Thursday Free Press @CaloNewsLA and partners at America's Voice Media 2070: Media Reparations Project Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas will illuminate how Latinos & immigrants are being targeted in the media. Because #DemocracyIs challenging election lies targeting Latinos & Immigrants. RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Join Free Press w/ partners @CaloNewsLA America's Voice Media 2070: Media Reparations Project Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas for a digital dialogue on practical steps to push back against racist narratives & targeted efforts to suppress our democratic participation. RSVP for this THURSDAY at 3pm ET: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

I really appreciate this broad denunciation of anti-immigrant lies from people across the political spectrum. Thanks to America's Voice for compiling this list, which reminds me that there are still many people out here dedicated to accuracy and opposed to hate.

I'm looking forward to this discussion tomorrow with Roberta Braga Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas, Vanessa Cardenas America's Voice, Jennie Carreón, Sweet Honey in the Rock Media 2070: Media Reparations Project Free Press and Arturo Carmona @CaloNewsLA. Register here: bit.ly/elexliesfp.

Join us in a few hours to stand up to xenophobia and racism in our media system.

"The AI Civil Rights Act is a serious step toward addressing urgent issues and enabling federal regulators to keep up with evolving technologies." - Craig Aaron, Free Press Action co-CEO We applaud Ed Markey and the co-sponsors for their leadership. markey.senate.gov/news/press-rel….

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.Craig Aaron introduces us to the #Project2025 author vying to be Trump's FCC Chair, and his connection to extremists, conspiracy theorists, immigrant bashers and others who want to ban books and take away our basic rights. commondreams.org/opinion/projec…

It's so predictable and unacceptable that racist and xenophobic lies accelerate during election cycles. Here's my take on why that happens, and how this year looks different than others from a recent interview with accuracy.org. #Election2024 accuracy.org/release/misinf…

Tomorrow night! We’re leading a training for newsroom folks about likely lies around the election — lies like voting machine failures, immigrant voter fraud, rampant official corruption — and how reporters can prepare to cover before and after Nov. 5. Join us! #DemocracyIs

Electoral disinformation is out of control, but there are steps news outlets can take to debunk lies and inform their readers. Learn more from our blog post: freepress.net/blog/how-media…

Anti-immigrant lies make our communities less safe and undermine democracy. Stop the hate, Elon Musk. #StopToxicTwitter bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

Newly released polling data from Free Press finds that the vast majority of Californians want less hate and misinformation, and more civic news and information, this election cycle. freepress.net/news/press-rel…

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 Jessica González - @JGo4Justice.bsky.social and Joseph Torres. commondreams.org/opinion/racism…

Shout out to the poll workers, "the heroes in the fight against Musk's lies," writes my Free Press colleague Tim Karr is now on Bluesky (an analysis of the money driving disinformation and more) . freepress.net/blog/poll-work…

Trump has cascaded back into power 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: freepress.net/blog/trumps-re…