New EFF Board Member @amac0.bsky.social is already looking sharp in his EFF gear (with Executive Director @nicoleozer.bsky.social at left and Board Chair @gbsohn.bsky.social). You can have that hoodie too – it’s a gift if you support EFF as a $25/month member! supporters.eff.org/donate/join-...

When former FCC Chairs from Republican Mark Fowler to Democrat Michael Copps sign a brief supporting ABC's 1st Amendment lawsuit against the agency, you know that what the FCC's been doing is outrageous. 18 "formers" signed the brief by @protectdemocracy.org protectdemocracy.org/work/former-...

Bipartisan coalition of former top FCC officials back ABC's First Amendment lawsuit against FCC

A bipartisan coalition of former FCC officials filed an amicus brief supporting ABC’s request for emergency relief in its lawsuit challenging the FCC’s early review of broadcast licenses.

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Extremely thrilled to have @amac0.bsky.social joining me and my colleagues on the @eff.org Board! Alex's combination of industry, government and non-profit experience will be a huge benefit to the organization as it writes its next chapter. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

EFF Welcomes Alexander Macgillivray to its Board of Directors

Macgillivray Brings Perspectives on AI, Policy-Making, Social Justice, and Trust and Safety to the Board of Directors

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There will be reams written on why Colorado State AG @pweiser.bsky.social won the Democratic primary for Governor last night, but the reality is that he worked his behind off for the people of the state and their votes. Period. coloradosun.com/2026/06/30/c...

Phil Weiser overcomes big spending, name ID to beat Michael Bennet in Colorado’s Democratic primary for governor

The Associated Press called the race for Weiser at 7:55 p.m., when Weiser was leading Bennet by 10 percentage points.

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Rebecca Kelly Slaughter is one of the smartest and most dedicated public servants I've ever known. Today's SCOTUS decision allowing the President to fire leaders of independent agencies for no cause is a loss for good policymaking and for the country. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

US supreme court rules Trump can fire leaders of independent agencies

Case focused on White House’s March 2025 firing of Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter

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Proud of the team @protectdemocracy.org and the whole crew for this work. This is not Orban's Hungary. @gbsohn.bsky.social @berinszoka.bsky.social @rtdna.bsky.social

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Former FCC officials want to force a vote on the ‘weapon’ Brendan Carr has invoked against broadcasters

Kudos to Disney for pushing back HARD on the FCC requiring it to renew its licenses early.While the agency says it was because of their DEI policies, we know that the motivating factor was @jimmykimmel.com's joke about FLOTUS. variety.com/2026/tv/news...

ABC Submits Broadcast Renewal Applications to FCC ‘Under Protest,’ Says Agency Order Is ‘Unlawful, Arbitrary and Unconstitutional’

Disney's ABC has submitted its license renewal applications to the FCC as ordered by the agency -- but it is doing so "under protest."

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The California Public Utilities Commission is the one of the only reasons consumers have any protection from anti-consumer practices of broadband ISPs at all in this country. @kathyhochul.bsky.social and the NY State Legislature is the other.

Karl Bode@karlbode.com · 5mo ago

this California amendment, broadly supported by Dems, would strip CPUC authority over broadband at a time CPUC is making inroads on affordability. It's being sold as a way to keep the CPUC focused on electricity affordability, but based on conversations I've had all week I suspect it's an AT&T op

Two days ago a sitting US Senator was pepper sprayed for protesting ICE and it didn’t even become national news.

Did you know EFF maintains a field guide to police surveillance? 📸 That's right, our Street-Level Surveillance resource shines light on various tech law enforcement routinely deploy in our communities. Help EFF keep police accountable today. eff.org/spring

Claw Back Your Privacy

Support free expression and fight the mass surveillance used for control and intimidation.

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RECAP / RECORDING High-Density, High Impact: Connecting Apartment Buildings, Public Housing and Multi-Dwelling Units isoclive.substack.com/p/aapb-ilsr-... @gbsohn.bsky.social @ilsr.bsky.social sky.social #DigitalEquity #MDU #BroadbandForAll #PublicHousing #CommunityBroadband

High-Density, High Impact: Connecting Apartment Buildings, Public Housing and Multi-Dwelling Units

AAPB / ILSR Webinar — March 19, 2026

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Join us 5/5 at 7 pm ET for a free screening and live conversation with Gigi Sohn @gbsohn.bsky.social, Marjan Safinia @marjiparji.bsky.social, Milo Vassallo of @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social, and Director Laura Nix @lauranix.bsky.social! Get your free tix now! kinema.com/events/Democ...

Democracy Under Siege - Special screening with the Media and Democracy Project

Get tickets for the virtual screening of Democracy Under Siege

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Congrats to Josh Breitbart and his Empire State Development team for starting to implement NY State's $542M BEAD allotment for locations unserved or underserved by high-speed broadband.The high profile names take credit, but Josh is the engine that gets it done. www.governor.ny.gov/news/governo...

Governor Hochul, U.S. Senators Schumer and Gillibrand, and U.S. Representative Tonko Announce More Than $540 Million in Public and Private Investment to Connect Unserved New Yorkers to Affordable, Hig...

Governor Hochul, along with U.S. Senators Schumer and Gillibrand and U.S. Representative Tonko, announced that ConnectALL has begun implementation of a $542 million effort to bring affordable, reliabl...

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On Monday, April 13, I'll have the privilege of interviewing @eff.org ED Cindy Cohn about her storied career and her new book "Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance." Join us! Busboys and Poets, 14th and V Sts NW, 6:30 PM. busboysandpoets.com/events/th-ev...

Cindy Cohn, Author of Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance, in Conversation with Gigi Sohn | Busboys and Poets

Join American Association of Public Broadband (AAPB) Executive Director Gigi Sohn in conversation with EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn, to discuss Cindy’s book: Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fi...

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FULL RECAP - Telecom Act at 30: Universal Service as the North Star - Benton Institute for Broadband & Society w/ @gbsohn.bsky.social @edmarkey.bsky.social #TelecomAct #UniversalService #Broadband #DigitalDivide #ERate #USF #NetNeutrality #AI open.substack.com/pub/isoclive...

Telecom Act at 30: Universal Service as the North Star

Benton Institute for Broadband & Society - March 5, 2026

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The Board of @eff.org and I are thrilled that @nicoleozer.bsky.social will be the next Executive Director of the organization, starting June 1. She has the vision, management skills and substantive knowledge to lead the organization during these unprecedented times. www.eff.org/press/releas...

Nicole Ozer Named as Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Executive Director

SAN FRANCISCO – Nicole Ozer has been appointed as executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation effective June 1. Ozer is a legal expert on privacy and surveillance, artificial intelligence...

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If you are looking for expert opinions re the Nexstar merger: There's me, I've been involved in media ownership for 3 decades. But also consider @victorpickard.bsky.social @gbsohn.bsky.social @notaaroncraig.bsky.social @berinszoka.bsky.social @karlbode.com

The fix was in at the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department to approve the massive Nexstar-TEGNA merger. People need to know how abnormal and illegal the process was. I talk about it here: www.linkedin.com/posts/gigiso...

FCC approves the merger of local television owners Nexstar and Tegna | Gigi Sohn

It will surprise no one that the fix was in at the Federal Communications Commission's and the Justice Department to approve the massive Nexstar-TEGNA broadcast merger, which will result in one compan...

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ICYMI: Last week, ​​AAPB's @gbsohn.bsky.social and @ilsr.bsky.social's Sean Gonsalves led an enlightening discussion with four community-driven broadband champions on building smart cities, what infrastructure is required, and the cost of doing nothing. Stream here: www.youtube.com/live/Cij0LEG...

Building Smarter Cities and the Cost of Doing Nothing

YouTube video by Institute for Local Self-Reliance

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Trump's censor in chief at the FCC, Brendan Carr, just sent a letter to the heads of BBC, NPR and PBS informing them he's launching a "news distortion" probe into the BBC's editing of a documentary on Trump's Jan. 6 activities. Here it is:

Lots of crazy stuff in telecom/tech policy world landing this afternoon. Perhaps most critical is a leaked Executive Order that would, among other things, deny funding to states with AI laws/regulations. @bentoninstitute.bsky.social has a brief summary and the text. www.benton.org/headlines/dr...

Draft Executive Order Could Clawback Nondeployment BEAD Funds

In a draft Executive Order, President Donald Trump claims Constitutional power to promote American leadership in artificial intelligence (AI) by: establishing an AI Litigation Task Force to challenge ...

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Algorithmic face scans are “dangerous, whether used to estimate our age, our name, or other demographics,” EFF’s Adam Schwartz told @PCMag.com. EFF favors “a ban on government use of this technology, and strict regulation… for corporate use.” www.pcmag.com/explainers/...

Give Us Your Face or Lose Your Account: AI Age Verification Is Here, and Experts Are Worried

From Spotify to YouTube, platforms now demand biometric proof of age. Experts warn that you could lose access—and your privacy—if the algorithms get it wrong.

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Great deep dive by @giladedelman.bsky.social of @theatlantic.com into FCC Chair Brendan Carr and how he has used the agency to attack the President's enemies and help his biggest donors, all while avoiding full agency and judicial review. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

The ‘Easy Way’ to Crush the Mainstream Media

FCC chair Brendan Carr is on a crusade to Trumpify the airwaves.

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This Thursday! 🚨 Join AAPB's @gbsohn.bsky.social, @ilsr.bsky.social's Sean Gonsalves, and an exciting panel of experts for a webinar on smart cities: what it takes to build them, what infrastructure is needed, & the cost of doing nothing. Register here: sites.google.com/ilsr.org/ils...

Join EFF’s Cindy Cohn for a virtual conversation with Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders about their new book, Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship. www.eff.org/event/rewir...

Rewiring Democracy with Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders in

City Lights, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and The MIT Press present Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders (in conversation with Cindy Cohn/EFF) discussing their new book Rewiring Democracy: How AI

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The answer to how do we keep kids safe online isn't destroy everyone's privacy. It's not force people to hand over their IDs to access legal content. And it's certainly not ban access to the tools that protect journalists, activists, and abuse survivors. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing

It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued ID before you can access certain content, because politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual

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“If we can get communities over the hump of believing they can afford to do this, it will pay dividends.” On @lightreading.bsky.social's The Divide, @gbsohn.bsky.social breaks down what’s wrong w/BEAD under Trump’s NTIA, and why public broadband is the answer. www.lightreading.com/broadband/th...

Gigi Sohn on BEAD and the promise of public broadband

Gigi Sohn joins The Divide podcast to discuss why BEAD won't live up to its initial promise and how public broadband networks can deliver for communities.

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Disney's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel is what happens when the government allows decades of media and tech consolidation. When control of media and tech are in the hands of a handful of companies, it becomes easier for authoritarian leaders to control them. deadline.com/2025/09/nexs...

Nexstar And Sinclair, Two Largest Station Groups, Wield Influence In ABC Decision To Pull Jimmy Kimmel In Light Of His Charlie Kirk Comments — Update

The station group is seeking FCC approval of a major merger.

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A new world where Karl Rove makes sense and Bob Iger is without scruples.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · last yr.

ROVE: “.. Using Charlie’s murder to justify retaliation against political rivals is wrong and dangerous. It will further divide and embitter our country. No good thing will come of it.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/they...

IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE: What I have not seen anyone discussing is that Nexstar pulling Kimmel, forcing ABC’s hand, comes as Nexstar is leading the way for the industry on trying to get FCC approval for media consolidation. www.poynter.org/business-wor...

Nexstar’s takeover of Tegna would require an overhaul of FCC ownership rules - Poynter

The proposed sale would exceed the FCC’s 39% cap, igniting debate among broadcasters, unions and press groups

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