Tell your California lawmakers that we need to pass SB 4 and AB 14 to modernize and stabilize broadband funding in the state.

Apple has abandoned its once-famous commitment to security and privacy. The next version of iOS will contain software that scans users’ photos and messages. Under pressure from U.S. law enforcement, Apple has put a backdoor into their encryption system.

Sign our petition and tell Apple to stop its plan to scan our phones. Users need to speak up say this violation of our privacy is wrong.

Repeated decisions declassified by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court confirm that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is unconstitutionally sifting through the emails and communications of U.S. persons without a warrant. This is an end-run around Americans’ privacy and it’s been going on for far too long. Now, Representatives Lofgren, Jayapal, Massie, and Davidson are offering a solution and to close this back door. The representatives will offer a vital amendment to H.R. 4505, the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY 2022--and we need your help to get it through.
Tell your members of Congress to support this amendment.

We all know that, in the 21st century, it is difficult to lead a life without a cell phone. It is also difficult to change your number—the one all your friends, family, doctors, children’s schools, and so on—have for you. It’s especially difficult to do these things if you are trying to leave an abusive situation where your abuser is in control of your family plan and therefore has access to your phone records. Thankfully, the Safe Connections Act (S. 120) would change that.

Tell Congress: survivors of domestic violence should have an easy way to separate their phones from their abusers’ control.

There are a few very large companies which have an outsized influence on our online lives. Having large companies with control over so much of our data is not working for users, not working for privacy or freedom of expression, and it’s blocking the normal flow of competition. Above all, these giants need to be pushed to make it easy for users to leave, or to use other tools to interact with their data without leaving entirely.

The “Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act of 2021” (or ACCESS Act) would do that. Tell your representatives to pass the ACCESS Act.

At the local, state, and federal level, people across the country are urging politicians to ban the government’s use of face surveillance because it is inherently invasive and dangerous. Many U.S. cities have done so, including San Francisco and Boston. Now is our chance to end the federal government’s use of this spying technology.

Tell your Senators and Representatives they must pass Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act, HR 3907/S.2052. It was recently introduced by Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and by Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Rashida Tlaib (MI-13). This important bill would be a critical step to ensuring that mass surveillance systems don’t use your face to track, identify, or harm you. The bill would ban the use of face surveillance by the federal government, as well as withhold certain federal funds for local and state governments that use the technology.

Tell Facebook to take five concrete steps to end the silencing of Palestinians, as well as content and accounts related to Palestine.

Governor Gavin Newsom has a plan to spend $7 billion on broadband infrastructure. Urge your lawmakers to support this plan to close the digital divide.

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced his plans for the state’s multi-billion dollar surplus and federal recovery dollars, including a massive, welcome $7 billion investment in public broadband infrastructure. It's a plan that would give California one of the largest public broadband fiber networks in the country. The proposal now heads to the legislature to be ratified by June 15 by a simple majority.

New Yorkers: You can speak up today to expand your digital rights. Tell your lawmakers to support S04104 (Breslin) and A07006 (Fahey)—two right to repair bills that would make repair of phones, tablets and other digital electronic equipment easier and more accessible for New York residents.