2024 Awards Will Be Presented in a Live Ceremony Thursday, Sept. 12 in San Francisco < 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—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is honored to announce that Carolina…
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Briefing: Negotiating States Must Address Human Rights Risks in the Proposed UN Surveillance Treaty
At a virtual briefing today, experts from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Access Now, Derechos Digitales, Human Rights Watch, and the International Fund for Public Interest Media outlined the human rights risks posed by the proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty. They…
Journalists Sue Massachusetts TV Corporation Over Bogus YouTube Takedown Demands
Posting Video Clips of Government Meetings Is Fair Use That Doesn’t Violate the DMCA, EFF’s Clients Argue < div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> BOSTON—A citizen journalists’ group represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation…
Supreme Court Dodges Key Question in Murthy v. Missouri and Dismisses Case for Failing to Connect The Government’s Communication to Specific Platform Moderation
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> We don’t know a lot more about when government jawboning social media companies—that is, attempting to pressure them to censor users’ speech— violates the First Amendment; but…
Why Privacy Badger Opts You Out of Google’s “Privacy Sandbox”
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> The latest update of Privacy Badger opts users out of ad tracking through Google’s “Privacy Sandbox.” Privacy Sandbox is Google’s way of letting advertisers keep targeting ads…
Media Briefing: EFF, Partners Warn UN Member States Are Poised to Approve Dangerous International Surveillance Treaty
Countries That Believe in Rule of Law Must Push Back on Draft That Expands Spying Powers, Benefiting Authoritarian Regimes < 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—On Wednesday, July 24, at 11:00 am…
Media Briefing: EFF, Partners Warn UN Member States are Poised to Approve Dangerous International Surveillance Treaty
Countries That Believe in Rule of Law Must Push Back on Draft that Expands Spying Powers, Benefiting Authoritarian Regimes < 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—On Wednesday, July 24, at 11:00 am…
EFF Tells Minnesota Supreme Court to Strike Down Geofence Warrant As Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Takes the Wrong Turn
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> We haven’t seen the end of invasive geofence warrants just yet, despite Google’s big announcement late last year that it was fundamentally changing how it collects location…
EFF, International Partners Appeal to EU Delegates to Help Fix Flaws in Draft UN Cybercrime Treaty That Can Undermine EU’s Data Protection Framework
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> With the final negotiating session to approve the UN Cybercrime Treaty just days away, EFF and 21 international civil society organizations today urgently called on delegates from…
Beyond Pride Month: Protecting Digital Identities For LGBTQ+ People
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> The internet provides people space to build communities, shed light on injustices, and acquire vital knowledge that might not otherwise be available. And for LGBTQ+ individuals, digital…
UN Cybercrime Draft Convention Dangerously Expands State Surveillance Powers Without Robust Privacy, Data Protection Safeguards
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> This is the third post in a series highlighting flaws in the proposed UN Cybercrime Convention. Check out Part I, our detailed analysis on the criminalization of…
Courts Should Have Jurisdiction over Foreign Companies Collecting Data on Local Residents, EFF Tells Appeals Court
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> This post was written by EFF legal intern Danya Hajjaji. Corporations should not be able to collect data from a state’s residents while evading the jurisdiction of…
Victory! EFF Supporters Beat USPTO Proposal To Wreck Patent Reviews
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> The U.S. patent system is broken, particularly when it comes to software patents. At EFF, we’ve been fighting hard for changes that make the system more sensible.…
Modern Cars Can Be Tracking Nightmares. Abuse Survivors Need Real Solutions.
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> The amount of data modern cars collect is a serious privacy concern for all of us. But in an abusive situation, tracking can be a nightmare. As…
Detroit Takes Important Step in Curbing the Harms of Face Recognition Technology
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> In a first-of-its-kind agreement, the Detroit Police Department recently agreed to adopt strict limits on its officers’ use of face recognition technology as part of a settlement in a lawsuit brought by…
EFF to FCC: SS7 is Vulnerable, and Telecoms Must Acknowledge That
< 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 unlikely you’ve heard of Signaling System 7 (SS7), but every phone network in the world is connected to it, and if you have ever roamed networks…
Platforms Have First Amendment Right to Curate Speech, As We’ve Long Argued, Supreme Court Said, But Sends Laws Back to Lower Court To Decide If That Applies To Other Functions Like Messaging
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Social media platforms, at least in their most common form, have a First Amendment right to curate the third-party speech they select for and recommend to their…
Platforms Have First Amendment Right to Curate Speech, As We’ve Long Argued, Supreme Court Said Without Addressing Whether That Applies to Other Services Like Messaging
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Social media platforms, at least in their most common form, have a First Amendment right to curate the third-party speech they select for and recommend to their…
Decoding the Courts’ Digital Decisions | EFFector 36.9
Instead of relaxing for the summer, EFF is in first gear defending your rights online! Catch up on what we’re doing with the latest issue of our EFFector newsletter. This time we’re sharing updates regarding California law enforcement illegally sharing…
34 Years Supporting the Wild and Weird World Online
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Oh the stories I could tell you about EFF’s adventures anchoring the digital rights movement. Clandestine whistleblowers. Secret rooms. Encryption cracking. Airships over mass spying facilities. Even…