< 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. sanctions on Syria have for several decades not only restricted trade and financial transactions, they’ve also severely limited Syrians’ access to digital technology. From software development…
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EFFecting Change: Pride in Digital Freedom
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> Join us for our next EFFecting Change livestream this Thursday! We’re talking about emerging laws and platform policies that affect the digital privacy and free expression rights of the LGBT+ community,…
Congress Can Act Now to Protect Reproductive Health Data
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> State, federal, and international regulators are increasingly concerned about the harms they believe the internet and new technology are causing to users of all categories. Lawmakers are…
Oppose STOP CSAM: Protecting Kids Shouldn’t Mean Breaking the Tools That Keep Us Safe
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> A Senate bill re-introduced this week threatens security and free speech on the internet. EFF urges Congress to reject the STOP CSAM Act of 2025 (S. 1829),…
Despite Changes, A.B. 412 Still Harms Small Developers
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> California lawmakers are continuing to promote a bill that will reinforce the power of giant AI companies by burying small AI companies and non-commercial developers in red…
35 Years for Your Freedom Online
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Once upon a time we were promised flying cars and jetpacks. Yet we’ve arrived at a more complicated timeline where rights advocates can find themselves defending our…
NYC lets AI gamble with Child Welfare
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> The Markup revealed in its reporting last month that New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) has been quietly deploying an algorithmic tool to categorize families…
Privacy Victory! Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction in OPM/DOGE Lawsuit
Court to Decide Scope of Injunction Later This Week < div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> NEW YORK–In a victory for personal privacy, a New York federal district court judge today granted a preliminary…
Criminalizing Masks at Protests is Wrong
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> There has been a crescendo of states attempting to criminalize the wearing of face coverings while attending protests. Now the President has demanded, in the context of…
Victory! Austin Organizers Cancel City’s Flock ALPR Contract
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Austin organizers turned out to rebuke the city’s misguided contract with Flock Safety— and won. This successful pushback from the community means at the end of the…
EFF to Department Homeland Security: No Social Media Surveillance of Immigrants
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> EFF submitted comments to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its subcomponent U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), urging them to abandon a proposal to collect…
EFF to Court: Young People Have First Amendment Rights
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Utah cannot stifle young people’s First Amendment rights to use social media to speak about politics, create art, discuss religion, or to hear from other users discussing…
Keeping the Web Up Under the Weight of AI Crawlers
< 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 run a site on the open web, chances are you’ve noticed a big increase in traffic over the past few months, whether or not your…
The Dangers of Consolidating All Government Information
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> The Trump administration has been heavily invested in consolidating all of the government’s information into a single searchable, or perhaps AI-queryable, super database. The compiling of all…
Judges Stand With Law Firms (and EFF) Against Trump’s Executive Orders
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> “Pernicious.” “Unprecedented… cringe-worthy.” “Egregious.” “Shocking.” These are just some of the words that federal judges used in recent weeks to describe President Trump’s politically motivated and vindictive…
Statement on California State Senate Advancing Dangerous Surveillance Bill
In the wake of the California State Senate’s passage of S.B. 690, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), TechEquity, Consumer Federation of California, Tech Oversight California, and ACLU California Action issued a joint statement warning that the bill would put the…
Podcast Episode: Why Three is Tor’s Magic Number
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Many in Silicon Valley, and in U.S. business at large, seem to believe innovation springs only from competition, a race to build the next big thing first,…
San Diegans Push Back on Flock ALPR Surveillance
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Approaching San Diego’s first annual review of the city’s controversial Flock Safety contract, a local coalition is calling on the city council to roll back this dangerous…
The Federal Government Demands Data from SNAP—But Says Nothing About Protecting It
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Last month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a troubling order to all state agency directors of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP): hand over your data. This…
The Right to Repair Is Law in Washington State
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Thanks in part to your support, the right to repair is now law in Washington. Gov. Bob Ferguson signed two bills guaranteeing Washingtonians’ right to access tools,…
The PERA and PREVAIL Acts Would Make Bad Patents Easier to Get—and Harder to Fight
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> Two dangerous bills have been reintroduced in Congress that would reverse over a decade of progress in fighting patent trolls and making the patent system more balanced. The Patent Eligibility Restoration…
The Defense Attorney’s Arsenal In Challenging Electronic Monitoring
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> In criminal prosecutions, electronic monitoring (EM) is pitched as a “humane alternative” to incarceration – but it is not. The latest generation of “e-carceration” tools are burdensome,…
The EU’s “Encryption Roadmap” Makes Everyone Less Safe
EFF has joined more than 80 civil society organizations, companies, and cybersecurity experts in signing a letter urging the European Commission to change course on its recently announced “Technology Roadmap on Encryption.” The roadmap, part of the EU’s ProtectEU strategy,…
245 Days Without Justice: Laila Soueif’s Hunger Strike and the Fight to Free Alaa Abd el-Fattah
Laila Soueif has now been on hunger strike for 245 days. On Thursday night, she was taken to the hospital once again. Soueif’s hunger strike is a powerful act of protest against the failures of two governments. The Egyptian government…
She Got an Abortion. So A Texas Cop Used 83,000 Cameras to Track Her Down.
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> In a chilling sign of how far law enforcement surveillance has encroached on personal liberties, 404 Media recently revealed that a sheriff’s office in Texas searched data…
California’s Cities and Counties Must Step Up Their Privacy Game. A.B. 1337 Can Do That.
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> “The right to privacy is being threatened by the indiscriminate collection, maintenance, and dissemination of personal information and the lack of effective laws and legal remedies,” some…
The Insidious Effort to Privatize Public Airwaves | EFFector 37.5
School is almost out for summer! You know what that means? Plenty of time to catch up on the latest digital rights news! Don’t worry, though—EFF has you covered with our EFFector newsletter. This edition of EFFector explains why efforts to…
Podcast Episode: Love the Internet Before You Hate On It
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> There’s a weird belief out there that tech critics hate technology. But do movie critics hate movies? Do food critics hate food? No! The most effective, insightful critics do what they…
Please Drone Responsibly: C-UAS Legislation Needs Civil Liberties Safeguards
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing titled “Defending Against Drones: Setting Safeguards for Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems Authorities.” While the government has a legitimate…
Security Theater REALized and Flying without REAL ID
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> After multiple delays of the REAL ID Act of 2005 and its updated counterpart, the REAL ID Modernization Act, in the United States, the May 7th deadline…
Standing Up for LGBTQ+ Digital Safety this International Day Against Homophobia
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Lawmakers and regulators around the world have been prolific with passing legislation restricting freedom of expression and privacy for LGBTQ+ individuals and fueling offline intolerance. Online platforms…
House Moves Forward With Dangerous Proposal Targeting Nonprofits
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> This week, the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee moved forward with a proposal that would allow the Secretary of the Treasury to strip any U.S. nonprofit…
The U.S. Copyright Office’s Draft Report on AI Training Errs on Fair Use
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> Within the next decade, generative AI could join computers and electricity as one of the most transformational technologies in history, with all of the promise and peril that implies. Governments’ responses…
In Memoriam: John L. Young, Cryptome Co-Founder
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> John L. Young, who died March 28 at age 89 in New York City, was among the first people to see the need for an online library…
The Kids Online Safety Act Will Make the Internet Worse for Everyone
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is back in the Senate. Sponsors are claiming—again—that the latest version won’t censor online content. It isn’t true. This bill still…
EFF to California Lawmakers: There’s a Better Way to Help Young People Online
< 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 covered a lot of federal and state proposals that badly miss the mark when attempting to grapple with protecting young people’s safety online. These include bills…
Keeping People Safe Online – Fundamental Rights Protective Alternatives to Age Checks
< 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 final part of a three-part series about age verification in the European Union. In part one, we give an overview of the political debate…
Stopping States From Passing AI Laws for the Next Decade is a Terrible Idea
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> This week, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee moved forward with a proposal in its budget reconciliation bill to impose a ten-year preemption of state AI…
Montana Becomes First State to Close the Law Enforcement Data Broker Loophole
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Montana has done something that many states and the United States Congress have debated but failed to do: it has just enacted the first attempt to close…
How Signal, WhatsApp, Apple, and Google Handle Encrypted Chat Backups
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Encrypted chat apps like Signal and WhatsApp are one of the best ways to keep your digital conversations as private as possible. But if you’re not careful…
The FCC Must Reject Efforts to Lock Up Public Airwaves
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> President Trump’s attack on public broadcasting has attracted plenty of deserved attention, but there’s a far more technical, far more insidious policy change in the offing—one that…
Appeals Court Sidesteps The Big Questions on Geofence Warrants
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> Another federal appeals court has ruled on controversial geofence warrants—sort of. Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit sitting en banc issued a single sentence opinion affirming…
Podcast Episode: Digital Autonomy for Bodily Autonomy
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> We all leave digital trails as we navigate the internet – records of what we searched for, what we bought, who we talked to, where we went or want to go…
No Postal Service Data Sharing to Deport Immigrants
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> The law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) recently joined a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) task force geared towards finding and deporting immigrants,…
Beware the Bundle: Companies Are Banking on Becoming Your Police Department’s Favorite “Public Safety Technology” Vendor
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> When your local police department buys one piece of surveillance equipment, you can easily expect that the company that sold it will try to upsell them on…
Washington’s Right to Repair Bill Heads to the Governor
The right to repair just keeps on winning. Last week, thanks in part to messages from EFF supporters, the Washington legislature passed a strong consumer electronics right-to-repair legislation through both the House and Senate. The bill affirms our right to…
Ninth Circuit Hands Users A Big Win: Californians Can Sue Out-of-State Corporations That Violate State Privacy Laws
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Simple common sense tells us that a corporation’s decision to operate in every state shouldn’t mean it can’t be sued in most of them. Sadly, U.S. law…
Age Verification in the European Union: The Commission’s Age Verification App
< 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 second part of a three-part series about age verification in the European Union. In this blog post, we take a deep dive into the…
Congress Passes TAKE IT DOWN Act Despite Major Flaws
Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed the TAKE IT DOWN Act, giving the powerful a dangerous new route to manipulate platforms into removing lawful speech that they simply don’t like. President Trump himself has said that he would use the law to censor his critics.…
EFF Leads Prominent Security Experts in Urging Trump Administration to Leave Chris Krebs Alone
Political Retribution for Telling the Truth Weakens the Entire Infosec Community and Threatens Our Democracy; Letter Remains Open for Further Sign-Ons < 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 Trump Administration…
Texas’s War on Abortion Is Now a War on Free Speech
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Once again, the Texas legislature is coming after the most common method of safe and effective abortion today—medication abortion. Senate Bill (S.B.) 2880* seeks to prevent the sale…
Trump Administration’s Targeting of International Students Jeopardizes Free Speech and Privacy Online
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> The federal government is using social media surveillance to target student visa holders living in the United States for online speech the Trump administration disfavors in an…
IRS-ICE Immigrant Data Sharing Agreement Betrays Data Privacy and Taxpayers’ Trust
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> In an unprecedented move, the U.S. Department of Treasury and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently reached an agreement allowing the IRS to share with…
Leaders Must Do All They Can to Bring Alaa Home
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> It has now been nearly two months since UK Prime Minister Starmer spoke with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, yet there has been no tangible progress in…
Six Years of Dangerous Misconceptions Targeting Ola Bini and Digital Rights in Ecuador
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> Ola Bini was first detained in Quito’s airport six years ago, called a “Russian hacker,” and accused of “alleged participation in the crime of assault on the integrity of computer systems.”…
Digital Identities and the Future of Age Verification in Europe
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> This is the first part of a three-part series about age verification in the European Union. In this blog post, we give an overview of the political debate around age verification…
Florida’s Anti-Encryption Bill Is a Wrecking Ball to Privacy. There’s Still Time to Stop It.
< 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 seen plenty of bad tech bills in recent years, often cloaked in vague language about “online safety.” But Florida’s SB 868 doesn’t even pretend to be…
Why the FTC v. Meta Trial Matters: Competition Gaps and Civil Liberties Opportunities
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> We’re in the midst of a long-overdue resurgence in antitrust litigation. In the past 12 months alone, there have been three landmark rulings against Google/Alphabet (in search, advertising, and payments). Then…
EFF to Congress: Here’s What A Strong Privacy Law Looks Like
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Enacting strong federal consumer data privacy laws is among EFF’s highest priorities. For decades, EFF has advocated for federal privacy law that is concrete, ambitious, and fully…
Congress Moves Closer to Risky Internet Takedown Law | EFFector 37.4
Sorry, EFF doesn’t hand out candy like the Easter Bunny, but we are here to keep you updated on the latest digital rights news with our EFFector newsletter! This edition of EFFector explains how you can help us push back…
EFF Urges Court to Avoid Fair Use Shortcuts in Kadrey v. Meta Platforms
< 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 filed an amicus brief in Kadrey v. Meta, one of the many ongoing copyright lawsuits against AI developers. Most of the AI copyright cases raise…
Privacy on the Map: How States Are Fighting Location Surveillance
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> Your location data isn’t just a pin on a map—it’s a powerful tool that reveals far more than most people realize. It can expose where you work, where you pray, who…
EFF Joins Amicus Briefs Supporting Two More Law Firms Against Unconstitutional Executive Orders
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Update 4/11/25: EFF joined the ACLU and other legal advocacy organizations today in filing two additional amicus briefs in support of the law firms Jenner & Block and…
Florida’s New Social Media Bill Says the Quiet Part Out Loud and Demands an Encryption Backdoor
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> At least Florida’s SB 868/HB 763, “Social Media Use By Minors” bill isn’t beating around the bush when it states that it would require “social media platforms…
Cybersecurity Community Must Not Remain Silent On Executive Order Attacking Former CISA Director
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Cybersecurity professionals and the infosec community have essential roles to play in protecting our democracy, securing our elections, and building, testing, and safeguarding government infrastructure. It is…
Certbot 4.0: Long Live Short-Lived Certs!
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> When Let’s Encrypt, a free certificate authority, started issuing 90 day TLS certificates for websites, it was considered a bold move that helped push the ecosystem towards…
Congress Takes Another Step Toward Enabling Broad Internet Censorship
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday advanced the TAKE IT DOWN Act (S. 146) , a bill that seeks to speed up the removal of…
Our Privacy Act Lawsuit Against DOGE and OPM: Why a Judge Let It Move Forward
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Last week, a federal judge rejected the government’s motion to dismiss our Privacy Act lawsuit against the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Elon Musk’s “Department…
EFF, Civil Society Groups, Academics Call on UK Home Secretary to Address Flawed Data Bill
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> Last week, EFF joined 30 civil society groups and academics in warning UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Secretary Peter Kyle about the law enforcement…
Judge Rejects Government’s Attempt to Dismiss EFF Lawsuit Against OPM, DOGE, and Musk
Court Confirms That, If Proven, DOGE’s Ongoing Access to Personnel Records Is Illegal < div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> NEW YORK—A lawsuit seeking to stop the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from disclosing tens of millions…
EFF Joins Amicus Brief Supporting Perkins Coie Law Firm Against Unconstitutional Executive Order
< 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 joined the American Civil Liberties Union and other legal advocacy organizations across the ideological spectrum in filing an amicus brief asking a federal judge to…
Calyx Institute: A Case Study in Grassroots Innovation
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Technologists play a huge role in building alternative tools and resources when our right to privacy and security are undermined by governments and major corporations. This direct…
Site-Blocking Legislation Is Back. It’s Still a Terrible Idea.
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> More than a decade ago, Congress tried to pass SOPA and PIPA—two sweeping bills that would have allowed the government and copyright holders to quickly shut down entire websites based on…
Vote for “How to Fix the Internet” in the Webby Awards People’s Voice Competition!
< 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 “How to Fix the Internet” podcast is a nominee in the Webby Awards 29th Annual People’s Voice competition – and we need your support to bring…
EFF Urges Third Circuit to Join the Legal Chorus: No One Owns the Law
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> Two appeals courts have recently rejected efforts by private parties to use copyright to restrict access to the laws that most directly affect ordinary citizens: regulations that ensure our homes, workplaces,…
Announcing EFF’s New Exhibit on Border Surveillance and Accompanying Events
< 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 created a traveling exhibit, “Border Surveillance: Places, People, and Technology,” which will make its debut at the Angel Island Immigration Station historical site this spring.…
EFF Installs Border Technology Exhibit at Angel Island Immigration Station
Exhibit Encourages Visitors to Consider the Past and Present of U.S. Border Policy < 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) has installed a photographic and informational exhibit on…
Congress Must Reject Transparent Efforts to Undermine the Courts
Earlier this week, the House Judiciary Committee passed H.R. 1526, a bill by Rep. Darrell Issa to prevent courts from issuing nationwide injunctions. This bill could receive a vote on the House floor as early as next week. Senator Josh…
A Congressional Bill to Limit Court Power Through Injunctions Is a Bad, Transparent Effort to Limit Court Power
Earlier this week, the House Judiciary Committee passed H.R. 1526, a bill by Rep. Darrell Issa to prevent courts from issuing nationwide injunctions. This bill could receive a vote on the House floor as early as next week. Senator Josh…
Online Tracking is Out of Control—Privacy Badger Can Help You Fight Back
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Every time you browse the web, you’re being tracked. Most websites contain invisible tracking code that allows companies to collect and monetize data about your online activity.…
A New Tool to Detect Cellular Spying | EFFector 37.3
Take some time during your Spring Break to catch up on the latest digital rights news by subscribing to EFF’s EFFector newsletter! This edition of the newsletter covers our new open source tool to detect cellular spying, Rayhunter; The Foilies…
How to Delete Your 23andMe Data
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> This week, the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy, which means the genetic data the company collected on millions of users is now up for sale.…
Saving the Internet in Europe: Fostering Choice, Competition and the Right to Innovate
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> This post is part four and the final part in a series of posts about EFF’s work in Europe. Read about how and why we work in Europe here. EFF’s mission…
230 Protects Users, Not Big Tech
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Once again, several Senators appear poised to gut one of the most important laws protecting internet users – Section 230 (47 U.S.C. § 230). Don’t be fooled…
Podcast Episode Rerelease: Dr. Seuss Warned Us
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> This episode was first released on May 2, 2023. We’re excited to announce that we’re working on a new season of How to Fix the Internet, coming…
A Win for Encryption: France Rejects Backdoor Mandate
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> In a moment of clarity after initially moving forward a deeply flawed piece of legislation, the French National Assembly has done the right thing: it rejected a…
New USPTO Memo Makes Fighting Patent Trolls Even Harder
< 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 and Trademark Office (USPTO) just made a move that will protect bad patents at the expense of everyone else. In a memo released February…
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Google Search? Courts Must Enable Competition While Protecting Privacy.
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Can we get from a world where Google is synonymous with search to a world where other search engines have a real chance to compete? The U.S.…
State AGs Must Act: EFF Expands Call to Investigate Crisis Pregnancy Centers
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Back in January, EFF called on attorneys general in Florida, Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri to investigate potential privacy violations and hold accountable crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) that…
EFF’s Reflections from RightsCon 2025
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> EFF was delighted to once again attend RightsCon—this year hosted in Taipei, Taiwan between 24-27 February. As with previous years, RightsCon provided an invaluable opportunity for human…
California’s A.B. 412: A Bill That Could Crush Startups and Cement A Big Tech AI Monopoly
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> California legislators have begun debating a bill (A.B. 412) that would require AI developers to track and disclose every registered copyrighted work used in AI training. At…
EFF Joins 7amleh Campaign to #ReconnectGaza
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> In times of conflict, the internet becomes more than just a tool—it is a lifeline, connecting those caught in chaos with the outside world. It carries voices…
The Foilies 2025
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Recognize the Worst in Government Transparency Co-written by MuckRock’s Michael Morisy, Dillon Bergin, and Kelly Kauffman The public’s right to access government information is constantly under siege…
EFF to NSF: AI Action Plan Must Put People First
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> This past January the new administration issued an executive order on Artificial Intelligence (AI), taking the place of the now rescinded Biden-era order, calling for a new…
EFF Thanks Fastly for Donated Tools to Help Keep Our Website Secure
EFF’s most important platform for welcoming everyone to join us in our fight for a better digital future is our website, eff.org. We thank Fastly for their generous in-kind contribution of services helping keep EFF’s website online. Eff.org was first…
EFFecting Change: Is There Hope for Social Media?
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> Please join EFF for the next segment of EFFecting Change, our livestream series covering digital privacy and free speech. EFFecting Change Livestream Series:Is There Hope for Social Media?Thursday, March 20th12:00 PM – 1:00 PM…
EFF Joins AllOut’s Campaign Calling for Meta to Stop Hate Speech Against LGBTQ+ Community
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> In January, Meta made targeted changes to its hateful conduct policy that would allow dehumanizing statements to be made about certain vulnerable groups. More specifically, Meta’s hateful…
In Memoriam: Mark Klein, AT&T Whistleblower Who Revealed NSA Mass Spying
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> EFF is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Mark Klein, a bona fide hero who risked civil liability and criminal prosecution to help expose a…
EFF Stands with Perkins Coie and the Rule of Law
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> As a legal organization that has fought in court to defend the rights of technology users for almost 35 years, including numerous legal challenges to federal government overreach, Electronic Frontier Foundation…
Anchorage Police Department: AI-Generated Police Reports Don’t Save Time
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> The Anchorage Police Department (APD) has concluded its three-month trial of Axon’s Draft One, an AI system that uses audio from body-worn cameras to write narrative police…