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It's a good day to get a VPN
Plus, an invigorating list of all of Fight for the Future’s current campaigns.
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Meta is suppressing Palestinian speech during a deadly siege
Meta controls so much of our communications infrastructure. Now, human rights groups are watching the company target Palestinian posts with blocks and…
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Our tools are a privilege. How should we use them?
It's a pretty standard rule of protest: leave your phone at home. But amid Gaza's rolling communications blackouts, there's reason to debate digital…
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Wireless spectrum is a natural resource. Who says it's owned by the FCC?
A conversation with Darrah Blackwater, an attorney, artist, and leading advocate for the right of Native nations to control the waves in their airspace
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Can we housebreak AI with copyright law?
Creative work and the Luddite urge to firestorm an Azure data center
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Anna Bonesteel
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Parents of trans kids see through KOSA, Reddit AMA roundup, and links
A beautiful resistance is building against an internet censorship bill. Here are some updates. Plus, data piracy also occurs in the theater of the…
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Let them all break down
3G is dead. It could have been anarchy. Don’t threaten me with a good time
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The Readout: 001
Parking app hell, schools that scan faces, the Kelvin battlefront. Links and recommendations from the team
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Touch Grass
Touch Grass
A Petri dish incubating new ideas in tech, politics and culture. From the team at Fight for the Future.
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