Apr 23, 2024

Analysis

As Congress Debates Bipartisan Social Media Safeguards, Tech Giants Dig In

Meta, ByteDance, and others expanded their influence operations during the first quarter of 2024...

A new Issue One analysis of recently filed federal lobbying reports show that several social media titans poured massive sums of money into their influence operations in Washington, D.C., during…

Apr 17, 2024

Analysis

Meet the Faces of Democracy: Tate Fall

Georgia election official and Auburn sports fan talks about the need for federal funding for elections, the necessity of transparency measures, and building trust with voters...

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. Tate…

Apr 12, 2024

Press releases

Issue One praises new data privacy agreement in Congress

After decades of negotiation, the APRA marks the first time that the chairs of the two powerful commerce committees have reached an agreement on a comprehensive data privacy framework...

Issue One applauds Rep. Cathy McMorris-Rodgers (R-WA) and Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) for reaching a bipartisan, bicameral agreement to protect Americans’ data privacy online. The American Privacy Rights Act (APRA)…

Apr 10, 2024

Press releases

Issue One applauds bipartisan KOSA introduction in the House and calls on Congress to pass kids online safety protections into law

Today, Issue One applauded the introduction of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) in the House of Representatives, led by Reps. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Erin Houchin (R-IN),…

Apr 08, 2024

In the media

USA Today: Election offices say they need more funding. Advocates are calling on Congress to help

Issue One Legislative Director Gideon Cohn-Postar quoted...

Mar 29, 2024

policy

Safeguarding elections and the people who run them

Congress must provide election officials with federal resources and increased protections to counter growing threats to American democracy.

Mar 20, 2024

Press releases

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…

Mar 20, 2024

Analysis

Meet the Faces of Democracy: Bruce Brown

Virginia Republican and former State Department employee discusses running elections and boosting confidence among voters with questions about election integrity...

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. Since…

Mar 18, 2024

Press releases

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…

Mar 17, 2024

In the media

NBC News: Experts war-gamed what might happen if deepfakes disrupt the 2024 election. Things went sideways fast.

Issue One CEO Nick Penniman quoted...