Telecommunications and Technology
This week, President Donald Trump unlawfully attempted to terminate duly appointed and Senate-confirmed Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter from their positions at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), years before their terms would expire. This illegal action is a direct attack on the independence of an agency that has long served as a cornerstone of consumer protection and worked to create a fair playing field for all businesses in the United States.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC Joins Civil Rights Groups to Express Concerns with Changes to Meta’s Hateful Content Policy
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC (Advancing Justice – AAJC) today announced that it has joined fellow civil rights groups to share a letter outlining their concerns with Meta’s recently announced content moderation changes.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC and the Fred T. Korematsu Center File Amicus Brief Urging Supreme Court to Consider Potential Discrimination in Hearings for TikTok Ban
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – On December 27, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC (Advancing Justice – AAJC) and the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality filed an amicus brief ahead of today’s United States Supreme Court hearings in the cases of TikTok, Inc. v.
How Asian and Latino voters are being targeted by disinformation ahead of the 2024 election
August 23, 2024
By Kadia Tubman
"Is the 2024 election going to happen?"
"There's going to be this new pandemic, or a new disease is going to be created in order to push mail-In ballots."
"Democrats are failing to secure the U.S. southern border in order to allow undocumented immigrants to vote for them in U.S. elections."
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC Hosts Launch for Groundbreaking Reports on Digital Inequities Facing Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Communities
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — September 19, 2024 — In a pivotal effort to address digital disparities that uniquely affect Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC (Advancing Justice – AAJC) is proud to announce two key research reports.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC Receives Grant from Google.Org’s AI Opportunity Fund
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Washington, D.C. — Today, Asian Americans Advancing Justice — AAJC (Advancing Justice – AAJC) announced it is a recipient of Google.org’s $75M AI Opportunity Fund. The goal of the AI Opportunity Fund is to help over one million Americans learn essential AI skills by providing grants to best-in-class workforce development and education organizations.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC Commends Decision to Scrap American Privacy Rights Act Markup
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced the cancelation of a previously scheduled markup for a new version of the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA). The proposed markup omitted anti-discrimination provisions that would protect vulnerable communities from the misuse of their data.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC Publishes First-of-Its-Kind Research Illustrating How the Digital Divide Uniquely Impacts Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
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