< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> It seems like a no-brainer that everyone should be able to read, copy, and share the laws we all must follow, but few things are simple in…
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International Threats to Freedom of Expression: 2023 Year in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> 2023 has been an unfortunate reminder that the right to free expression is most fragile for groups on the margins, and that it can quickly become a casualty during global conflicts.…
Just a Little Does a Whole Lot
You might’ve heard that most of EFF’s funding comes from regular people’s modest donations—we’re proud of that. But did you know that EFF members who donate $10 or less each month raised over $400,000 for digital rights this year? That…
2023 Year in Review: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Busy Year of Free Speech and Tech Cases
< 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. Supreme Court has taken an unusually active interest in internet free speech issues. EFF participated as amicus in a whopping nine cases before the court…
EFF Membership: 2023 Year In Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> Throughout the many years that EFF has been around, our goal has remained consistent: creating a future where you have your rights when you go online, and one where they are…
Surveillance Self-Defense: 2023 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’s been a big year for Surveillance Self-Defense (SSD), our repository of self-help resources for helping better protect you and your friends from online spying. We’ve done a…
Recent Surveillance Revelations, Enduring Latin American Issues: 2023 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”> The challenges in ensuring strong privacy safeguards, proper oversight of surveillance powers, and effective remedy for those arbitrarily affected continued during 2023 in Latin America. Let’s take…
The Last Mile of Encrypting the Web: 2023 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”> At the start of 2023, we sunsetted the HTTPS Everywhere web extension. It encrypted browser communications with websites and made sure users benefited from the protection of…
Corporate Spy Tech and Inequality: 2023 Year in Review
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> Our personal data and the ways private companies harvest and monetize it plays an increasingly powerful role in modern life. Throughout 2023, corporations have continued to collect our personal data, sell…
Protecting Encryption And Privacy In The US: 2023 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”> EFF believes you have the right to have a private conversation–in the physical world, and in the digital world. The best technology to protect that right is…
Sketchy and Dangerous Android Children’s Tablets and TV Set-Top Boxes: 2023 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”> You may want to save your receipts if you gifted any low-end Android TV set-top boxes or children’s tablets to a friend or loved one this holiday…
Electronic Frontier Alliance Comes Back Strong: 2023 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 Electronic Frontier Alliance (EFA) is a loose network of local groups fighting for digital rights in the United States, chaired by EFF. Members’ efforts have been…
Artificial Intelligence and Policing: Year in Review 2023
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Machine learning, artificial intelligence, algorithmic decision making–regardless of what you call it, and there is hot debate over that, this technology has been touted as a supposed…
EFF Continues Fight Against Unconstitutional Geofence and Keyword Search Warrants: 2023 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”> EFF continues to fight back against high-tech general warrants that compel companies to search broad swaths of users’ personal data. In 2023, we saw victory and setbacks…
Stupid Patent of the Month: Selfie Contests
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Patents are supposed to be an incentive to invent. Too often, they end up being a way to try to claim “ownership” of what should be basic…
EFF Has a Guiding Star 🌠
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> Do you ever look at something once and then get targeted ads? Have you ever been exposed in some company’s data breach? Have you ever heard a lawmaker push restrictions on…
EFF Urges Supreme Court to Set Standard for How Government Can and Can’t Talk to Social Media Sites About Censoring Users’ Posts
First Amendment Bars Coercive Censorship Demands But Some Communications Are Permissible < div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> WASHINGTON, DC—The Supreme Court should clarify standards for determining if the government permissibly advised or convinced…
EFF Has a Guiding Star 🌠
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> Do you ever look at something once and then get targeted ads? Have you ever been exposed in some company’s data breach? Have you ever heard a lawmaker push restrictions on…
Surveillance and the U.S.-Mexico Border: 2023 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”> The U.S.-Mexico border continues to be one of the most politicized spaces in the country, with leaders in both political parties supporting massive spending on border security,…
The Great Interoperability Convergence: 2023 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’s easy to feel hopeless about the collapse of the tech sector into a group 0f monopolistic silos that harvest and exploit our data, hold our communities…