NBC News Now: ‘No change, no accountability’: Mother reacts to social media reform hearing
CRSM member Kristin Bride interviewed about Big Tech CEO hearing...
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MSNBC: Whistleblower warns about risks teens face on social media
Council for Responsible Social Media member Frances Haugen interviewed...
MSNBC: As threats to elections and election workers continue AZ sec. of state calls for ‘accountability’
Faces of Democracy member AZ SOS Adrian Fontes cites Issue One's "The High Cost of High Turnover" report...
C-SPAN: Former Rep. Zach Wamp on Electoral Count Act Reform and January 6th Committee Report
NCEI Co-chair Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN) joins C-SPAN to talk about Electoral Count Act reform...
Issue One in the Media
Ms. Magazine: Election Officials Are Leaving Their Jobs in Startling Numbers — And That’s Bad for Democracy
Op-ed by Faces of Democracy member Carly Koppes...
USA Today: Disinformation, AI and poll-worker problems: How elections this week could preview 2024
Issue One's "The High Cost of High Turnover" report cited; Faces of Democracy members quoted...
Politico: Dozens of states sue Meta over addictive features harming kids
Issue One's Council for Responsible Social Media Director Alix Fraser quoted...
NPR: In some states, more than half of the local election officials have left since 2020
Exclusive about Issue One's new report, "The High Cost of High Turnover"...
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NBC News should reconsider its decision to hire former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel, NCEI co-chairs say
In a new letter addressed to NBC News leadership, the co-chairs of Issue One’s bipartisan National Council on Election Integrity (NCEI) today called on the network to reconsider its recent…
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Issue One, NCEI co-chairs, and Faces of Democracy member commend Congress for investing in our critical election infrastructure
In response to today’s major government funding bill, which included $55 million in federal election grants for local and state officials, Issue One’s Director of Election Protection Carah Ong Whaley…
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Issue One commends House for bipartisan vote that would prevent Americans’ sensitive data from being sold to foreign adversaries
Following a unanimous vote in the House in support of the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act (H.R. 7520), which would prevent the sale of sensitive American data to…
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Issue One comments on key social media case following SCOTUS oral arguments
Following today’s Supreme Court oral arguments in Murthy v. Missouri, a landmark case addressing the role that government officials can play in communicating with social media companies, Issue One’s Director…
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‘Imperative that Congress provide election officials with the funding they need’ during critical election year, NCEI co-chairs say
In advance of the release of a major government funding bill, the co-chairs of Issue One’s bipartisan National Council on Election Integrity (NCEI) — Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Donna Edwards (D-MD),…
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Issue One commends House for addressing TikTok national security concerns, calls for comprehensive safeguards
In response to today’s bipartisan vote in the House that could lead to a ban of TikTok in the U.S., Issue One’s CEO and Founder Nick Penniman issued the following…
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Issue One’s Faces of Democracy campaign welcomes new election officials
In commemoration of Women’s History Month, Issue One is proud to welcome three new election officials to the growing Faces of Democracy campaign — a bipartisan group of nearly 50…
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Members of Issue One’s Faces of Democracy testify before Congress about challenges facing U.S. elections
In today’s Senate Rules Committee hearing, state and local election officials from both parties testified about a wide range of challenges facing the election administration community, from generative AI and…
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Issue One applauds President Biden’s call for Congress to pass social media safeguards
In response to tonight’s State of the Union address, during which President Joe Biden defended democracy and called on Congress to pass bipartisan social media reforms to protect children online,…
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Following Issue One report, Dept. of Education clarifies Federal Work Study guidelines permitting election offices to hire college students
This week, the Department of Education issued a clarification that permits Federal Work Study (FWS) funds to be used to hire college students to work in election offices. These students’…