mass movement of people just like you around the globe that are pushing the music industry to divest from genocide & fossil fuels- we’re calling on you to spread the word & take the pledge!

Fight for the Future

Artists: Boycott genocide-funding music festivals

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

One Big, Beautiful Backdoor: AI Moratorium CALL YOUR SENATORS TO OPPOSE: 813-213-3989

TechCrunch

Moratorium on state AI regulation clears Senate hurdle | TechCrunch

A Republican effort to prevent states from enforcing their own AI regulations cleared a key procedural hurdle on Saturday.

Yet another fascist crackdown on masking and mask distribution-- further criminalizing people for exercising their right to health and privacy.

‼️Language from the 2024 nonprofit killer bill was approved in House budget-reconciliation this morning 👎 We name some of the risks of this "terribly thought-out" legislation to vulnerable communities:

AP News

House Republicans look to help Trump strip tax-exempt status of nonprofits he says support terrorism

A proposal by Republicans in Congress would allow President Donald Trump's administration to remove the tax-exempt status of nonprofits that it say...

Real ID's are now required for entry to federal buildings + domestic flights. This is another stretch of the state surveillance arm that is placing yet more burden on everyday people while also placing more risk on vulnerable communities.

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