All mutual aid efforts are intertwined, which is why such a diverse group is speaking out to demand a congressional investigation into FinTech’s financial surveillance-to-law-enforcement pipeline and how it’s being abused in #Atlanta.
Global signatories include Shareable; Cleveland Pandemic Response; #abortion funds like Plan C and Jane’s Due Process; Berlin Collective Action; InterReligious Task Force on Central America; and #DisasterRelief orgs Louisiana Just Recovery Network and Common Humanity Collective.
The letter reads in part: “This is a chilling illustration of the threat that the last 20 years of rampant financial surveillance poses to mutual aid organizations across the country—allowing every moment of connection…to become a weapon for bad-faith actors."
Mutual aid organizations such as bail and abortion funds rely on risky #FinTech solutions like #PayPal both for donations and to get money into the hands of those in need quickly, as there is no #privacy preserving alternative that is easy for everyday recipients to use.
"We need end-to-end #encryption for our financial lives, and Congress investigating the escalating abuses of intimate financial data in Atlanta is an important step toward accountability and change.” - ❤️Fight's @liaholland
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