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Defending Rights and Dissent Releases Resources Equipping Activists to Protect Free Speech Rights
Defending Rights and Dissent, a partner organization affiliated with the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights, has released a collection of online resources for instructing activists how to preserve their right to peaceful protest. The resources, known collectively … Read more »
Senate Democrats Formally Request Vote to Overrule FCC Termination of Net Neutrality
Ars Technica reports that Senate Democrats have officially moved to initiate a vote on a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the FCC policy change ending net neutrality regulations. With the submission of a request to invoke the CRA, the … Read more »
Announcement: CCDBR is Holding a Team Internet-Aligned Demonstration for Net Neutrality
Although the struggle for civil liberties is never truly and permanently at an end, the emergence of the internet as a fact of 21st century existence opens up a new front in the battle for fundamental freedoms, most prominently those … Read more »
Call to Action: With FCC Vote Condemning Net Neutrality to Death, Congress Holds Last Remaining Hope
As we outlined in our most recent net neutrality piece, in spite of overwhelming public support for current net neutrality rules, and the considerable evidence of the grave harms that would result in their absence, the FCC under Chairman … Read more »
Announcement: CCDBR to Host Net Neutrality Forum Ahead of FCC Vote
In light of the considerable impact that the impending FCC vote to reverse its classification of internet service providers (ISPs) as common carriers will have on ordinary Chicago residents and Americans across the country, the Chicago Committee to Defend the … Read more »
FCC Plows Ahead with Plans to Scrap Net Neutrality and Endanger Open Internet
According to a new report from Wired, the FCC has unveiled its plans for rescinding the classification of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) as common carriers, forfeiting the Commission’s ability and obligation to police ISPs for possible violations of … Read more »
Judge Restricts Justice Department’s Expansive Warrant Against Protest Site Hosts
A case that might appear to involve merely a legal technicality regarding the scope of a warrant actually here involves a major and under-reported threat to First Amendment protest rights:
A judge on the District of Columbia Superior Court has … Read more »
Announcement: CCDBR and LPL to Jointly Present Digital Security Training
It is with great excitement that the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights announces that we will be presenting two digital security training sessions this week featuring Lucy Parsons Labs. The two workshops, one on October 12 and … Read more »
Court Ruling Solidifies FBI Gag Order in FBI National Security Letters
Ars Technica has reported that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the legality of a nondisclosure clause in FBI National Security Letters, or NSLs, a type of record request order issued to telecommunication companies, online communication platforms, … Read more »
