< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> A look back at the games governments played to avoid transparency In the year 2015, we witnessed the launch of OpenAI, a debate over the color of a dress going viral,…
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Right to Repair: A Prime Example of Grassroots Advocacy
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> Good old-fashioned grassroots advocacy is one of the best tools we have right now for making a positive change for our civil liberties online. When we unite toward a shared goal, anything…
EFF Sends Letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee Opposing the STOP CSAM Act
On Monday, March 10, EFF sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee opposing the Strengthening Transparency and Obligation to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment Act (STOP CSAM Act) ahead of a committee hearing on the bill. EFF…
RightsCon Community Calls for Urgent Release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah
< 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 saw digital rights organizations and social justice groups head to Taiwan for this year’s RightsCon conference on human rights in the digital age. During the…
First Porn, Now Skin Cream? ‘Age Verification’ Bills Are Out of Control
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> I’m old enough to remember when age verification bills were pitched as a way to ‘save the kids from porn’ and shield them from other vague dangers…
Simple Phish Bait: EFF Is Not Investigating Your Albion Online Forum Account
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> We recently learned that users of the Albion Online gaming forum have received direct messages purporting to be from us. That message, which leverages the fear of…
Trump Calls On Congress To Pass The “Take It Down” Act—So He Can Censor His Critics
< 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 opposed the Take It Down Act because it could be easily manipulated to take down lawful content that powerful people simply don’t like. Last night, President…
Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> At EFF we spend a lot of time thinking about Street Level Surveillance technologies—the technologies used by police and other authorities to spy on you while you…
Ninth Circuit Correctly Rules That Dating App Isn’t Liable for Matching Users
< 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. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit correctly held that Grindr, a popular dating app, can’t be held responsible for matching users and enabling them…
Anti-Surveillance Mapmaker Refuses Flock Safety’s Cease and Desist Demand
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Flock Safety loves to crow about the thousands of local law enforcement agencies around the United States that have adopted its avian–themed automated license plate readers (ALPRs).…