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In response to changes announced this morning by Instagram amid growing pressure to protect young users online, Issue One released the following statement from Alix Fraser, director of Issue One’s…
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Today, Issue One launched a new database cataloging the history of empty proclamations and covert policy changes by the world’s largest technology companies. Big Tech’s Broken Promises will help shed…
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A project of Issue One, the Big Tech’s Broken Promises tracker catalogs the history of public proclamations and policy changes announced by the largest technology companies that purported to protect…
Analysis
Innovations to Attract and Keep New Poll Workers ...
Poll workers are critical to the success of our elections. According to estimates from the Election Assistance Commission, about one million poll workers are needed to staff the approximately 100,000 …
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It has been nearly one year since the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) was voted unanimously out of committee by the Senate Commerce Committee. In the year since, the bill…
Analysis
ByteDance, Meta, and other companies expanded their influence on Capitol Hill during the first half of 2024...
It has been nearly one year since the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) was voted unanimously out of committee by the Senate Commerce Committee. In the year since, the bill…
Analysis
An Analysis of HAVA Grants, 2018-2024...
Introduction The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 was enacted with strong bipartisan support in response to the shortcomings in election administration exposed during the 2000 presidential election. It…
Analysis
South Carolina election official and Taylor Swift fan discusses the need for federal funding for elections, community outreach, and the importance of poll workers...
Editor’s note: More than 10,000 officials across the country run U.S. elections. This interview is part of a series highlighting the election heroes who are the faces of democracy. South…
Analysis
A new tax filing reviewed by Issue One shows that several prominent election deniers have been profiting from The America Project, a nonprofit founded in 2021 by former Overstock.com CEO…
Event Recaps
From slashing platform safeguards, dismantling trust and safety teams, and sunsetting crucial monitoring tools, Big Tech’s actions are failing our elections and those who run them. This month, a panel…
