We’re calling foul on facial recognition at sporting events ‼️ We’ll be outside the Phillies game *TONIGHT* calling attention to the use of invasive, biased biometric tech at MLB games. RSVP/more info here: http://FFTF.link/Phillies
This Thursday, join our salon on #GenerativeAI and #Inequality.
Together with Amnesty International, we're organizing events to help #HumanRights #Activist types wrap their heads around it all. RSVP + past episodes: https://emergingtechforactivists.com
Next week: we're hosting a salon on #GenerativeAI and #inequality with Amnesty International.
Tune in for thoughts from folks at Human Rights Watch, United 4 Respect, and more.
+ there's always a Q&A, so bring your questions!
Announcing #AIDayOfAction on October 2.
We're calling for a law to block large corporations from getting copyrights for works like books, music, movies that contain significant AI-enabled elements.
This is the moment. Congress could stand up and ensure that the #AI revolution prioritizes working artists over even more exploitative concentration of wealth among tech and media billionaires.
Take action every day now through 10/2 at https://AIDayOfAction.com
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
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
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
New Substack post: Cops is internet is cops https://fightforthefuture.substack.com/p/cops-is-internet-is-cops
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
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.
This week's post (by @anna) is about our Bad Internet Bills week of action: https://fightforthefuture.substack.com/p/think-of-the-children-bills-will
