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  • 2 weeks ago | eff.org | India McKinney

    Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing titled “Defending Against Drones: Setting Safeguards for Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems Authorities.” While the government has a legitimate interest in monitoring and mitigating drone threats, it is critical that those powers are narrowly tailored. Robust checks and oversight mechanisms must exist to prevent misuse and to allow ordinary, law-abiding individuals to exercise their rights.

  • 1 month ago | eff.org | Maddie Daly |India McKinney

    Share It Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Copy link Enacting strong federal consumer data privacy laws is among EFF’s highest priorities. For decades, EFF has advocated for federal privacy law that is concrete, ambitious, and fully protective of all Americans’ data privacy.

  • 1 month 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.

  • 1 month 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.

  • 2 months 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?

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