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Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | March 26, 2026

Traffic Violation! License Plate Reader Mission Creep Is Already Here

A new report from 404 Media sheds light on how automated license plate readers (ALPRs) could be used beyond the press releases and glossy marketing materials put out by law enforcement agencies and ALPR vendors.

Event | May 19, 2026

Privacy's Defender at UC Santa Cruz

Join EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn, to discuss Cindy's new book: Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance. Cindy has tangled with the feds, fought for your data security, and argued before judges to protect our access to science and knowledge on the internet. In Privacy's Defender she asks...

Event | May 13, 2026

The Fight Against AI-Powered Surveillance with Adam Savage

When the Pentagon formally designated Anthropic a "supply chain risk" this March, the dispute put a spotlight on civil liberties concerns in the AI-era. Anthropic had reportedly hit an impasse with the Trump administration over the company’s push for guardrails banning the use of its Claude model to conduct mass...

Event | April 23, 2026

Privacy's Defender at Brooklyn Public Library

Join antitech Principal & Cofounder Anil Dash in conversation with EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn, to discuss Cindy's new book: Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance. Cindy has tangled with the feds, fought for your data security, and argued before judges to protect our access to science and...

Event | April 10, 2026

Privacy's Defender at Prairie Lights Books

Join University of Iowa professor Rishab Nithyanand in conversation with EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn, to discuss Cindy's new book: Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance. Cindy has tangled with the feds, fought for your data security, and argued before judges to protect our access to science and...

Event | March 26, 2026

Privacy's Defender at University of Michigan

Deeplinks Blog by Betty Gedlu | March 26, 2026

Supreme Court Agrees With EFF: ISPs Don't Have To Be Copyright Enforcers

If your ISP can be liable for huge amounts of money for not terminating your access to the internet because of accusations that you—or someone in your household or college network—has committed copyright infringement, that is dangerous. We live in a world where high speed internet access is a necessity...

Legal Case

EFF v. CMS

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit to obtain records from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) about a multi-state program using AI to evaluate requests for medical care.Launched January 2026, the program known as WISeR (Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction) uses...

Press Release | March 25, 2026

EFF Sues for Answers About Medicare's AI Experiment

SAN FRANCISCO – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) seeking records about a multi-state program that is using AI to evaluate requests for medical care.

Deeplinks Blog by Hudson Hongo | March 25, 2026

👓 Who's Really Watching What Smartglasses See? | EFFector 38.6

After years of tech industry experiments, smartglasses with embedded cameras and microphones have finally gone mainstream. And, disturbingly, sometimes it's not just their owners who are watching what these devices record. In this week's EFFector newsletter, we're taking a closer look at the privacy implications of Meta Ray-Bans.

Deeplinks Blog by Jillian C. York | March 25, 2026

Digital Hopes, Real Power: Reflecting on the Legacy of the Arab Spring

A new generation of protesters, raised on social media and often fluent in the tools of digital dissent, has taken to the streets in recent months and years. This is the first installment of a blog series reflecting on the global digital legacy of the 2011 Arab uprisings.

Press Release | March 24, 2026

Nicole Ozer Named as Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Executive Director

Nicole Ozer, a legal expert on privacy and surveillance, artificial intelligence, and digital speech, has been appointed as executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Ozer will succeed Cindy Cohn, who has been with EFF for more than 25 years and served as its executive director since 2015.

Deeplinks Blog by Paige Collings | March 24, 2026

UK Politicians Continue to Miss the Point in Latest Social Media Ban Proposal

The UK is moving forward with its efforts to ban social media for young people. Ahead of this week’s House of Lords debate on the topic, we’re getting you situated with a primer on what’s been happening and what it all means.

Deeplinks Blog by India McKinney | March 20, 2026

Congress Is Dropping the Ball with a Clean Extension of FISA

Two years ago, Congress passed the “Reforming Intelligence and Securing America” Act (RISAA) that included nominal reforms to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The bill unfortunately included some problematic expansions of the law—but it also included a relatively big victory for civil liberties advocates: Section...

Deeplinks Blog by David Greene | March 20, 2026

FCC Chair Carr’s Threats to Punish Broadcasters Are Unconstitutional

EFF joined other digital rights and civil liberties organizations in calling on FCC chair Brendan Carr to withdraw recent threats to punish broadcasters for airing statements he disagrees with.

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Traffic Violation! License Plate Reader Mission Creep Is Already Here

Privacy's Defender at UC Santa Cruz

The Fight Against AI-Powered Surveillance with Adam Savage

Privacy's Defender at Brooklyn Public Library

Privacy's Defender at Prairie Lights Books

Privacy's Defender at University of Michigan

Supreme Court Agrees With EFF: ISPs Don't Have To Be Copyright Enforcers

EFF v. CMS

EFF Sues for Answers About Medicare's AI Experiment

👓 Who's Really Watching What Smartglasses See? | EFFector 38.6

Digital Hopes, Real Power: Reflecting on the Legacy of the Arab Spring

Nicole Ozer Named as Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Executive Director

UK Politicians Continue to Miss the Point in Latest Social Media Ban Proposal

Congress Is Dropping the Ball with a Clean Extension of FISA

FCC Chair Carr’s Threats to Punish Broadcasters Are Unconstitutional

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