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It’s clumsy and invasive, critics say, about lawmakers’ proposal to restrict social media use by teens - The Boston Globe Proposals from on Beacon Hill aimed at curbing social media use among teens have run into a range of practical, constitutional, and security challenges.

This @bostonglobe.com piece highlighting substantive critiques of Massachusetts' "protect the kids" push for online ID checks is rock solid.

Many experts quoted along with parents and young people who would be directly impacted.

send this to yr MA legislators

www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/19/m...

Great effort outside #Flock HQ in #Atlanta, GA! ❤️

“people want the freedom to live without being policed, criminalized, or constantly watched. Our communities deserve real safety rooted in dignity and care, not #surveillance by law enforcement and the companies that profit from it."

#deflock #alpr

If you need more info, @fightforthefuture.org has been doing excellent work around this.

Don't know FLOCK?

They know- and track- you.

Get Flock out of your community. End the surveillance state

New US Congress Bill Proposal Requires All Operating System Providers To Verify Ages Enshrining age verification laws nationwide presents a series of perilous privacy concerns.

All age verification systems are identity verification systems, and identity verification systems are surveillance systems. @fightforthefuture.org @eff.org

after lots of work, the bad internet bills of new york website is now officially online! more will be added over time, but all of the basics are there, go check it out! @fightforthefuture.org @stopspyingny.bsky.social @fsc.bsky.social @aclu.org @nyclu.org @stopossmandate.bsky.social

Flock Fascist Surveillance!

We brought the fight against Flock ALPR’s straight to their headquarters in Atlanta yesterday with @conmijente.bsky.social @mediajustice.bsky.social @18millionrising.bsky.social @deflockatlanta.org & other local community members!

FlockOut.org -Time to start a campaign in your city!

Right to repair, planned obsolescence, and right to the devices we paid for (installing, hacking, etc.) should really be part of the @fightforthefuture.org mission, I agree. In the meantime, do you know of any orgs/sites focused on this? These movements need financial support too. It's a big job.

There will be lots of discourse on this focused on the egregious hypocrisy of the MAGA crowd endlessly complaining about Biden admin "jawboning" of Big Tech

But imo the real story here is that Apple and Google's app store monopoly is a gift to dictators and a human rights nightmare.

City Council Wrecked in Voter Bloodbath After Allowing New Data Center Residents of a small Missouri town kicked out half of their city council who had voted to approve an $6 billion data center development.

“…the backlash was so great that residents ousted half their city council after they approved a $6 billion data center development against the public will.”

We’ve got this in the works 😎

@sarahephilips.bsky.social

News article clip that reads : Sarah Philips, one of the group's organizers, said Flock Safety is not wanted in the city, and she said fears continue to rise for people's safety and privacy, particularly those in immigrant and marginalized communities. "We do not want Flock in our communities," Philips said. "We don't want Flock in Atlanta. We don't want Flock in Georgia. We don't want Flock in the United States, and it's frankly disgusting that this company is making money off of our movements and existence."

We led an action today & brought the fight against fascist surveillance straight to Flock’s headquarters in Atlanta -the community showed up to give Flock a powerful message: www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...

Atlanta protest targets Flock Safety as debate over surveillance, ICE fears, and public safety intensifies Demonstrators have planned a rally outside company headquarters, raising concerns about privacy and immigration enforcement, while Flock says the criticism is rooted in misinformation.

"If public safety comes at the expense of certain groups… that cannot be public safety”
#DeFlockATLANTA

www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...

Flock is helping ICE rip families apart and weaponizing your personal data to target vulnerable people in our communities. We’re here to demand an end to Flock’s surveillance contracts, from Atlanta to Seattle to Maine - FLOCK OUT NOW!

Take action with us at flockout.org and deflockatlanta.org 💪

ATL: we’re outside Flock HQ telling Flock and the entire police tech industry that surveillance will never bring us safety!

@deflockatlanta.org @atldemsoc.bsky.social @conmijente.bsky.social @mediajustice.bsky.social @18millionrising.bsky.social

smart folks making a good argument.
the archive also has radio news from war time in the late 30's and 40's. sometimes the old radio ads tell a bigger story than the old news.

Journalists Applaud the Internet Archive’s Role In Preserving the Public Record Journalists are thanking the Internet Archive for their respectful preservation of news and history and for being an important resource for journalists. This letter is coming at a time where many majo...

BREAKING: 150+ journalists including @maddow.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social @jamestgriffiths.com @doctorow.pluralistic.net @taylorlorenz.bsky.social @kattenbarge.bsky.social are thanking @archive.org for services to journalism.

✍🏻Journalists can still sign at www.savethearchive.com/journalists/

@conmijente.bsky.social @18millionrising.bsky.social @mediajustice.bsky.social

Stop Online ID Checks in Massachusetts

You can use our call tool to make your voice heard- you can also find more information about these bills and alternative solutions to address real Big Tech harms here: www.stoponlineidchecks.org/ma/

‼️MASSACHUSETTS ‼️ we need you to get your phones & get busy pushing back against @massgovernor.bsky.social ‘s awful social media ban legislation that pushes age verification- punishing parents & teens while letting Big Tech off the hook!

www.boston.com/news/local-n...

Kalshi Wants Your ID Whether You Gamble or Not (You Know, for Kids) The CEO says

“We are launching a portal for parents to basically submit their identification, even if they don’t want to be users of Kalshi, to see if someone is using it. Because then they can see if their children are using their ID and police it…”

Flock & other ALPR companies are expanding surveillance of our communities, building up massive databases accessible by ICE BUT communities are fighting back. We're bringing the message straight to Flock’s doorstep: surveillance will never bring real safety!

Take action w/ us tomorrow!

Ban Facial Recognition

Keep in mind, this tech is also being used by ICE & police to target immigrants, activists and abortion seekers across the country.

Facial recognition tech & surveillance doesn’t keep our communities safe- it should be banned: www.banfacialrecognition.com

Wrongful Arrests Pile Up Due to Facial Recognition Technology One client spent six months in jail because police relied on facial recognition technology to incorrectly identify her as a suspect.

The ACLU has outlined details here along with the other 13 known cases of wrongful arrests :
www.aclu.org/news/privacy...

‘That wasn’t me’: How facial recognition led to a woman being jailed for 6 months Kimberlee Williams, who lived in Oklahoma, was jailed after being accused of crimes in Maryland, a state she told investigators she had never visited.

This week the ACLU announced another case of a wrongful arrest due to police reliance on facial recognition tech results for bank robbery.

This is the fourteenth publicly known case! wapo.st/41uBvjN

for more information, i've got a handy thread detailing exactly why these proposals are so damaging. @fightforthefuture.org @aclu.org @nyclu.org @eff.org @fsc.bsky.social @stopspyingny.bsky.social

We @fightforthefuture.org agree with the Governor that lawmakers should be doing more to hold Big Tech companies accountable and crack down on abusive business practices like surveillance-driven algorithms, autoplay, and infinite scroll.