The Climate Has a Posse – And So Does Political Satire

Greenwashing is a well-worn strategy to try to convince the public that environmentally damaging activities aren’t so damaging after all. It can be very successful precisely because most of us don’t realize it’s happening.Enter the Yes Men,...

NextNav’s Callous Land-Grab to Privatize 900 MHz

The 900 MHz band, a frequency range serving as a commons for all, is now at risk due to NextNav’s brazen attempt to privatize this shared resource. Left by the FCC for use by amateur radio operators, unlicensed consumer devices, and industrial,...

We Called on the Oversight Board to Stop Censoring “From the River to the Sea” — And They Listened

Earlier this year, the Oversight Board announced a review of three cases involving different pieces of content on Facebook that contained the phrase “From the River to the Sea.” EFF submitted to the consultation urging Meta to make individualized...

Stopping the Harms of Automated Decision Making | EFFector 36.12

Curious about the latest digital rights news? Well, you're in luck! In our latest newsletter we cover topics including the Department of Homeland Security's use of AI in the immigration system, the arrest of Telegram’s CEO Pavel Durov, and a...

Britain Must Call for Release of British-Egyptian Activist and Coder Alaa Abd El Fattah

As British-Egyptian coder, blogger, and activist Alaa Abd El Fattah enters his fifth year in a maximum security prison outside Cairo, unjustly charged for supporting online free speech and privacy for Egyptians and people across the Middle East...

School Monitoring Software Sacrifices Student Privacy for Unproven Promises of Safety

Imagine your search terms, key-strokes, private chats and photographs are being monitored every time they are sent. Millions of students across the country don’t have to imagine this deep surveillance of their most private communications: it’s a...

You Really Do Have Some Expectation of Privacy in Public

Being out in the world advocating for privacy often means having to face a chorus of naysayers and nihilists. When we spend time fighting the expansion of Automated License Plate Readers capable of tracking cars as they move, or the growing...

EFF & 140 Other Organizations Call for an End to AI Use in Immigration Decisions

EFF, Just Futures Law, and 140 other groups have sent a letter to Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must stop using artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the immigration system. For years, EFF has been...

U.S. Federal Employees: Plant Your Flag for Digital Freedoms Today!

Like clockwork, September is here—and so is the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) pledge period! The CFC is the world’s largest and most successful annual charity campaign for U.S. federal employees and retirees. You can now make a pledge to support...

EFF Calls For Release of Alexey Soldatov, "Father of the Russian Internet"

EFF was deeply disturbed to learn that Alexey Soldatov, known as the “father of the Russian Internet,” was sentenced in July to two years in prison by a Moscow court for alleged “misuse” of IP addresses. In 1990, Soldatov led the Relcom computer...

Victory! California Bill To Impose Mandatory Internet ID Checks Is Dead—It Should Stay That Way

A misguided bill that would have required many people to show ID to get online has died without getting a floor vote in the California legislature, where key deadlines for bill passage passed this weekend. Thank you to our supporters for helping...

EFF to Tenth Circuit: Protest-Related Arrests Do Not Justify Dragnet Device and Digital Data Searches

The Constitution prohibits dragnet device searches, especially when those searches are designed to uncover political speech, EFF explained in a friend-of-the-court brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.The case, Armendariz...

The French Detention: Why We're Watching the Telegram Situation Closely

EFF is closely monitoring the situation in France in which Telegram’s CEO Pavel Durov was charged with having committed criminal offenses, most of them seemingly related to the operation of Telegram. This situation has the potential to pose a...

The California Supreme Court Should Help Protect Your Stored Communications

When you talk to your friends and family on Snapchat or Facebook, you should have the assurance that those services will not freely disclose your communications to the government or other private parties.

Americans Are Uncomfortable with Automated Decision-Making

Imagine a company you recently applied to work at used an artificial intelligence program to analyze your application to help expedite the review process. Does that creep you out? Well, you’re not alone.Consumer Reports recently released a...

Copyright Is Not a Tool to Silence Critics of Religious Education

Copyright law is not a tool to punish or silence critics. This is a principle so fundamental that it is the ur-example of fair use, which typically allows copying another’s creative work when necessary for criticism. But sometimes, unscrupulous...

Backyard Privacy in the Age of Drones

Police departments and law enforcement agencies are increasingly collecting personal information using drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles. In addition to high-resolution photographic and video cameras, police drones may be equipped...

Geofence Warrants Are 'Categorically' Unconstitutional | EFFector 36.11

School is back in session, so prepare for your first lesson from EFF! Today you'll learn about the latest court ruling on the dangers of geofence warrants, our letter urging Bumble to require opt-in consent to sell user data, and the continued...

EFF Benefit Poker Tournament at DEF CON 32

“Shuffle up and deal!” announced Cory Doctorow and the sound of playing cards and poker chips filled the room.The sci-fi author and EFF special advisor was this year’s Celebrity Emcee for the 3rd annual EFF Benefit Poker Tournament, an official...

NO FAKES – A Dream for Lawyers, a Nightmare for Everyone Else

Performers and ordinary humans are increasingly concerned that they may be replaced or defamed by AI-generated imitations. We’re seeing a host of bills designed to address that concern – but every one just generates new problems. Case in point:...