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December 2023

RiteAid banned from using facial recognition tech for five years
Another victory squeaking in under the wire in 2023
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Terri Harel
How We Fight for the Future in 2024
A short message from Fight for the Future director, Evan Greer
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Terri Harel
Fight for the Future's Holiday Wishlist
Ken, Ese, Hally and Sarah on the tech changes they'd really, really like this year
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Hally Thornton
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Anna Bonesteel
Christmas came early. Messenger gets end-to-end encryption
The encryption campaign has been going on for over a decade. Now, Facebook is rolling out default end-to-end encryption on its Messenger app.
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Anna Bonesteel
AI literally does not care about us
UnitedHealthcare uses an algorithm built to deny insurance claims. Read to the end for a win
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Anna Bonesteel
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November 2023

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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Anna Bonesteel
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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Anna Bonesteel
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sarah e philips
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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Anna Bonesteel
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October 2023

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