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'Stop This Sale': 11 NGO Leaders at Davos Warn Against Pending Private Equity Takeover of .Org Domain

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UN Expert Calls Detention of Chelsea Manning 'Open-Ended, Progressively Severe, Coercive Measure Amounting to Torture'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

whistleblower Chelsea Manning

In a letter to the U.S. government, the special rapporteur on torture called for the immediate release of the whistleblower.

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Federal Study on Racial Biases in Facial Recognition Technology Confirms Warnings of Civil Liberties Groups

Julia Conley, staff writer

African American and Asian American men were misidentified 100 times as often...

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Just Two Days After Product Warning Issued for Amazon Ring, Reporting Reveals Data of 3,000 Users Leaked

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

A "Ring Stick Up Cam" is pictured at the Amazon Headquarters on September 20, 2018 in Seattle.

"This gives a potential attacker access to view cameras in somebody's home in...

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An Amazon Ring camera is pictured at Amazon headquarters on September 20, 2018 in Seattle.

New Campaign Demands Congress Probe the 'Ever-Expanding Surveillance Empire' of Amazon

How Does Amazon Ring Protect User Privacy? "Basically, They Don't"

Handing Trump 'Terrifying Authoritarian Surveillance Powers,' House Democrats Include Patriot Act Reauthorization in Funding Bill

Activists with Fight for the Future took to Capitol Hill in the U.S. on Thursday to demonstrate to lawmakers, lobbyists, and journalists exactly why stronger restrictions are needed on facial recognition software. (Photo: Fight for the Future)

'This Should Probably Be Illegal': Rights Advocates Target Lawmakers and Lobbyists With Facial Recognition Technology in US Capitol

No Music For ICE

#NoMusicForICE: 300+ Musicians Pledge to Boycott Amazon-Sponsored Events and Partnerships Over Contracts With US Agencies

Just as Digital Privacy Advocates Warned, Bezos Admits Amazon Writing Its Own Laws on Facial Recognition

30+ Rights Groups Launch Campaign Demanding Law Enforcement Ban on 'Authoritarian and Invasive' Facial Recognition Technology

With Open Internet Under Assault, 2020 Democrats Urged to Sign Pledge to Reject Telecom Cash and Restore Net Neutrality

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)

Praising Sanders for His Call to Ban Law Enforcement Using Facial Recognition Tools, Digital Rights Group Urges All Presidential Hopefuls to Follow Suit

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Rights Group Warns Against Amazon Marketing to Law Enforcement 'Dangerous and Invasive' Facial Recognition System It Claims Can Detect People's Fear

"It's hard to put into words how mind bogglingly absurd this executive order is," said Evan Greer, deputy director of Fight for the Future, following a leaked White House draft of what her group has dubbed the 'Censor the Internet' order. (Photo: alexskopje/iStock/Getty Images)

Leaked Draft of Trump Executive Order to 'Censor the Internet' Denounced as Dangerous, Unconstitutional Edict

Fueling Calls for Ban, Even a Security Industry Group Thinks Police Partnerships With Amazon Ring Are Dangerous

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Reset the Net: Don't Ask for Privacy, Take It Back

Some of the world's largest websites and rights groups are planning a coordinated day of action on June 5, the first anniversary of Snowden's revelations, to oppose mass online surveillance. The Reset the Net campaign, launched by Fight for the Future, will feature a splash screen offering tips for direct action, like how to install NSA-resistant encryption tools , to ensure Internet privacy.

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Amazon Ring Isn’t Even Good at Pretending to Care About your Privacy and Safety

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Fight for the Future Calls on Tech Review Sites to Suspend Recommendations of Amazon Ring Cameras in Light of Recent Security Breaches

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New York Plans to Introduce Net Neutrality Legislation. Activists Will Be Ready to Fight to Make Sure There Are No Loopholes for ISPs to Abuse

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Groups Deliver More Than 75,000 Petitions Calling for Congress to Stop Stalling and Pass a Ban on Government Use of the Technology

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Government Drops Plan for Mandatory Face Scans for Travelers. Now Congress Needs to Ban Facial Recognition

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+15 Groups Call for a Full Congressional Investigation Into Amazon as Senators Demand Answers About Nonexistent Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Security Protections

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Tim Karr

Red Alert for Net Neutrality: What You Need to Know

Madeline Buxton

Why You'll See Red Alerts Across The Web This Week

Amy Kroin

Net Neutrality Supporters Launch Operation #OneMoreVote

Timothy Karr

Net Neutrality Politics Is Local

Candace Clement

Sen. John Kennedy Could Be the Internet's Hero

Evan Greer

We Can Get The FCC’s Decision To Kill Net Neutrality Overturned. Here’s How.

Frances Moore Lappé, Adam Eichen

We Saved Net Neutrality Once. We Can Do It Again

Mary Alice Crim

Seven Things You Can Do Right Now to Save the Internet

John O'Day

Net Neutrality Reduced to Mogul vs. Mogul in Corporate Media's Shallow Coverage

Carly Goodman

Commercialization Brought the Internet to the Masses. It Also Gave Us Spam.