< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> The early internet had a lot of “technological self-determination” — you could opt out of things, protect your privacy, control your experience. The problem was that it…
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Keep The Momentum Going for The Right to Repair
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Thanks to support from local advocates across the country, we’ve been able to have a few strong years for the right to repair. Both California and Minnesota’s…
Victory! Supreme Court Rules Platforms Have First Amendment Right to Decide What Speech to Carry, Free of State Mandates
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> The Supreme Court correctly found that social media platforms, like newspapers, bookstores, and art galleries before them, have First Amendment rights to curate and edit the speech…
The SFPD’s Intended Purchase of a Robot Dog Triggers Board of Supervisors’ Oversight Obligations
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) wants to get a robot quadruped, popularly known as a robot dog. The city’s Board of Supervisors has a regulatory duty…
EFF’s Statement on the Netchoice Decisions
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> The Supreme Court correctly found that social media platforms, like newspapers, bookstores, and art galleries before them, have First Amendment rights to curate and edit the speech…
Now The EU Council Should Finally Understand: No One Wants “Chat Control”
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> The EU Council has now passed a 4th term without passing its controversial message-scanning proposal. The just-concluded Belgian Presidency failed to broker a deal that would push…
Betting on Your Digital Rights: EFF Benefit Poker Tournament at DEF CON 32
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Hacker Summer Camp is almost here… and with it comes the Third Annual EFF Benefit Poker Tournament at DEF CON 32 hosted by security expert Tarah Wheeler.…
How the FTC Can Make the Internet Safe for Chatbots
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> No points for guessing the subject of the first question the Wall Street Journal asked FTC Chair Lina Khan: of course it was about AI. Between the hype, the lawmaking, the…
Mississippi Can’t Wall Off Everyone’s Social Media Access to Protect Children
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> In what is becoming a recurring theme, Mississippi became the latest state to pass a law requiring social media services to verify users’ ages and block lawful…
Victory! Grand Jury Finds Sacramento Cops Illegally Shared Driver Data
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> For the past year, EFF has been sounding the alarm about police in California illegally sharing drivers’ location data with anti-abortion states, putting abortion seekers and providers at…