Fight for the Future

"Markey and Matsui recognize the need for online businesses to protect the rights of impacted communities, and to prevent discrimination based on people's personal information and characteristics."

If Meeks refuses to allow a vote, the groups said, "he's actively working against freedom of the press, democracy, and human rights around the globe."

"Now, the Biden administration and legislatures across the country must further protect communities from the dangers of this technology by ending its use by law enforcement entirely."

"This investigation shows how low the industry will stoop to undermine even the most basic and benign safeguards."

"Truth is under siege, and Big Tech platforms have become too big to care—they must be reined in."

"Of course Facebook wants to see changes to Section 230. Because they know it will simply serve to solidify their monopoly power and crush competition from smaller and more decentralized platforms."

"The more that we learned about the dangers of facial recognition software, the more we desired to find a solution to the problem."

"Facial recognition technology is a threat to civil rights and civil liberties when it works, and when it doesn't."

"This bill, as written, would have enormous unintended consequences for human rights and freedom of expression," warned Fight for the Future's Evan Greer.

"Amazon will have the perfect panopticon in place to sweep up unprecedented amounts of data en masse," says Fight for the Future.