Free Speech For People Proposes Comprehensive Model Legislation to Hold Social Media Giants Accountable and Protect Personal Privacy Posted on June 22, 2021 (February 2, 2022) Corporate Abuse of Power A uniquely bold and comprehensive proposal, The Big Tech Accountability Act seeks to hold social media companies accountable for amplifying dangerous disinformation and threats of violence. WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 22, 2021) – The public interest organization Free Speech For People announced today the introduction of the Big Tech Accountability Act, a uniquely bold and comprehensiveRead More
Free Speech For People Releases New Report Exposing False Claims And Deceptive Marketing by Voting Machine Vendors Posted on June 18, 2021 (March 15, 2022) Election Protection The detailed report examines specious or false claims made by Democracy Live and Voatz, two of the most prominent Internet voting system vendors in the United States. WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 18, 2021) – Free Speech For People has released a new report exposing how online voting system vendors have used false claims to promote theirRead More
Progressives Support Rep. Omar Against Bad Faith Attacks. Posted on June 17, 2021 (June 17, 2021) FSFP Updates WASHINGTON — 80+ national progressive organizations and leaders released the following statement regarding bad faith attacks against Rep. Ilhan Omar for comments earlier last week: “Representative Ilhan Omar is facing a smear campaign for daring to name what few will: that all victims of war crimes deserve justice, regardless of who commits the crimes. As nationalRead More
Ohio Bans Wireless Connectivity in Voting Systems. Posted on June 17, 2021 Election Protection Earlier this year, Free Speech For People organized a letter to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), signed by over two dozen computer and election security experts urging the EAC to include a robust ban on wireless connectivity capability in the federal voting system guidelines. Though the EAC disregarded the experts’ advice, the Ohio BoardRead More
FSFP Petition Urging Attorney General Garland to Investigate Trump and Associates Featured On Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner. Posted on June 16, 2021 Challenging Corruption Glenn Kirschner, host of Justice Matters, recently produced a video where he discusses Free Speech For People’s petition for Attorney General Garland to create an independent task force within the Department of Justice to investigate Trump and his associates for potential federal crimes. “There is a petition that caught my attention and it’s posted onlineRead More
FSFP Board Member and Professor Jennifer Taub Addresses Attorney General Garland’s Defense of Trump Justice Department Actions in New Op-ed. Posted on June 15, 2021 Challenging Corruption The Washington Monthly recently published a new op-ed by Free Speech For People Board Member and Professor Jennifer Taub on Attorney General Garland’s defense of the Trump administration’s Justice Department actions. “In late May, Attorney General Garland chose to back several of Bill Barr’s bad faith legal moves. When publicly confronted at a Congressional hearingRead More
“The Case For Prosecuting Donald Trump”: Boston Globe Editorial Board Publishes New Editorial on Holding Trump Accountable. Posted on June 14, 2021 (June 14, 2021) Challenging Corruption The Boston Globe Editorial Board recently published a new editorial, as part of a series, on the importance of holding former President Trump accountable for federal crimes he has committed. The following are some excerpts from the new editorial. Norms in a democracy are only as good as our willingness to enforce them. After theRead More
EFF and FSFP to Court: When Flawed Electronic Voting Systems Disenfranchise Voters, They Should Be Able to Challenge That with Access to the Courts Posted on June 9, 2021 Election Protection Georgia Officials Call Plaintiff Voters “Bystanders” Who Lack Standing to Sue and Dismiss Serious Technical Issues as “Glitches” Atlanta, Georgia—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Free Speech for People (FSPF) urged a federal appeals court today to hold that a group of Georgia voters and the organization that supports them have standing to sue the Georgia SecretaryRead More
SIGN HERE: Demand for Accountability Grows As Over 200,000 People Urge the Department of Justice to Create a Special Task Force to Investigate Former President Trump Posted on June 8, 2021 (June 15, 2021) Challenging Corruption The petitioners demand Attorney General Merrick Garland “investigate any potential federal criminal or civil violations that may have been committed by Trump, members of his administration, or his campaign, business, or other associates.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Amidst the controversy of the Biden Justice Department’s decision to defend former President Donald Trump against a defamation lawsuitRead More
New York State Senate Cracks Down on Multinational Corporations Interfering in State Elections, Passes Democracy Preservation Act Posted on June 3, 2021 Challenging Foreign Influence If passed in the Assembly and signed into law, New York would be the first state to ban multinational corporate money in elections. ALBANY, NY (June 3, 2021) – The New York State Senate today passed, with bipartisan support, the Democracy Preservation Act (S1126), a bill designed to end the influence of foreign corporate moneyRead More