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Congress Takes Another Step Toward Enabling Broad Internet Censorship

2 weeks ago | eff.org | India McKinney

The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday advanced the TAKE IT DOWN Act (S. 146) , a bill that seeks to speed up the removal of certain kinds of troubling online content. While the bill is meant to address a serious problem—the distribution of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII)—the notice-and-takedown system it creates is an open invitation for powerful people to pressure websites into removing content they dislike.
El Congreso sigue avanzando hacia la censura generalizada de Internet

2 weeks ago | eff.org | India McKinney

El Comité de Energía y Comercio de la Cámara de Representantes presentó este martes la Ley TAKE IT DOWN (S. 146), un proyecto que busca agilizar la eliminación de ciertos tipos de contenido problemático en línea.
230 Protects Users, Not Big Tech

1 month ago | eff.org | India McKinney

Once again, several Senators appear poised to gut one of the most important laws protecting internet users - Section 230 (47 U.S.C. § 230). Don’t be fooled - many of Section 230’s detractors claim that this critical law only protects big tech. The reality is that Section 230 provides limited protection for all platforms, though the biggest beneficiaries are small platforms and users. Why else would some of the biggest platforms be willing to endorse a bill that guts the law?
The Senate Passed The TAKE IT DOWN Act, Threatening Free Expression and Due Process

1 month ago | eff.org | India McKinney

Earlier this month, the Senate passed the TAKE IT DOWN Act (S. 146), by a voice vote. The bill is meant to speed up the removal of non-consensual intimate imagery, or NCII, including videos that imitate real people, a technology sometimes called “deepfakes.” Protecting victims of these heinous privacy invasions is a legitimate goal. But good intentions alone are not enough to make good policy.
EFF Opposes the American Privacy Rights Act

Jun 24, 2024 | eff.org | Hayley Tsukayama |India McKinney

Protecting people's privacy is the first step we should take to create meaningful online regulation. That's why EFF has previously expressed concerns about the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) which, rather than set up strong protections, instead freezes consumer data privacy protections in place, preempts existing state laws, and would prevent states from creating stronger protections in the future.
The Surveillance Bill Showdown That Fizzled

Dec 20, 2023 | progressivehub.net | India McKinney

While it is frustrating that Congress ignored the urgent need for significant Section 702 reform before the December 31 deadline, reform advocates should not lose hope. By India McKinney, Electronic Frontier FoundationLike the weather rapidly getting colder outside, the fight over renewing, reforming, or sunsetting the mass surveillance power of Section 702 has been put on ice until spring.
The Surveillance Showdown That Fizzled

Dec 15, 2023 | eff.org | India McKinney

Like the weather rapidly getting colder outside, the fight over renewing, reforming, or sunsetting the mass surveillance power of Section 702 has been put on ice until spring.
The House Intelligence Committee's Surveillance 'Reform' Bill is a Farce

Dec 8, 2023 | eff.org | India McKinney

Earlier this week, both the House Committee on the Judiciary (HJC) and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) marked up two very different bills (H.R. 6570 - Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act in HJC, and HR 6611, the FISA Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2023 in HPSCI), both of which would reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)—but in very different ways.
The Government Surveillance Reform Act Would Rein in Some of the Worst Abuses of Section 702

Nov 7, 2023 | eff.org | Brendan Gilligan |India McKinney |Andrew Crocker |Matthew Guariglia

With Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) set to expire at the end of the year, Congress is considering whether to reauthorize the law and if so, whether to make any necessary amendments to the invasive surveillance authority. While Section 702 was first sold as a tool necessary to stop foreign terrorists, it has since become clear that the government uses the communications it collects under this law as a domestic intelligence source.
EFF, ACLU and 59 Other Organizations Demand Congress Protect Digital Privacy and Free Speech

Sep 26, 2023 | eff.org | India McKinney

Earlier this week, EFF joined the ACLU and 59 partner organizations to send a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer urging the Senate to reject the STOP CSAM Act. This bill threatens encrypted communications and free speech online, and would actively harm LGBTQ+ people, people seeking reproductive care, and many others. EFF has consistently opposed this legislation.