Digital books and libraries are more important than ever. We need to be up on what is happening with them in terms of access, surveillance, and more. So we highly recommend this new series from our friends at @libraryfutures !

https://engelberg-center-live.simplecast.com/episodes/so-what-is-an-ebook-anyway

Instead of lowering grocery prices, taking on Big Tech or stopping data broker fueled murders like what we saw in Minnesota, the FTC is picking on trans kids.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-ftc-workshop-criticizing-medical-care-transgender-youth-draws-staff-2025-07-02/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-ftc-workshop-criticizing-medical-care-transgender-youth-draws-staff-2025-07-02/

One Big, Beautiful Backdoor: AI Moratorium

CALL YOUR SENATORS TO OPPOSE: 813-213-3989

https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/22/moratorium-on-state-ai-regulation-clears-senate-hurdle/

NEW: We talked to the @WashingtonPost about how KOSA (The Kids Online Safety Act) would give Trump the ability to censor LGBTQ+ content online simply by claiming it can harm children by making them ‘anxious’ or ‘depressed’

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/24/kosa-lgbtq-transgender-wachowski-blackburn-coppa/

BREAKING: 2000 LGBTQ+ activists to lawmakers & civil society orgs that support Trump censorship bills: stay home from pride!

https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2025-06-19-2000-lgbtq-activists-to-lawmakers-civil-society-orgs-that-support-trump-censorship-bills-stay-home-from-pride/

Regular reminder that consumer credit scores are younger than cell phones 💗

Using FICO and mass, computerized consumer surveillance as a startpoint here. For a detailed history, read:

https://cup.columbia.edu/book/creditworthy/9780231168083/

JUST RELEASED: protest singer Ryan Cassata dropped a new song about resisting LGTBQ censorship bills like KOSA that’ll destroy queer spaces + vital health resources online.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjcJEVpF/

Mahmoud Khalil is free👏

But he should never have been detained in the first place.

“Dissent is not grounds for deportation.” - ACLU

https://theintercept.com/2025/06/20/mahmoud-khalil-homeland-security-investigations-ice-surveillance/

🚨Over 180 million passwords for email, social media, health + government platforms were leaked this week. Change your passwords, make sure they’re alphanumeric, and turn on 2FA.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/184-million-passwords-for-google-microsoft-facebook-and-more-leaked-in-massive-data-breach/

There’s a thing called the politician’s fallacy that explains a lot about congressional dysfunction. Here’s why this is especially tricky when it comes to tech + free speech:

https://touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org/congress-remains-undefeated-in-pushing-bad-tech-bills/?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwLCX0ZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp1VgsvMFRYZqRkE_QMrLs8w-O10-oA61cNMqZl2v097N5XqMKQhKJPA0NlLI_aem_g1gpIj9NqWSsn-OJECM2Og