Politico August 1, 2025
Steven Renderos is the executive director of MediaJustice, a national nonprofit based in Oakland, California, that advocates for the technology rights of people of color. Renderos got involved in grassroots organizing following the state’s passage of Proposition 187 in 1994, which restricted undocumented immigrants’ access to public services. Since then, he’s led MediaJustice’s campaigns to institute net neutrality regulations and lower the price of prison phone calls. Renderos talks to us about how the AI boom might be a benefit for some, but a burden for others.
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