Momentum is building for the Polluters Pay Climate Cost Recovery Act! Big oil is making record profits while WE suffer. It’s ⏲️ to #MakePollutersPay for the climate damage they’ve caused. #CALeg let’s pass #SB1497 Senator Caroline Menjivar Make Polluters Pay CBD Climate tinyurl.com/climate-Superf…

VICTORY!!! 💖❤️‍🔥 After 3 weeks of direct action, BLM (@mypubliclands) caved to pressure from activists to protect an area with ancient trees that was set to be logged as part of the Poor Windy project.  #StopOldGrowthLogging

Anti-SLAPP legislation protects our right to free speech. Without them, the rich & powerful can use SLAPPs to bully their critics into silence. We need to keep local anti-SLAPP laws in place, & we need federal anti-SLAPP legislation to protect Americans nationwide. #StopSLAPPs

The U.S. Supreme Court recently rejected reviewing the 2016 Baton Rouge case of Doe v. McKesson, sparking a fresh public dialogue on protesters being sued.

🗳️ Are you a journalist covering the 2024 U.S. elections?

Our digital security team sat down to discuss the risk of device seizures, law enforcement surveillance, and data requests.

It's imperative to prepare for potential threats.

Read more: freedom.press/training/blog/…

Ha! Corporate Criminal @chevron’s attempt to violate the rights of the people it poisoned in the Amazon failed! Ecuadorians reject Noboa's intent to return country to pro-corporate international arbitration system! #ClimateJustice #CleanUpEcuador #ChevronGuilty

#EarthDay game plan:
✅Full, fast, fair, and funded fossil fuel phaseout
✅Just transition to clean, renewable energy
❌ Stop fossil fuel subsidies
❌Dangerous distractions like “carbon capture”, carbon offsetting, or gas certification

🚨🚨 Ecuadorians deal major blow to Chevron & extractive industries as preliminary results from yesterday's referendum vote reject President Noboa's intent to return country to the international arbitration system that continues to rule against Indigenous rights & climate action.

Breaking: We have just sent a letter to Columbia University President Shafik outlining our deep concern about how her actions have undermined students' and faculty's right to engage in political expression.

We hope President Shafik hears these concerns and changes course.

The massive faculty walkout at Columbia right now in solidarity with the student protesters is incredible. Faculty everywhere should follow suit.

Colin Purrington was SLAPPed for posting a negative review of a mosquito control product. Read about his experience being targeted by an abusive lawsuit meant to silence him just for posting a review on his personal blog: protecttheprotest.org/stories/colin-… #StopSLAPPs

Guess who's welcoming PM's Office of Japan Kishida to the The White House?⚡

🇯🇵Japan has poured over 💰$52 billion💰 in public & private finance into US LNG, devastating communities & ecosystems. This must end.

This auspicious @Kishida203 President Biden visit warrants a 🧵 #SayonaraFossilFuels

.Speaker Mike Johnson & House Republicans want to undo President Biden’ pause on new LNG export approvals to keep Big Oil’s profits rolling in, no matter the expense to American consumers, public health, or national security.

Our leaders must stop this reckless attack. #StopLNG

🚨Today, as their hearing takes place, we urge authorities in #ElSalvador to drop all charges against 5 environmental rights defenders from ADES Santa Marta.

The criminalization of HRDs for peacefully protecting their territory must end❗️

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“We found that many California law enforcement agencies share this (automated license plate reader) data not just out of state but specifically with agencies in states that ban abortions,” EFF’s Jennifer Pinsof told the @SMDailyJournal. smdailyjournal.com/news/local/lic…

.Speaker Mike Johnson & House Republicans want to undo President Biden’ pause on new LNG export approvals just to keep Big Oil’s profits rolling in, no matter the expense to American consumers, public health, or national security. Our leaders must stop this reckless attack. #StopLNG

Catch the latest edition of Protest Under Fire! Ft. The 'Palestine Exception' to Free Speech, Bringing Bail Funds Under the Thumb of the State, and Escalating Repression Against Pipeline Protesters.
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''This is a shield, not a sword...This is a way to protect the little guy against the big interests who can sue someone in three or four states to shut them up.''

“There are 1st Amendment issues involved with forcing a sale, which could also force an editorial policy change,” EFF’s David Greene told @DCExaminer: Limiting what the platform can share would affect rights of a U.S.-owned TikTok as well as users' rights. washingtonexaminer.com/news/2916789/o…

Banning TikTok would be censorship. Period.

Journalists and media outlets use the platform to share news stories and millions of Americans use it to consume news.

Censoring communications from foreign countries — let alone entire platforms — is plainly unconstitutional.