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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

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"We need to ban this technology outright, treat it like biological or nuclear weapons, and prevent it from proliferating before it's too late."

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

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"If net neutrality is not restored, the public will lose the ability to access...

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

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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

"Every single 2020 candidate should be calling for a ban on this invasive,...

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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

'A Dystopian Surveillance State Being Built in Plain Sight': Pentagon Tests Radar-Equipped Balloons to Spy on Vehicles Across Midwest

To Keep Public Housing From Becoming 'Panopticon of Automated Face Scanning,' Democrats Push Facial Recognition Ban

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'Good News!': With Unanimous Vote, Oakland Joins Growing List of Cities to Ban Facial Recognition Technology

'We Need to Ban It Entirely': New US Campaign Calls for Moratorium on Facial Recognition Surveillance

'This Is a Scandal': Documents Show ICE and FBI Using Facial Recognition to Mine Millions of Driver's License Photos

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Privacy Advocates Celebrate as Massachusetts City Becomes Second in US to Ban Facial Recognition Technology

Critics Lament as 126 House Democrats Join Forces With GOP to Hand Trump 'Terrifying' Mass Domestic Spying Powers

On One-Year Anniversary of Net Neutrality Repeal, Over 100 Groups Demand McConnell Immediately Allow Vote on Save the Internet Act

'Bombshell': Facial Recognition Data Collected by US Customs Agency Hacked

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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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30+ Civil Rights Organizations Call On Elected Officials to Stop Amazon’s Doorbell Surveillance Partnerships With Police

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Amazon’s Annual Product Launch Fails to Address Privacy and Surveillance Concerns

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Over 1,000 Websites and Major Companies Plan to Join 'Digital Climate Strike' Next Week...

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California Senate Passes Bill to Stop Facial Recognition in Police Body Cameras as Momentum Grows at Local, State, and Federal Level

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Over 1,000 Websites and Major Companies Plan to Join 'Digital Climate Strike' Next Week...

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Kamala Harris Repeats Silicon Valley and Law Enforcement Talking Points on Facial Recognition

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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.