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We’re a nonpartisan organization fighting for your rights to connect and communicate.
Northampton, MA and Washington
Joined April 2008
Free Press must now exit. We fought to reform X because we remember the community it once was. We hope to stay connected to those who believe in a more just & democratic media system. You've contributed so much to this essential work.
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In response to Musk’s dangerous decisions, Free Press helped organize the #StopToxicTwitter campaign, which resulted in a mass exodus of advertisers from the platform. The company subsequently lost $35 billion in value. https://t.co/174U4CXS0Q
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The social media platform formerly known as Twitter is worth almost 80% less than two years ago when Elon Musk bought it, according to estimates from investment giant Fidelity.
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Free Press has pushed for meaningful reforms that would protect users and has extensively documented Big Tech’s failures. None of the social-media companies have fallen so low as X under Elon Musk’s ownership. Big Tech Backslide report:
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In this report, Free Press shows how Meta, Twitter and YouTube are failing to protect democracy and public safety ahead of the 2024 U.S. elections.
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Free Press will no longer be posting on X. For years, we have sought to hold Big Tech accountable for amplifying hate and lies that undermine public health, safety and democracy. We refuse to give X further legitimacy. ⤵️ https://t.co/7XEkiTfU3e
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Musk’s mismanagement of the platform has endangered people on the receiving end of his abuse and threatened our democracy.
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We can't pretend we aren't devastated. But we also reflect on how we got to this point and what it will take to build power to take on the unaccountable billionaires As we process and prepare, @freepress co-CEO Craig Aaron sends a Friday message. More: https://t.co/n9a9YFPD3t
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Trump cascaded into office on a wave of lies, racism, hate and other authoritarian tactics, egged on by a media system that puts profit over everything else. Here's what Free Press will do to fight back: https://t.co/n9a9YFPD3t
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Unaccountable billionaires — from Rupert Murdoch and Elon Musk to Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos — enabled Trump’s rise. Here’s what Free Press will do to fight back.
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With more Americans using social media to get news and information, it falls on Big Tech to stop recycling widely disproved lies about the voting process and stand with election workers in defense of our democracy. More via Common Dreams:
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Poll workers and other volunteers are standing up for democracy and against disinformation. Voters need to stand with them.
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Far-right propagandist Elon Musk is spreading lies that are putting election workers at risk. More in our must-read post: https://t.co/d0VTzNh9Fo
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Nothing has presented more of a threat to millions of U.S. election workers and volunteers than the scourge of disinformation coursing across social networks in 2024.
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FCC Commissioner Carr is (falsely) claiming that Kamala Harris' SNL appearance violated the agency's 'equal time' rules. This is just the sort of nonsense we've come to expect from Carr. Our statement: https://t.co/JyTDpaY2ts
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The FCC commissioner doesn't appear to have read the regulations the "equal time" rule is based on.
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As election conversations continue, we urge you to remember disinfo will be prevalent. Big Tech has failed to install adequate safeguards & traditional media are prone to sensationalizing stories to keep folks from turning off the TV. @beckerdavidj of @ElectionInnov explains:
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Thanks @Forbes @PeterSuciu for the write up of our new @freepress report outlying the essential role tech plays in these coming weeks surrounding Nov. 5. Check out our research on the hallmarks of social media companies that we’ve identified:
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Our nation has yet to reckon with the deadly role our media system has played in the creation and distribution of narratives that have harmed countless people, including Ohio’s Haitian community, write @JGo4Justice and @JosephATorres.
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The United States needs new public media policies to redress a history of racism and xenophobia.
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One takeaway from a new Free Press study: Elon Musk spreads his lies across X so widely that even the millions of U.S. users who don't follow him get exposed to his bigoted rhetoric. Learn more:
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We're just days away from the U.S. elections and instead of bolstering integrity and preparedness plans, social-media companies are continuing their retreat from previous commitments.
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Voters need to understand what credible threats of violence look like and when those threats may occur. Free Press gathered some experts to offer guidance: https://t.co/g4eKC9kvYx
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We must take electoral threats seriously, but we must also refuse to be intimidated or discouraged from participating in our democracy.
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Democracy doesn't die in darkness, as the Washington Post slogan claims. It dies in Sun Valley, where the billionaires gather every year to swap, sell and consolidate what's left of the mainstream media. Our communities deserve more: https://t.co/tjfl7VywRv
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The billionaire owners of The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post have shown how little the small-d democratic missions of their publications matter to them.
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"Democracy is our history. And WE write democracy into its will." Free Press' operations and technology specialist, B'Asia Settles, answers the call and shares what democracy is to her. Learn more about #DemocracyIs: https://t.co/AkAhpJcjEG
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A big takeaway from this week's Free Press training: People should not let threats of violence intimidate them from voting. Here are some thoughts from our panel of experts: https://t.co/g4eKC9kvYx
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We must take electoral threats seriously, but we must also refuse to be intimidated or discouraged from participating in our democracy.
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A new Free Press study shows that Google, Meta, X and other social-media platforms are failing to protect users & democracy on the eve of the U.S. elections: https://t.co/i8MLajUdnh
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We're just days away from the U.S. elections and instead of bolstering integrity and preparedness plans, social-media companies are continuing their retreat from previous commitments.
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With oral arguments scheduled to begin shortly, @freepress and allies will argue in defense of the FCC's April 2024 order upholding the agency's power to safeguard internet users and protect the open internet. Learn more in today's blog post:
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At stake is the agency’s power to safeguard internet users and defend against abuses from companies like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon.
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