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🚨 Important deadline coming up (July 25)! Americans should comment on FCC docket numbers 17-59 and 02-278, speaking out against their proposal to require government ID, physical address, and alternative phone number for all phone lines in the USA. Instructions: https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/leave-fcc-comment-deadline-tomorrow/39337
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A bill for the people? We nearly forgot the government could do that 👀
The US government regularly gets around the 4th Amendment by buying data from “third-party” data brokers, to invade your privacy with no oversight.
Why this is legal? We have no idea, but Rep. Thomas Massie (KY) just introduced the Surveillance Accountability Act (with help drafting from Naomi Brockwell!) which closes this loophole.
The bill would mandate warrants for all surveillance, including a ban on invasive AI and facial recognition mass surveillance in public spaces 💪
Check it out here and let us know what you think: https://surveillanceaccountability.com
#SurveillanceAccountabilityAct #Privacy #USpol #Surveillance #USgov #USA
We’re going against the grain on this one, to acknowledge that proposal H.R. 8250 is not nearly as bad as past proposals like KOSA or the EU’s ID verification scheme. New video out now: Why Everyone's Got the 'Parents Decide Act' Wrong
YouTube:
PeerTube: https://neat.tube/w/jHa1S4cqjvwBK75fQ6KtzZ
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Last week in the United States of America, Congress began fast-tracking nearly 20 bills in a massive effort to enact massive censorship on the internet, decimate your ability to use computers privately, and severely restrict free speech online.
We sat down with
to dissect these 'Bad Internet Bills' and what you need to know to stop them: https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/2025/12/16/taylor-lorenz-on-kosa-the-screen-act-and-repealing-section-230/
:peertube: https://neat.tube/w/tS3ho29H2YTJJjEh8sXuNy :youtube:
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