- + You Can Be a Part of this Grassroots Movement 🧑‍💻—You ever hear the saying, "it takes a village"? I never really understood the saying until I started going to conferences, attending protests, and wor...
- + Surveillance Self-Defense: 2024 in Review—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...
- + EU Tech Regulation—Good Intentions, Unclear Consequences: 2024 in Review —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 Co...
- + Celebrating Digital Freedom with EFF Supporters: 2024 in Review —“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 ou...
- + Fighting For Progress On Patents: 2024 in Review—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, ...
- + We Stood Up for Access to the Law and Congress Listened: 2024 in Review —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 l...
- + Police Surveillance in San Francisco: 2024 in Review—From a historic ban on police using face recognition , to landmark CCOPS legislation , to the first ban in the United States of polic...
- + Police Surveillance in San Francisco: 2024 Year in Review—From a historic ban on police using face recognition , to landmark CCOPS legislation , to the first ban in the United States of polic...
- + The Atlas of Surveillance Expands Its Data on Police Surveillance Technology: 2024 in Review—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 enf...
- + The Atlas of Surveillance Expands Its Data on Police Surveillance Technology: 2024 Year in Review—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 enf...
- + The U.S. Supreme Court Continues its Foray into Free Speech and Tech: 2024 in Review—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...
- + The U.S. Supreme Court Continues its Foray into Free Speech and Tech: 2024 Year in Review—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...
- + EFF Continued to Champion Users’ Online Speech and Fought Efforts to Curtail It: 2024 in Review—People’s ability to speak online, share ideas, and advocate for change are enabled by the countless online services that host everyone’s views. Desp...
- + EFF in the Press: 2024 in Review—EFF’s attorneys, activists, and technologists were media rockstars in 2024, informing the public about important issues that affect privacy, free spee...
- + Defending Encryption in the U.S. and Abroad: 2024 in Review—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, pri...
- + 2024 Year in Review—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 at...
- + 2024 Year in Review—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 at...
- + EFF Tells Appeals Court To Keep Copyright’s Fair Use Rules Broad And Flexible—It’s critical that copyright be balanced with limitations that support users’ rights, and perhaps no limitation is more important than fair use ....
- + Ninth Circuit Gets It: Interoperability Isn’t an Automatic First Step to Liability —A federal appeals court just gave software developers, and users, an early holiday present, holding that software updates aren’t necessarily “deriva...
- + Customs & Border Protection Fails Baseline Privacy Requirements for Surveillance Technology—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—s...
- + The Breachies 2024: The Worst, Weirdest, Most Impactful Data Breaches of the Year—Every year, countless emails hit our inboxes telling us that our personal information was accessed, shared, or stolen in a data breach. In many cases,...
- + Saving the Internet in Europe: Defending Free Expression —This post is part two in a series of posts about EFF’s work in Europe. Read about how and why we work in Europe here .  EFF’s mission ...
- + We're Creating a Better Future for the Internet 🧑‍🏗In the early years of the internet, website administrators had to face off with a burdensome and expensive process to deploy SSL certificates. But tod...
- + There’s No Copyright Exception to First Amendment Protections for Anonymous Speech —Some people just can’t take a hint. Today’s perfect example is a group of independent movie distributors that have repeatedly tried, and failed, to fo...
- + UK Politicians Join Organizations in Calling for Immediate Release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah—As the UK’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy have failed to secure the release of British-Egyptian blogger, coder, and ac...
- + What You Should Know When Joining Bluesky—Bluesky promises to rethink social media by focusing on openness and user control. But what does this actually mean for the millions of people joining...
- + Australia Banning Kids from Social Media Does More Harm Than Good—Age verification systems are surveillance systems that threaten everyone’s privacy and anonymity. But Australia’s government recently decided to...
- + EFF Statement on U.S. Supreme Court's Decision to Consider TikTok Ban—The TikTok ban itself and the DC Circuit's approval of it should be of great concern even to those who find TikTok undesirable or scary. Shutting down...
- + Speaking Freely: Winnie Kabintie—Winnie Kabintie is a journalist and Communications Specialist based in Nairobi, Kenya. As an award-winning youth media advocate, she is passionate abo...
- + “Can the Government Read My Text Messages?”—You should be able to message your family and friends without fear that law enforcement is reading everything you send. Privacy is a human right, and ...
- + 10 Resources for Protecting Your Digital Security | EFFector 36.15—Get a head-start on your New Year's resolution to stay up-to-date on digital rights news by subscribing to EFF's EFFector newsletter! This edition ...
- + Still Flawed and Lacking Safeguards, UN Cybercrime Treaty Goes Before the UN General Assembly, then States for Adoption—Most UN Member States, including the U.S ., are expected to support adoption of the flawed UN Cybercrime Treaty when it’s scheduled to go before the ...
- + Saving the Internet in Europe: How EFF Works in Europe—This post is part one in a series of posts about EFF’s work in Europe . EFF’s mission is to ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and ...
- + Speaking Freely: Prasanth Sugathan—Interviewer: David Greene This interview has been edited for length and clarity.* Prasanth Sugathan is Legal Director at Software Freedo...
- + EFF Speaks Out in Court for Citizen Journalists—No one gets to abuse copyright to shut down debate. Because of that, we at EFF represent Channel 781, a group of citizen journalists whose YouTube cha...
- + X's Last-Minute Update to the Kids Online Safety Act Still Fails to Protect Kids—or Adults—Online—Late last week, the Senate released yet another version of the Kids Online Safety Act, written, reportedly, with the assistance of X CEO Linda Yaccari...
- + Brazil’s Internet Intermediary Liability Rules Under Trial: What Are the Risks? —The Brazilian Supreme Court is on the verge of deciding whether digital platforms can be held liable for third-party content even without a judi...
- + Introducing EFF’s New Video Series: Gate Crashing —The promise of the internet—at least in the early days—was that it would lower the barriers to entry for any number of careers. Traditionally, the sph...
- + Speaking Freely: Tomiwa Ilori—Interviewer: David Greene *This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Tomiwa Ilori is an expert researcher and a policy analys...
- + A Fundamental-Rights Centered EU Digital Policy: EFF’s Recommendations 2024-2029 —The European Union (EU) is a hotbed for tech regulation that often has ramifications for users globally.  The focus of our work in Europe is to ensure...
- + FTC Rightfully Acts Against So-Called “AI Weapon Detection” Company Evolv —The Federal Trade Commission has entered a settlement with self-styled “weapon detection” company Evolv, to resolve the FTC’s claim that the com...
- + This Bill Could Put A Stop To Censorship By Lawsuit—For years now, deep-pocketed individuals and corporations have been turning to civil lawsuits to silence their opponents. These Strategic Lawsuits Ag...
- + Let's Answer the Question: "Why is Printer Ink So Expensive?"—Did you know that most printer ink isn’t even expensive to make? Why then is it so expensive to refill the ink on your printer ?  The answer is...
- + Location Tracking Tools Endanger Abortion Access. Lawmakers Must Act Now. —EFF wrote recently about Locate X , a deeply troubling location tracking tool that allows users to see the precise whereabouts of individuals bas...
- + Top Ten EFF Digital Security Resources for People Concerned About the Incoming Trump Administration—In the wake of the 2024 election in the United States, many people are concerned about tightening up their digital privacy and security practices. As ...
- + Speaking Freely: Aji Fama Jobe—*This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Aji Fama Jobe is a digital creator, IT consultant, blogger, and tech community leader from...
- + 🍿 Today’s Double Feature: Privacy and Free Speech—It’s Power Up Your Donation Week! Right now, your contribution to the Electronic Frontier Foundation will go twice as far to protect digital privacy...
- + Amazon and Google Must Keep Their Promises on Project Nimbus—When a company makes a promise, the public should be able to rely on it. Today, nearly every person in the U.S. is a customer of either Amazon or Goog...
- + One Down, Many to Go with Pre-Installed Malware on Android—Last year , we investigated a Dragon Touch children’s tablet ( KidzPad Y88X 10 ) and confirmed that it was linked to a string of fully compromis...
- + Tell the Senate: Don’t Weaponize the Treasury Department Against Nonprofits—Last week the House of Representatives passed a dangerous bill that would allow the Secretary of Treasury to strip a U.S. nonprofit of its tax-exemp...
- + EFF Tells the Second Circuit a Second Time That Electronic Device Searches at the Border Require a Warrant—EFF, along with ACLU and the New York Civil Liberties Union, filed a second amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit urging ...
- + Looking for the Answer to the Question, "Do I Really Own the Digital Media I Paid For?"—Sure, buying your favorite video game, movie, or album online is super convenient. I personally love being able to pre-order a game and play it the ni...
- + Organizing for Digital Rights in the Pacific Northwest—Recently I traveled to Portland, Oregon to speak at the PDX People’s Digital Safety Fair, meet up with five groups in the Electronic Frontier Al...
- + Speaking Freely: Anriette Esterhuysen—* This interview took place in April 2024 at NetMundial+10 in SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Anriet...
- + Oppose The Patent-Troll-Friendly PREVAIL Act—Good news: the Senate Judiciary Committee has dropped one of the two terrible patent bills it was considering, the patent-troll-enabling Patent Eligi...
- + The U.S. National Security State is Here to Make AI Even Less Transparent and Accountable—The Biden White House has released a memorandum on “Advancing United States’ Leadership in Artificial Intelligence” which includes, among other ...
- + Now's The Time to Start (or Renew) a Pledge for EFF Through the CFC—The Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) pledge period is underway and runs through January 15, 2024 ! If you're a U.S. federal employee or retiree, be su...
- + Speaking Freely: Marjorie Heins—This interview has been edited for length and clarity.* Marjorie Heins is a writer, former civil rights/civil liberties attorney, and past direct...
- + On Alaa Abd El Fattah’s 43rd Birthday, the Fight For His Release Continues—Today marks prominent British-Egyptian coder, blogger, activist, and political prisoner Alaa Abd El Fattah ’s 43rd birthday—his eleventh behind bars....
- + "Why Is It So Expensive To Repair My Devices?"—Now, of course, we’ve all dropped a cell phone, picked it up, and realized that we’ve absolutely destroyed its screen. Right? Or is it just me...? ...
- + EFF Is Ready for What's Next | EFFector 36.14—Don't be scared of your backlog of digital rights news, instead, check out EFF's EFFector newsletter! It's the one-stop-shop to keeping up with the la...
- + Tell Congress To Stop These Last-Minute Bills That Help Patent Trolls—Update 11/21/2024: The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11-10 in favor of PREVAIL,  and several senators expressed concerns about the bill. Thanks t...
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