Electronic Frontier Foundation The European Union’s highest court today made clear—once again—that the US government’s mass surveillance programs are incompatible with the privacy rights of EU citizens. The judgment was made in the latest case …
EU Court Again Rules That NSA Spying Makes U.S. Companies Inadequate for Privacy Read More »
Electronic Frontier Foundation San Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), in partnership with the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno, today launched the largest-ever collection of searchable data on police use of …
Electronic Frontier Foundation For years, EFF has been monitoring a dangerous situation in Egypt: journalists, bloggers, and activists have been harassed, detained, arrested, and jailed, sometimes without trial, in increasing numbers by the Sisi regime. …
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Electronic Frontier Foundation The push to minimize the government’s power to track and spy on people with surveillance technology has picked up steam as the Black-led movement against racism and police brutality continues to push …
Victory! Boston Bans Government Use of Face Surveillance Read More »
Electronic Frontier Foundation In courts across the country, EFF has been arguing that the police cannot constitutionally require you to unlock your phone or give them your password, and today the Indiana Supreme Court issued …
Electronic Frontier Foundation Regardless of your opinion about Google, their suite of collaborative document editing tools provides a powerful resource in this tumultuous time. Across the country, grassroots groups organizing mutual aid relief work in …
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Electronic Frontier Foundation The inaptly named Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship (EO) is a mess on many levels: it’s likely unconstitutional on several grounds, built on false premises, and bad policy to boot. We …
Electronic Frontier Foundation Back by popular demand, we’re hosting a third At Home with EFF event tomorrow at 2 pm (PT)! In addition to our EFF all-stars, we’ll be joined by special guests Şerife Wong, …
Catch Up On “At Home with EFF,” and Join Us For Giving Tuesday Now! Read More »
Electronic Frontier Foundation In a stunning victory for nonprofits and NGOs around the world working in the public interest, ICANN today roundly rejected Ethos Capital’s plan to transform the .ORG domain registry into a heavily …
Victory! ICANN Rejects .ORG Sale to Private Equity Firm Ethos Capital Read More »
Electronic Frontier Foundation Twitter greeted its users with a confusing notification this week. The control you have over what information Twitter shares with its business partners has changed, it said. The changes will help Twitter …
Twitter Removes Privacy Option, and Shows Why We Need Strong Privacy Laws Read More »
Electronic Frontier Foundation The government and law enforcement should not be scanning your photos with face recognition technology. But right now, at least half of Americans are likely in government face recognition databases—often thanks to …