EFF (unofficial) April 12, 2024 6:30pm What Does EFF Mean to You? #electronicfrontierfoundation #eff #digitalrights #digitalprivacy posted by pod_feeder_v2 What Does EFF Mean to You? We could go on for days talking about all the work EFF does to ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all people of the world. In fact, we DO go on for days talking about it — but we’d rather hear from you. What does...
EFF (unofficial) April 11, 2024 4:00pm Bad Amendments to Section 702 Have Failed (For Now)—What Happens Next? #nsaspying #electronicfrontierfoundation #eff #digitalrights #digitalprivacy posted by pod_feeder_v2 Bad Amendments to Section 702 Have Failed (For Now)—What Happens Next? Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted against considering a largely bad bill that would have unacceptably expanded the tentacles of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, along with reauthorizing it and introducing some...
EFF (unofficial) April 10, 2024 10:45pm Virtual Reality and the 'Virtual Wall' #bordersurveillancetechnology #surveillanceandhumanrights #bordersearches #privacy #electronicfrontierfoundation #eff #digitalrights #digitalprivacy posted by pod_feeder_v2 Virtual Reality and the 'Virtual Wall' When EFF set out to map surveillance technology along the U.S.-Mexico border, we weren't exactly sure how to do it. We started with public records—procurement documents, environmental assessments, and the like—which allowed us to find the GPS...
EFF (unofficial) April 10, 2024 5:15pm The Motion Picture Association Doesn’t Get to Decide Who the First Amendment Protects #creativityinnovation #sopapipainternetblacklistlegislation #electronicfrontierfoundation #eff #digitalrights #digitalprivacy posted by pod_feeder_v2 The Motion Picture Association Doesn’t Get to Decide Who the First Amendment Protects Twelve years ago, internet users spoke up with one voice to reject a law that would build censorship into the internet at a fundamental level. This week, the Motion Picture Association (MPA), a group that represents six giant movie and TV studios,...
EFF (unofficial) April 9, 2024 6:45pm Speaking Freely: Mary Aileen Diez-Bacalso #electronicfrontierfoundation #eff #digitalrights #digitalprivacy posted by pod_feeder_v2 Speaking Freely: Mary Aileen Diez-Bacalso Mary Aileen Diez-Bacalso is the executive director of FORUM-Asia. She has worked for many years in human rights organizations in the Philippines and internationally, and is best known for her work on enforced disappearances. She has received...
EFF (unofficial) April 9, 2024 7:15am Podcast Episode: Antitrust/Pro-Internet #howtofixtheinternetpodcast #competition #privacy #electronicfrontierfoundation #eff #digitalrights #digitalprivacy posted by pod_feeder_v2 Podcast Episode: Antitrust/Pro-Internet Imagine an internet in which economic power is more broadly distributed, so that more people can build and maintain small businesses online to make good livings. In this world, the behavioral advertising that has made the internet into a giant...
EFF (unofficial) April 5, 2024 8:00pm "Infrastructures of Control": Q&A with the Geographers Behind University of Arizona's Border Surveillance Photo Exhibition #bordersurveillancetechnology #electronicfrontierfoundation #eff #digitalrights #digitalprivacy posted by pod_feeder_v2 "Infrastructures of Control": Q&A with the Geographers Behind University of Arizona's Border Surveillance Photo Exhibition Guided by EFF's map of Customs...
EFF (unofficial) April 5, 2024 1:15pm Federal Court Dimisses X's Anti-Speech Lawsuit Against Watchdog #freespeech #electronicfrontierfoundation #eff #digitalrights #digitalprivacy posted by pod_feeder_v2 Federal Court Dimisses X's Anti-Speech Lawsuit Against Watchdog This post was co-written by EFF legal intern Melda Gurakar.Researchers, journalists, and everyone else has a First Amendment right to criticize social media platforms and their content moderation practices without fear of being targeted by...
EFF (unofficial) April 4, 2024 5:15pm The White House is Wrong: Section 702 Needs Drastic Change #nsaspying #electronicfrontierfoundation #eff #digitalrights #digitalprivacy posted by pod_feeder_v2 The White House is Wrong: Section 702 Needs Drastic Change With Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act set to expire later this month, the White House recently released a memo objecting to the SAFE Act—legislation introduced by Senators Dick Durbin and Mike Lee that would reauthorize...
EFF (unofficial) April 3, 2024 7:45pm In Historic Victory for Human Rights in Colombia, Inter-American Court Finds State Agencies Violated Human Rights of Lawyers Defending Activists #international #necessaryandproportionate #surveillanceandhumanrights #privacy #electronicfrontierfoundation #eff #digitalrights #digitalprivacy posted by pod_feeder_v2 In Historic Victory for Human Rights in Colombia, Inter-American Court Finds State Agencies Violated Human Rights of Lawyers Defending Activists In a landmark ruling for fundamental freedoms in Colombia, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights found that for over two decades the state government harassed, surveilled, and persecuted members of a lawyer’s group that defends human rights...
EFF (unofficial) April 3, 2024 4:30pm Speaking Freely: Emma Shapiro #electronicfrontierfoundation #eff #digitalrights #digitalprivacy posted by pod_feeder_v2 Speaking Freely: Emma Shapiro Emma Shapiro is an American artist, writer, and activist who is based in Valencia, Spain. She is the Editor-At-Large for the Don’t Delete Art campaign and the founder of the international art project and movement Exposure Therapy. Her work...
EFF (unofficial) April 1, 2024 4:30pm Ola Bini Faces Ecuadorian Prosecutors Seeking to Overturn Acquittal of Cybercrime Charge #bloggerandothercreatorrights #security #electronicfrontierfoundation #eff #digitalrights #digitalprivacy posted by pod_feeder_v2 Ola Bini Faces Ecuadorian Prosecutors Seeking to Overturn Acquittal of Cybercrime Charge Ola Bini, the software developer acquitted last year of cybercrime charges in a unanimous verdict in Ecuador, was back in court last week in Quito as prosecutors, using the same evidence that helped clear him, asked an appeals court to overturn...
EFF (unofficial) March 29, 2024 10:00pm U.S. Supreme Court Does Not Go Far Enough in Determining When Government Officials Are Barred from Censoring Critics on Social Media #freespeech #contentblocking #governmentsocialmediablocking #electronicfrontierfoundation #eff #digitalrights #digitalprivacy posted by pod_feeder_v2 U.S. Supreme Court Does Not Go Far Enough in Determining When Government Officials Are Barred from Censoring Critics on Social Media After several years of litigation across the federal appellate courts, the U.S. Supreme Court in a unanimous opinion has finally crafted a test that lower courts can use to determine whether a government official engaged in “state action” such...
EFF (unofficial) March 29, 2024 2:00pm Restricting Flipper is a Zero Accountability Approach to Security: Canadian Government Response to Car Hacking #computerfraudandabuseactreform #electronicfrontierfoundation #eff #digitalrights #digitalprivacy posted by pod_feeder_v2 Restricting Flipper is a Zero Accountability Approach to Security: Canadian Government Response to Car Hacking On February 8, François-Philippe Champagne, the Canadian Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced Canada would ban devices used in keyless car theft. The only device mentioned by name was the Flipper Zero—the multitool device that...
EFF (unofficial) March 28, 2024 12:30am EFF Asks Oregon Supreme Court Not to Limit Fourth Amendment Rights Based on Terms of Service #privacy #electronicfrontierfoundation #eff #digitalrights #digitalprivacy posted by pod_feeder_v2 EFF Asks Oregon Supreme Court Not to Limit Fourth Amendment Rights Based on Terms of Service This post was drafted by EFF legal intern Alissa Johnson.EFF signed on to an amicus brief drafted by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers earlier this month petitioning the Oregon Supreme Court to review State v. Simons, a case...
EFF (unofficial) March 26, 2024 7:15pm Meta Oversight Board’s Latest Policy Opinion a Step in the Right Direction #freespeech #corporatespeechcontrols #international #electronicfrontierfoundation #eff #digitalrights #digitalprivacy posted by pod_feeder_v2 Meta Oversight Board’s Latest Policy Opinion a Step in the Right Direction EFF welcomes the latest and long-awaited policy advisory opinion from Meta’s Oversight Board calling on the company to end its blanket ban on the use of the Arabic-language term “shaheed” when referring to individuals listed under Meta’s policy on...
EFF (unofficial) March 26, 2024 6:15pm Speaking Freely: Robert Ssempala #electronicfrontierfoundation #eff #digitalrights #digitalprivacy posted by pod_feeder_v2 Speaking Freely: Robert Ssempala Robert Ssempala is a longtime press freedom and social justice advocate. He serves as Executive Director at Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda, a network of journalists in Uganda working towards enhancing the promotion, protection, and...
EFF (unofficial) March 26, 2024 7:15am Podcast Episode: About Face (Recognition) #howtofixtheinternetpodcast #facesurveillance #privacy #electronicfrontierfoundation #eff #digitalrights #digitalprivacy posted by pod_feeder_v2 Podcast Episode: About Face (Recognition) Is your face truly your own, or is it a commodity to be sold, a weapon to be used against you? A company called Clearview AI has scraped the internet to gather (without consent) 30 billion images to support a tool that lets users identify people...
EFF (unofficial) March 25, 2024 5:45pm No KOSA, No TikTok Ban | EFFector 36.4 #electronicfrontierfoundation #eff #digitalrights #digitalprivacy posted by pod_feeder_v2 No KOSA, No TikTok Ban | EFFector 36.4 Want to hear about the latest news in digital rights? Well, you're in luck! EFFector 36.4 is out now and covers the latest topics, including our stance on the unconstitutional TikTok ban (spoiler: it's bad), a victory helping Indybay resist an...
EFF (unofficial) March 22, 2024 10:45pm Responding to ShotSpotter, Police Shoot at Child Lighting Fireworks #streetlevelsurveillance #electronicfrontierfoundation #eff #digitalrights #digitalprivacy posted by pod_feeder_v2 Responding to ShotSpotter, Police Shoot at Child Lighting Fireworks This post was written by Rachel Hochhauser, an EFF legal internWe’ve written multiple times about the inaccurate and dangerous “gunshot detection” tool, Shotspotter. A recent near-tragedy in Chicago adds to the growing pile of evidence that cities...