FSFP Chairman and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements argues for the Big Tech Accountability Act in the Western New England Law Review Posted on July 19, 2022 Corporate Abuse of Power Free Speech For People Chairman and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements has authored an article for the Western New England Law Review, outlining our proposed Big Tech Accountability Act. The newly-published piece, entitled “The Big Tech Accountability Act: Reforming How the Biggest Corporations Control and Exploit Online Communications,” addresses many of the unfounded claims usedRead More
Georgia Voters Appeal the Secretary of State’s Decision That Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene May Remain on the Ballot as a Candidate for the US House of Representatives Posted on May 16, 2022 Corporate Abuse of Power Appeal argues that the administrative law judge made four critical errors in procedure and application of the law that warrant review ATLANTA, GA (MAY 16, 2022) – A group of Georgia voters filed today a petition for judicial review before the Fulton County Superior Court of Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s decision that Representative MarjorieRead More
FSFP Chairman and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements Authors New Oped on Why The DOJ Must Reject Calls For Recently-Confirmed Antitrust Official to Recuse Himself from The Department’s Case Against Google. Posted on February 3, 2022 Corporate Abuse of Power Jurist recently published a new oped by FSFP Chairman and Senior Legal Adviser Ben Clements on why the Department Of Justice must reject calls for the recently-confirmed Associate Attorney General for Antitrust, Jonathan Kanter, to recuse himself from the Department’s case against Google. The following is an excerpt from the new piece: By arguing thatRead More
Citizens United Anniversary. Posted on January 18, 2022 (January 21, 2022) Corporate Abuse of Power Twelve years ago today, the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission swept away a century of precedent that barred corporate money in our elections and opened the floodgates to corporations spending limitless sums of money to take over our elections. And lower federal courts have gone even further, prohibiting Congress fromRead More
Full Transcript and Excerpted Video: FSFP Chairman and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements on The Digital Accountability Act. Posted on November 16, 2021 (November 16, 2021) Corporate Abuse of Power FSFP Chairman and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements recently appeared at the Western New England Law Review Symposium and gave a presentation on the Digital Accountability Act and the urgent need to hold social media companies accountable when they amplify disinformation and threats of violence on their platforms. The following is the full transcript fromRead More
FSFP Chairman and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements Authors New Oped on Why The DOJ Must Reject Calls For President Biden’s Antitrust Nominee to Recuse Himself from The Department’s Case Against Tech Titans. Posted on October 1, 2021 (October 1, 2021) Corporate Abuse of Power CommonDreams recently published a new oped by FSFP Chairman and Senior Legal Advisor Ben Clements on why the Department Of Justice must reject calls for President Biden’s nominee for Associate Attorney General for Antitrust, Jonathan Kanter, to recuse himself from the Department’s case against Google and other tech titans. In the new piece, Clements notesRead More
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
FSFP Legal Director Submits Written Testimony To Support AB 20, The Corporate-Free Elections Act in California Posted on April 23, 2021 Corporate Abuse of Power Ron Fein, the Legal Director of Free Speech For People, submitted testimony in support of AB 20, the Corporate-Free Elections Act in California. “I am the Legal Director of Free Speech For People, a national non-partisan nonprofit organization, that works to renew our democracy and to limit the influence of money in our elections. IRead More
New York Attorney General Sues to Dissolve National Rifle Association Posted on August 6, 2020 Corporate Abuse of Power New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit in New York state court against the National Rifle Association and four top executives. The complaint charges the executives with diversion of millions of dollars away from the charitable mission of the organization for personal use by senior leadership, awarding contracts to the financial gain ofRead More
FSFP Joins Coalition Of Non-Profit Organizations In Campaign To Stop Hate And Disinformation on Facebook. Posted on July 2, 2020 (July 3, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power FSFP recently signed on to a letter urging Facebook to take action against hate and disinformation on its platform. The #StopHateForProfit campaign, led by a coalition of non-profit organizations, is calling on businesses to boycott advertisements on Facebook until the company takes specific steps to stop the promotion of “hate, bigotry, racism, antisemitism and violence.”Read More