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Deeplinks Blog by Parker Higgins | January 25, 2012

Dutch Courts Join Pirate Bay Blocking Bandwagon

Last week, at the urging of the Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN, the Court of The Hague ordered two ISPs to block subscriber access to The Pirate Bay. This is the second major attempt by BREIN to cut off users' access to The Pirate Bay in the Netherlands. The first,...

Deeplinks Blog by Julie Samuels | January 25, 2012

Post- SOPA and PIPA, What’s Next? No Legislation, More Innovation.

Last week’s historic protests made clear just what the tech community and Internet users are capable of accomplishing when they act together – not only have the Protect IP Act (PIPA) and its House counterpart, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), been tabled for now, but in a welcome...

Deeplinks Blog by Katitza Rodriguez | January 24, 2012

International Privacy Day: Fighting Data Retention Mandates Around the World

It has been six years since the highly controversial Data Retention Directive (DRD) was adopted in the European Union. Conceived in the EU and steamrolled by powerful U.S. and U.K. government lobbies, this mass-surveillance law compels EU-based Internet service providers to collect and retain traffic data revealing who communicates with...

Deeplinks Blog by Cindy Cohn, Katitza Rodriguez | January 24, 2012

Department of Justice Misdirection on Cloud Computing and Privacy

Does using cloud computing services based in the United States create a risk of US law enforcement access to people's data? The US Department of Justice (DOJ) seems to be trying to placate international concern by saying one thing in international fora; but it says something quite different in the...

Deeplinks Blog by Jennifer Lynch | January 24, 2012

DOJ Wants to Know Who’s Rejecting Your Friend Requests

In the latest turn in our Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit for records related to the government’s use of social networking websites, the Department of Justice finally agreed to release almost 100 pages of new records. These include draft search warrants and affidavits for Facebook and ...

Event | February 16, 2012

Tools of Change: How the Internet Helped Shape the Arab Spring

Jillian C. York is EFF's Director for International Freedom of Expression. She has studied the powerful role played by social media in the Arab Spring. She will discuss this as well as the drawback of social media, an will speak about their use in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Deeplinks Blog by Eva Galperin | January 24, 2012

Google+ and Pseudonyms: A Step in the Right Direction, Not the End of the Road

Nearly four months after first announcing it would support pseudonyms, Google rolled out changes to the account creation process for Google+ yesterday. The changes will allow users the option of choosing a nickname/alternate name to display in his or her Google+ profile, or choosing a pseudonym which is...

Deeplinks Blog by Jillian C. York | January 24, 2012

Egyptian Blogger Maikel Nabil Released from Prison

EFF is thrilled by the news that Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil (Sanad), detained since March 2011, was released today, just one day prior to the anniversary of Egypt's January 25 uprising. Though earlier reports suggested Nabil would not be released until the 26th, Al Masry Al Youm reported...

Deeplinks Blog by Jennifer Lynch | January 24, 2012

Texas Cancels Its Drone Program For Maintenance Issues

After the Washington Post wrote about the Texas Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) and other domestic law enforcement agencies’ use of drones last January, EFF filed a Public Information Act request with the agency for more information. The Texas DPS was very forthcoming and...

Deeplinks Blog by Marcia Hofmann | January 23, 2012

Disappointing Ruling in Compelled Laptop Decryption Case

A federal district court in Colorado has handed down an unfortunate early ruling (pdf) in a case in which the government is attempting to force a criminal defendant to decrypt the contents of a laptop.
In United States v. Fricosu, the government seized several computers from the...

Event | January 23, 2012

AIPLA Mid-Winter Institute

EFF Intellectual Property Director Corynne McSherry is participating in the Plenary Session "Some of the Best Things in Life are Free" at the American Intellectual Property Law Association's Mid-Winter Intstitute.
When: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 10:30 a.m.
Where: Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, NV

Press Release | January 23, 2012

Unanimous Supreme Court Ensures Americans Have Protections from GPS Surveillance

San Francisco - In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has confirmed that Americans have constitutional protections against GPS surveillance by law enforcement, holding in U.S. v. Jones that GPS tracking is a "search" under the Fourth Amendment.
In Jones, FBI agents planted a GPS device on a...

Deeplinks Blog by Corynne McSherry | January 23, 2012

Supreme Court Gets It Wrong in Golan v. Holder, Public Domain Mourns

Last week was a pretty good one for copyright law, what with a massive protest against disastrous legislation, that, hooray, got Congress to pay attention and put the legislation on hold. Unfortunately, last week we also saw the results of another bad law that Congress did manage...

Deeplinks Blog by Eva Galperin | January 20, 2012

Work for EFF's Activism Team This Summer

Are you an undergraduate or graduate student who is interested in protecting civil liberties online and fighting for a free and open Internet? Do you have strong writing and research skills? Do you love delving into the latest issues in technology, privacy, intellectual property, and transparency? Apply for EFF’s Summer...

Event | April 2, 2012

CiviCon 2012

CiviCon is THE annual event bringing together the people who use, develop, design and implement CiviCRM. The conference will have great speakers, including EFF's Micah Lee and Kellie Brownell as keynote, breakout sessions and panels highlighting real-world examples of people making non-profits rock with CiviCRM, discussions about the...

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Dutch Courts Join Pirate Bay Blocking Bandwagon

Post- SOPA and PIPA, What’s Next? No Legislation, More Innovation.

International Privacy Day: Fighting Data Retention Mandates Around the World

Department of Justice Misdirection on Cloud Computing and Privacy

DOJ Wants to Know Who’s Rejecting Your Friend Requests

Tools of Change: How the Internet Helped Shape the Arab Spring

Google+ and Pseudonyms: A Step in the Right Direction, Not the End of the Road

Egyptian Blogger Maikel Nabil Released from Prison

Texas Cancels Its Drone Program For Maintenance Issues

Disappointing Ruling in Compelled Laptop Decryption Case

AIPLA Mid-Winter Institute

Unanimous Supreme Court Ensures Americans Have Protections from GPS Surveillance

Supreme Court Gets It Wrong in Golan v. Holder, Public Domain Mourns

Work for EFF's Activism Team This Summer

CiviCon 2012

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