Earlier today, the Bay Area Reporter reported that The Mix Bar is following the steps of Badlands and Toad Hall, in hitting “pause” on face scanning. The bar will deactivate its live camera function, but will continue to use PatronScan to v…
NEW YORK, NY— Today, local lawmakers, privacy advocates, artists, organizers, and New Yorkers to demand an end to the use of biometric surveillance in places of public accommodation and call on the City Council to pass City Council Member S…
WHO: New York City Council Member Shahana Hanif,Fight for the Future, S.T.O.P., NYC DSA Tech Action, musician/artist Cristy Roads, country musician Paisley Fields and others. WHAT: A press conference calling for the ban of facial recognitio…
This morning, Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500 word manifesto filled with ridiculous claims and self-serving language. It also happened to promote the importance of open source AI. While Fight for the Future almost never agrees with Zucker…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA––Two prominent Bay Area gay bars have announced plans to “pause” their use of “Patronscan” face scanning devices after digital rights group Fight for the Future launched a boycott campaign with hundreds of prominent artist…
Fight for the Future has been leading the coalition of human rights, reproductive justice, and LGBTQ+ groups that have been fighting to stop KOSA and online ID check mandates. Fight has pushed hundreds of thousands of calls and emails to Co…
WIRED just broke the news that facial recognition scanners were turned off during Taylor Swift’s wedding at Madison Square Garden, leaving us wondering—why do billionaires get opt out of this dangerous and discriminatory tech while other pa…
The following statement can be attributed to Lia Holland (they/she), Campaigns & Communications Director at Fight for the Future: Earlier this month when we highlighted Utah’s first in the nation law to restrict VPNs, people really cared wh…
Dozens of people gathered with signs at Lowe’s San Francisco, raising awareness about the company’s contract with Flock, the notorious surveillance vendor with ties to ICE SAN FRANCISCO, CA — On the same day as Lowe’s big shareholder meetin…
The following statement can be attributed to Lia Holland (they/she), Campaigns and Communications Director at Fight for the Future: “It’s absolutely ridiculous that August Image LLC is trying to take down Stereogum with a lawsuit over image…
The MA House just passed the Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act, which if signed by the Governor would be one of the strongest data privacy bills in the United States. The House-passed version of the bill contains a complete ban on the…
Major news outlets cited theoretical AI concerns and ended 30 years of journalism preservation. The public is asking them to be reasonable. Over 20,000 people are calling on leadership at major news outlets The Atlantic, New York Times, and…