Law enforcement’s ability to surveil our communities and collect our information is rapidly expanding. New government surveillance efforts and predictive policing programs are popping up constantly and being justified in the name of protecting public safety. Yet nearly all information about how these tools are used is withheld from the public, and agencies refuse to Read more
The Media Action Grassroots Network (MAG-Net) is holding its annual Membership Assembly at the Allied Media Conference this week! Our Membership Assembly, happening June 14th in Detroit, is the largest convening of the year and will unite dozens of members from around the country to strategize and strengthen the movement for our digital civil rights – Read more
This Tuesday May 29th we’ll be matching Comcast and AT&T’s lobbying power in Sacramento by speaking up and showing lawmakers our support for SB 822, California’s comprehensive Net Neutrality bill. SB 822 is the strongest Net Neutrality bill in the country, and the large Internet Service Providers are spending millions to try and stop it. Read more
It’s hard to keep dreaming when you’re under attack — when your communities are being surveilled and silenced, and technology is being used to criminalize and incarcerate those around you. That’s exactly why we need the vision and inspiration of the leaders in the Media Action Grassroots Network. And they are prepared to provide it, Read more
Racial justice advocates claimed a small but crucial victory today as the Senate voted in favor of the Congressional Review Act (CRA), taking an important step towards preserving a free and open internet for people of color and other vulnerable communities online. The Senate, with bipartisan support, voted 52-47 to pass the CRA following weeks Read more
Squad, it’s a red alert. The Senate will vote next week on overturning the FCC’s decision and saving net neutrality. And we only need one more vote to guarantee victory! Earlier this year the FCC caved to big internet service providers like Verizon and Comcast, throwing out the net neutrality rules that protect a free and open Read more
Last month, leaders from organizations across the Media Action Grassroots Network (MAG-Net) convened for our annual Governance Retreat – mapping out the year in our battle for racial, economic, and media justice. It was a three day event that featured discussions and debates, strategizing and celebration, as CMJ welcomed members from near and far to Read more
Calling all DC-area activists of color and allies! CMJ is teaming up with BYP100 – an organization of young Black activists and organizers creating change in the US – to bring you two free events: Power Not Paranoia and a Grassroots Digital Security Training. Power Not Paranoia: Friday, May 18 | 7 – 9 pm Read more
Facebook users targeted by hate speech just won a small victory, but it’s not enough. It’s time for an audit. Last year, people of color and other activists were routinely seeing their Facebook posts on racism taken down while violent, white-supremacist posts were thriving on the site. That’s why, in January 2017, we went straight Read more
“All you did was switch from a prison setting to a house setting, which is now your new cell. You’re not really free when you got the monitoring system.” – Shaun Harris, spent 1 year on Electronic monitoring It has been widely reported that the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, Read more