Evan Greer
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When will Democrats deliver on their promise to restore net neutrality?
Unregulated telecom companies pose an enormous threat to the future of free expression and human rights. And time for reform is running out. → Read More
You can’t fight fascism by expanding the police state
We won’t reverse the damage done by Trumpism—like the attack on the Capitol—by doubling down on authoritarian policies like surveillance, policing, and censorship. We need to address systemic injustice at its root. → Read More
Why Biden Nominee Miguel Cardona Should Make Sure Facial Recognition Stays Out of Schools
President Elect Joe Biden on Tuesday announced his intention to nominate Miguel Cardona, a former public school principal who is Connecticut's education commissioner, for education secretary. | By Evan Greer → Read More
A Political Ad Ban Won’t Fix Facebook’s Election Problem
A performative post-election ban won’t solve anything. But cutting off the platform’s data-driven rage machine will. → Read More
How Facial Recognition Technology Could Change College Campuses Completely
And if facial surveillance ever works perfectly, it will be even more dangerous → Read More
Mark Zuckerberg has to go. Here are 25 reasons why
In this gilded age of big tech, Silicon Valley’s royal families have sat in their castles, amassing treasures. It’s time we prove that these kings are not gods → Read More
Evan Greer: Trump killed net neutrality. Congress is getting a chance to bring it back.
The Save the Internet Act would reverse one of the most unpopular policy changes of this administration. → Read More
Evan Greer: Trump can't erase transgender people with a memo. But he can make our lives a lot harder.
The Trump administration is reportedly seeking to create a new definition of gender under Title IX in order to exclude transgender people from civil rights law. → Read More
Net Neutrality Is Far From Dead as Senators Line up to Fight FCC Decision
Cancel the funeral and get ready to fight: Net neutrality is far from dead. Our elected officials in Congress have the power to reverse what is swiftly becoming one of the U.S. government’s most unpopular decisions ever. And if they don’t, they’ll pay for it come election season. → Read More
Net Neutrality Is Far From Dead as Senators Line up to Fight FCC Decision
26 senators are already signed on to overturn FCC’s net neutrality repeal. → Read More
We Can Get The FCC’s Decision To Kill Net Neutrality Overturned. Here’s How. – Countercurrents
The FCC voted Thursday to repeal all existing net neutrality protections. They are giving giant ISPs like Verizon and Comcast the power to control what we can see and do online with new fees, throt… → Read More
We Can Get The FCC’s Decision To Kill Net Neutrality Overturned. Here’s How.
The FCC voted Thursday to repeal all existing net neutrality protections. They are giving giant ISPs like Verizon and Comcast the power to control what we can see and do online with new fees, throttling, and censorship. This will ruin the fundamentally open nature of the internet. This fight isn’t over though, there is still a clear path to victory. The organizations behind Battle For The Net… → Read More
We Can Get The FCC's Decision To Kill Net Neutrality Overturned. Here's How.
This fight isn't over. → Read More
Change your Facebook relationship status to "Married" to save net neutrality
The FCC plans to repeal net neutrality protections at a vote on Thursday, handing companies like Verizon, Comcast, and AT&T the power to control what... → Read More
Ending net neutrality will destroy everything that makes the internet great
The internet without net neutrality will be a Wild West of extra fees and censorship. → Read More
We Need The Internet Now More Than Ever, But Time Is Running Out To Save It
The FCC is preparing to destroy net neutrality and, in so doing, forever change the free flow of information. → Read More
#JusticeForJawara: Peter Tosh's Son Beaten Into A Coma In Prison While Serving Six-Month Sentence For Marijuana
Jawara McIntosh, son of reggae artist Peter Tosh (who co-wrote the freedom fighter anthem “Get Up, Stand Up” with Bob Marley), has been beaten into a com... → Read More
Chelsea Manning's release is the inspiring proof: we can overcome
Chelsea has taught me that no matter how huge the obstacles to social and political change may seem, when people come together nothing is impossible → Read More
Major Artists Line Up To Support Chelsea Manning As She Is Released From Prison
Chelsea Manning will be released from prison this week. As a transgender musician and one of her close friends and supporters, I wanted to do something t... → Read More
Major artists line up to support Chelsea Manning as she is released from prison
Chelsea Manning will be released from prison this week. As a transgender musician and one of her close friends and supporters, I wanted to do something t... → Read More