< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Better late than never: last night a federal district court held that backdoor searches of databases full of Americans’ private communications collected under Section 702 ordinarily require…
Category: Deeplinks
Protecting “Free Speech” Can’t Just Be About Targeting Political Opponents
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> The White House executive order “restoring freedom of speech and ending federal censorship,” published Monday, misses the mark on truly protecting Americans’ First Amendment rights. The order…
EFF Sends Transition Memo on Digital Policy Priorities to New Administration and Congress
Topics Include National Security Surveillance, Consumer Privacy, AI, Cybersecurity, and Many More < div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> SAN FRANCISCO—Standing up for technology users in 2025 and beyond requires careful thinking about government…
VPNs Are Not a Solution to Age Verification Laws
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> VPNs are having a moment. On January 1st, Florida joined 18 other states in implementing an age verification law that burdens Floridians’ access to sites that host adult content, including pornography…
EFF Statement on U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision to Uphold TikTok Ban
We are deeply disappointed that the Court failed to require the strict First Amendment scrutiny required in a case like this, which would’ve led to the inescapable conclusion that the government’s desire to prevent potential future harm had to be…
Mad at Meta? Don’t Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Google searches for deleting Facebook and Instagram spiked last week after Meta announced its latest policy…
Systemic Risk Reporting: A System in Crisis?
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> The first batch of reports assessing the so called “systemic risks” posed by the largest online platforms are in. These reports are a result of the Digital…
Police Use of Face Recognition Continues to Wrack Up Real-World Harms
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Police have shown, time and time again, that they cannot be trusted with face recognition technology (FRT). It is too dangerous, invasive, and in the hands of…
Digital Rights and the New Administration | EFFector 37.1
It’s a new year and EFF is here to help you keep up with your New Year’s resolution to stay up-to-date on the latest digital rights news with our EFFector newsletter! This edition of the newsletter covers our tongue-in-cheek “awards”…
Platforms Systematically Removed a User Because He Made “Most Wanted CEO” Playing Cards
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> On December 14, James Harr, the owner of an online store called ComradeWorkwear, announced on social media that he planned to sell a deck of “Most Wanted…
Five Things to Know about the Supreme Court Case on Texas’ Age Verification Law, Free Speech Coalition v Paxton
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday in a case that will determine whether states can violate adults’ First Amendment rights to access sexual content online…
Meta’s New Content Policy Will Harm Vulnerable Users. If It Really Valued Free Speech, It Would Make These Changes
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Earlier this week, when Meta announced changes to their content moderation processes, we were hopeful that some of those changes—which we will address in more detail in…
EFF Statement on Meta’s Announcement of Revisions to Its Content Moderation Processes
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> In general, EFF supports moves that bring more freedom of expression and transparency to platforms—regardless of their political motivation. We’re encouraged by Meta’s recognition that automated flagging…
Last Call: The Combined Federal Campaign Pledge Period Closes on January 15!
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> The pledge period for the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) closes on Wednesday, January 15! If you’re a U.S. federal employee or retiree, now is the time to…
EFF Goes to Court to Uncover Police Surveillance Tech in California
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> Which surveillance technologies are California police using? Are they buying access to your location data? If so, how much are they paying? These are basic questions the Electronic Frontier Foundation is…
Online Behavioral Ads Fuel the Surveillance Industry—Here’s How
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> A global spy tool exposed the locations of billions of people to anyone willing to pay. A Catholic group bought location data about gay dating app users…
Deepening Government Use of AI and E-Government Transition in Latin America: 2024 in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Policies aimed at fostering digital government processes are gaining traction in Latin America, at local and regional levels. While these initiatives can streamline access to public services,…
Decentralization Reaches a Turning Point: 2024 in review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> The steady rise of decentralized networks this year is transforming social media. Platforms like Mastodon, Bluesky, and Threads are still in their infancy but have already shown that when users are…
Kids Online Safety Act Continues to Threaten Our Rights Online: 2024 in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> At times this year, it seemed that Congress was going to give up its duty to protect our rights online—particularly when the Senate passed the dangerous Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA)…
Federal Regulators Limit Location Brokers from Selling Your Whereabouts: 2024 in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> The opening and closing months of 2024 saw federal enforcement against a number of location data brokers that track and sell users’ whereabouts through apps installed on their smartphones. In January,…
Fighting Online ID Mandates: 2024 In Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> This year, nearly half of U.S. states passed laws imposing age verification requirements on online platforms. EFF has opposed these efforts, because they censor the internet and…
AI and Policing: 2024 in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> There’s no part of your life now where you can avoid the onslaught of “artificial intelligence.” Whether you’re trying to search for a recipe and sifting through…
State Legislatures Are The Frontline for Tech Policy: 2024 in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> State lawmakers are increasingly shaping the conversation on technology and innovation policy in the United States. As Congress continues to deliberate key issues such as data privacy,…
Fighting Automated Oppression: 2024 in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> EFF has been sounding the alarm on algorithmic decision making (ADM) technologies for years. ADMs use data and predefined rules or models to make or support decisions,…
Exposing Surveillance at the U.S.-Mexico Border: 2024 Year in Review in Pictures
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> Some of the most picturesque landscapes in the United States can be found along the border with Mexico. Yet, from San Diego’s beaches to the Sonoran Desert, from Big Bend National…
Restrictions on Free Expression and Access to Information in Times of Change: 2024 in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> This was an historical year. A year in which elections took place in countries home to almost half the world’s population, a year of war, and collapse…
Aerial and Drone Surveillance: 2024 in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> We’ve been fighting against aerial surveillance for decades because we recognize the immense threat from Big Brother in the sky. Even if you’re behind within the confines…
EFF’s 2023 Annual Report Highlights a Year of Victories: 2024 in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Every fall, EFF releases its annual report, and 2023 was the year of Privacy First. Our annual report dives into our groundbreaking whitepaper along with victories in…
Behind the Diner—Digital Rights Bytes: 2024 in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> Although it feels a bit weird to be writing a year in review post for a site that hasn’t even been live for three months, I thought it would be fun…
Cars (and Drivers): 2024 in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> If you’ve purchased a car made in the last decade or so, it’s likely jam-packed with enough technology to make your brand new phone jealous. Modern cars have sensors, cameras, GPS…
NSA Surveillance and Section 702 of FISA: 2024 in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Mass surveillance authority Section 702 of FISA, which allows the government to collect international communications, many of which happen to have one side in the United States,…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
The Growing Intersection of Reproductive Rights and Digital Rights: 2024 in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Dear reader of our blog, surely by now you know the format: as we approach the end of the year, we look back on our work, count…
Electronic Frontier Alliance Fought and Taught Locally: 2024 in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> The EFF-chaired Electronic Frontier Alliance (EFA) has had a big year! EFA is a loose network of local groups fighting for digital rights in the United States.…
While the Court Fights Over AI and Copyright Continue, Congress and States Focus On Digital Replicas: 2024 in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> The phrase “move fast and break things” carries pretty negative connotations in these days of (Big) techlash. So it’s surprising that state and federal policymakers are doing…
Global Age Verification Measures: 2024 in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> EFF has spent this year urging governments around the world, from Canada to Australia, to abandon their reckless plans to introduce age verification for a variety of…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑💻
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> You ever hear the saying, “it takes a village”? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and working on EFF’s…
Celebrating Digital Freedom with EFF Supporters: 2024 in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> “EFF’s mission is to ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all people of the world.” It can be a tough job. A lot of…
EU Tech Regulation—Good Intentions, Unclear Consequences: 2024 in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> For a decade, the EU has served as the regulatory frontrunner for online services and new technology. Over the past two EU mandates (terms), the EU Commission…
Surveillance Self-Defense: 2024 in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> This year, we celebrated the 15th anniversary of our Surveillance-Self Defense (SSD) guide. How’d we celebrate? We kept at it—continuing to work on, refine, and update one…
Police Surveillance in San Francisco: 2024 Year in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> From a historic ban on police using face recognition, to landmark CCOPS legislation, to the first ban in the United States of police deploying deadly force via…
We Stood Up for Access to the Law and Congress Listened: 2024 in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> For a while, ever since they lost in court, a number of industry giants have pushed a bill that purported to be about increasing access to the…
Fighting For Progress On Patents: 2024 in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> The rights we have in the offline world–to speak freely, create culture, play games, build new things and do business–must be available to us online, as well.…
The Atlas of Surveillance Expands Its Data on Police Surveillance Technology: 2024 Year in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> EFF’s Atlas of Surveillance is one of the most useful resources for those who want to understand the use of police surveillance by local law enforcement agencies across the United States.…
EFF Continued to Champion Users’ Online Speech and Fought Efforts to Curtail It: 2024 in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> People’s ability to speak online, share ideas, and advocate for change are enabled by the countless online services that host everyone’s views. Despite the central role these…
The U.S. Supreme Court Continues its Foray into Free Speech and Tech: 2024 Year in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> As we said last year, the U.S. Supreme Court has taken an unusually active interest in internet free speech issues over the past couple years. All five pending cases at the…
Defending Encryption in the U.S. and Abroad: 2024 in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> EFF supporters get that strong encryption is tied to one of our most basic rights: the right to have a private conversation. In the digital world, privacy is impossible without strong…
EFF in the Press: 2024 in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> EFF’s attorneys, activists, and technologists were media rockstars in 2024, informing the public about important issues that affect privacy, free speech, and innovation for people around the world. Perhaps the single…
2024 Year in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> It is our end-of-year tradition at EFF to look back at the last 12 months of digital rights. This year, the number and diversity of our reflections…
EFF Tells Appeals Court To Keep Copyright’s Fair Use Rules Broad And Flexible
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> It’s critical that copyright be balanced with limitations that support users’ rights, and perhaps no limitation is more important than fair use. Critics, humorists, artists, and activists…
Ninth Circuit Gets It: Interoperability Isn’t an Automatic First Step to Liability
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> A federal appeals court just gave software developers, and users, an early holiday present, holding that software updates aren’t necessarily “derivative,” for purposes of copyright law, just because…
Customs & Border Protection Fails Baseline Privacy Requirements for Surveillance Technology
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has failed to address six out of six main privacy protections for three of its border surveillance programs—surveillance towers, aerostats, and…