By Free Press Photos: YouTube Screenshots WASHINGTON — On Thursday, Free Press released Democracy Deferred: Social-Media Companies’ Meager Commitments to Election Integrity in 2024, an analysis of 12 major technology companies’ readiness to address political disinformation, manipulation and hate on their networks. The analysis is based on the companies’ responses to six specific recommendations from…

By The People’s Plan Photos: Video\YouTube Screenshots The People’s Plan and steering committee organizations release the following statements regarding Mayor Adams’ FY25 executive budget (based on available information.)  Mayor Adams’ executive budget proposal for FY25 is still full of cuts and lacks major investments in essential services, but the Mayor’s latest partial budget cut reversals…

By Amnesty International Photos: YouTube Screenshots Responding to the US government’s decision to impose a nationwide ban on TikTok if ByteDance, its parent company, does not sell the app’s US operations within 270 days, Lauren Armistead, Deputy Director at Amnesty Tech, said:  “The US government’s decision to impose an outright ban on TikTok fails to address the endemic human rights risks and harms associated with the surveillance-based business models of…