Tech platforms must stop giving anti-democratic extremists the tools to manipulate & misinform millions of voters. My new Free Press report captures how leading tech co’s are falling short on fulfilling basic demands from our coalition of 200+ groups:freepress.net/news/press-rel…

Here's the letter that Knight First Amendment Institute just sent to President Shafik about free speech at Columbia (with corrected URL) knightcolumbia.org/blog/knight-in…

The TikTok ban is utterly foolish, dangerously authoritarian, blatantly unconstitutional, helps Big Tech monopolies, and undermines real efforts to regulate surveillance capitalism.

So of course it has overwhelming bipartisan support.

Senate votes today. dontbantiktok.com

Great piece by the always-inspiring Susan Benesch ☮️ and Dangerous Speech Project on AI’s limitations on counterspeech but it’s potential to complement counterspeakers’ efforts:

techpolicy.press/can-ai-rescue-…

We are among more than 200 organizations who have signed this letter. It is particularly vital that social media platforms strengthen their platform-integrity efforts in an election year.

📑For more context on the concept of counter-speech and extremism, here is an article by Dangerous Speech Project
dangerousspeech.org

Israel's sluggish delivery of food aid to Gaza is tantamount to torturing civilians, and it is turning even longtime friends into appalled critics. But Israel can relieve this needless suffering, without helping Hamas | Opinion | Susan Benesch ☮️
haaretz.com/opinion/2024-0…

From Susan Benesch ☮️
'In wars, people die,' said one of my Israeli family members. It's true. But war doesn't require mass starvation of civilians.' haaretz.com/opinion/2024-0…

The #SOTN2024 panel on lawmaker debates around online expression & #Section230 —ft. Open Tech Institute’s david, now streaming, only on morar+, Dangerous Speech Project’s Susan Benesch ☮️, NetChoice’s Steve DelBianco, @SantaClaraLaw’s Eric Goldman (he/him) & AEI Tech Policy’s Shane Tews—is now on State of the Net Series on February 12, 2024’s YouTube! Watch it now: youtu.be/hCergks8CdQ

The internet is a resource that’s inseparable from our day to day lives. #NetNeutrality protections are critical to ensuring everyone benefits from the internet. Join us in telling the The FCC that we need to restore net neutrality now. bit.ly/3SkhIQ9

A TikTok ban violates the First Amendment, but don’t take our word for it. Read their full letter here: knightcolumbia.org/documents/2fvc…

Access Now, ACLU, AAPI Civic Engagement Fund, Asian American Federation, Center for Democracy & Technology, CPA Justice, Dangerous Speech Project, Defending Rights & Dissent, EFF, Fight for the Future, Free Press Action,…

UPDATE: half of our US Congress has voted to effectively ban TikTok US. The House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted 352-65 supporting a ban. Next the Senate must consider. But our legislative priority should be privacy & civil rights not singular platform bans. #tiktokban