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  Robert Cruickshank, Demandprogress.org · [email protected]
July 20, 2019 at 1:44 PM

Largest surveillance system in the world

Stop the race to build the world’s most accurate facial recognition software with databases of millions of pictures. Dear Friend, People go on OkCupid hoping to find their perfect match. But online daters are getting more than they bargained for. They and many other people who have p…
  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
July 19, 2019 at 2:55 PM

ICE and the FBI routinely search DMV photos

Hi, If you have a state-issued driver’s license or ID, chances are high that ICE agents have seen your face. Recent reporting reveals that ICE agents routinely use state DMV photos for facial recognition scanning1 – without consent from millions of ID-holders across the country. Tel…
  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
July 18, 2019 at 2:56 PM

Tell Amazon: Stop helping ICE

Hi, Children are languishing in cages, families are being ripped apart, and too often held in sub-standard living conditions. And Amazon isn't just complicit in this, they're profiting from it. Amazon's AWS servers form the backbone of ICE's detention and deportation operations. But…
  Team Demand Progress · [email protected]
July 10, 2019 at 5:33 PM

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attacked by DEMOCRATS?!

Establishment Democrats are attacking Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, trying to “rein in” her efforts to bring progressive change to D.C. Dear Friend, Establishment Democrats are going after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez . . . again. After AOC refused to go along with the House Democratic leade…
  Salma Mirza, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
July 6, 2019 at 2:34 PM

Re: Amazon

Your representative needs to hear from you. Hi, Amazon is profiting from ICE putting children in cages and separating immigrant families. It provides the technology infrastructure ICE needs.1 At a time when many are labeling immigrant detention centers2 “concentration camps,”3 Amazon…
  Tihi Hayslett, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
July 4, 2019 at 6:06 PM

You’re not flying JetBlue, Delta, or American Airlines, are you?

Hi, Chances are you or someone you know and love is flying the week of July 4th. And if they’re flying JetBlue, Delta, or American Airlines, you or loved ones might be in for a shock. JetBlue, Delta, and American Airlines are now collecting invasive biometric face scans from passeng…
  Save Net Neutrality · [email protected]
July 2, 2019 at 8:54 PM

New life for net neutrality?!

A federal court could be days away from restoring net neutrality. Dear Friend, We could be just days away from a federal court decision THROWING OUT Ajit Pai’s repeal of net neutrality. Ajit Pai, the former Verizon lawyer in charge of the FCC, violated the law in his rush to repeal …
  Salma Mirza, DemandProgress.org · [email protected]
June 28, 2019 at 4:35 PM

No legal right to sue?

An 87-year-old nun was raped in her nursing home, but her family was barred from suing the nursing home for negligence. Hi, An 87-year-old nun was raped in her nursing home, but her family was barred from suing the nursing home for negligence.1 A woman was charged a 1,000 percent int…