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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is a top nonprofit dedicated to protecting civil liberties in the online space. Established in 1990, EFF advocates for user privacy, freedom of speech, and technological progress by engaging in legal action, policy research, community activism, and tech development. Their goal is to make sure that technology promotes freedom, fairness, and innovation for everyone around the globe.

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Why the FTC v. Meta Trial Matters: Competition Gaps and Civil Liberties Opportunities

2 days ago | eff.org | Corynne McSherry |Cory Doctorow

We’re in the midst of a long-overdue resurgence in antitrust litigation. In the past 12 months alone, there have been three landmark rulings against Google/Alphabet (in search, advertising, and payments). Then there’s the long-running FTC v. Meta case, which went to trial last week. Plenty of people are cheering these cases on, seeing them as a victories over the tech broligarchy (who doesn’t love to see a broligarch get their comeuppance?).
Florida’s New Social Media Bill Says the Quiet Part Out Loud and Demands an Encryption Backdoor

1 week ago | eff.org | Thorin Klosowski

At least Florida’s SB 868/HB 743, “Social Media Use By Minors” bill isn’t beating around the bush when it states that it would require “social media platforms to provide a mechanism to decrypt end-to-end encryption when law enforcement obtains a subpoena.” Usually these sorts of sweeping mandates are hidden behind smoke and mirrors, but this time it’s out in the open: Florida wants a backdoor into any end-to-end encrypted social media platforms that allow accounts for minors.
Cybersecurity Community Must Not Remain Silent On Executive Order Attacking Former CISA Director

1 week ago | eff.org | Jason Kelley |Eva Galperin

Cybersecurity professionals and the infosec community have essential roles to play in protecting our democracy, securing our elections, and building, testing, and safeguarding government infrastructure. It is critically important for us to speak up to ensure that essential work continues and that those engaged in these good faith efforts are not maligned by an administration that has tried to make examples of its enemies in many other fields.
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.
EFF Joins Amicus Brief Supporting Perkins Coie Law Firm Against Unconstitutional Executive Order

3 weeks ago | eff.org | David Greene

EFF has joined the American Civil Liberties Union and other legal advocacy organizations across the ideological spectrum in filing an amicus brief asking a federal judge to strike down President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting law firm Perkins Coie for its past work on voting rights lawsuits and its representation of the President’s prior political opponents.
Site-Blocking Legislation Is Back. It’s Still a Terrible Idea.

3 weeks ago | eff.org | Joe Mullin

More than a decade ago, Congress tried to pass SOPA and PIPA—two sweeping bills that would have allowed the government and copyright holders to quickly shut down entire websites based on allegations of piracy. The backlash was immediate and massive. Internet users, free speech advocates, and tech companies flooded lawmakers with protests, culminating in an “Internet Blackout” on January 18, 2012. Turns out, Americans don’t like government-run internet blacklists. The bills were ultimately shelved.
Vuelve la legislación de bloqueo de sitios web. Sigue siendo una idea terrible.

3 weeks ago | eff.org | Joe Mullin

Hace más de una década, el Congreso intentó aprobar la SOPA y la PIPA, dos proyectos de ley radicales que habrían permitido al gobierno y a los titulares de derechos de autor cerrar rápidamente sitios web enteros basándose en acusaciones de piratería. La reacción fue inmediata y masiva. Los usuarios de Internet, los defensores de la libertad de expresión y las empresas tecnológicas inundaron a los legisladores con protestas, que culminaron en un "apagón de Internet" el 18 de enero de 2012.
Announcing EFF’s New Exhibit on Border Surveillance and Accompanying Events

3 weeks ago | eff.org | Matthew Guariglia

Share It Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Copy link EFF has created a traveling exhibit, “Border Surveillance: Places, People, and Technology,” which will make its debut at the Angel Island Immigration Station historical site this spring. The exhibition on Angel Island in San Francisco Bay will run from April 2, 2025 through May 28, 2025. We would especially like to thank the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation and Angel Island State Park for their collaboration.
How to Delete Your 23andMe Data

4 weeks ago | eff.org | Thorin Klosowski

This week, the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy, which means the genetic data the company collected on millions of users is now up for sale. If you do not want your data included in any potential sale, it’s a good time to ask the company to delete it. When the company first announced it was considering a sale, we highlighted many of the potential issues, including selling that data to companies with poor security practices or direct links to law enforcement.