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Deeplinks Blog by Elliot Harmon, Mitch Stoltz | November 17, 2020

GitHub Reinstates youtube-dl After RIAA’s Abuse of the DMCA

GitHub recently reinstated the repository for youtube-dl, a popular free software tool for downloading videos from YouTube and other user-uploaded video platforms. GitHub had taken down the repository last month after the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) abused the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s notice-and-takedown procedure to pressure...

Press Release | November 17, 2020

Computer Security Experts Urge White House to Keep Politics Out of Election Security

San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has joined more than three dozen cybersecurity experts and professional security organizations in calling for the White House to keep politics out of securing this month’s election. Election security officials and computer security experts must be able to tell the truth...

Event | December 2, 2020

Cindy Cohn at Web Summit Conference - Civil rights online

EFF's Cindy Cohn, will host a roundtable discussion that will look at "What are our rights online"? How can we protect them? This Roundtable will explore what we should know about how the web and society are structured, and about their impact on us.ParticipantsCindy Cohn Electronic Frontier FoundationNevelina Aleksandrova Ministry...

Event | December 2, 2020

Cindy Cohn at Web Summit Conference - Internet: Who owns our data?

EFF's Cindy Cohn will join moderator David Gilbert for a discussion on how Civil rights don't disappear when you go online. Find out about the dilemma facing internet users worldwide.

Deeplinks Blog by Kurt Opsahl | November 16, 2020

Elections Are Partisan Affairs. Election Security Isn't.

An Open Letter on Election SecurityVoting is the cornerstone of our democracy. And since computers are deeply involved in all segments of voting at this point, computer security is vital to the protection of this fundamental right. Everyone needs to be able to trust that the critical infrastructure systems we...

Deeplinks Blog by Dave Maass | November 16, 2020

EFF Publishes New Research on Real-Time Crime Centers in the U.S.

EFF has published a new report, "Surveillance Compounded: Real-Time Crime Centers in the United States," which profiles seven surveillance hubs operated by local law enforcement, plus data on dozens of others scattered across the country. Researched and written in collaboration with students at the Reynolds School of Journalism at...

Press Release | November 16, 2020

EFF Urges Universities to Commit to Transparency and Privacy Protections For COVID-19 Tracing Apps

San Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) called on universities that have launched or plan to launch COVID-19 tracking technologies—which sometimes collect sensitive data from users’ devices and lack adequate transparency or privacy protections—to make them entirely voluntary for students and disclose details about data collection practices.Monitoring public...

Deeplinks Blog by Katitza Rodriguez | November 16, 2020

InternetLab’s Report Sets Direction for Telecom Privacy in Brazil

Five years have passed since InternetLab published “Quem Defende Seus Dados?" (“Who defends your data?"), a report that holds ISPs accountable for their privacy and data protection policies in Brazil. Since then, major Brazilian telecom companies have provided more transparency about their data protection and privacy policies,...

Deeplinks Blog by Rory Mir | November 16, 2020

End University Mandates for COVID Tech

Since the COVID-19 crisis began, many universities have looked to novel technologies to assist their efforts to retain in-person operations. Most prominent are untested contact tracing and notification applications or devices. While universities must commit to public health, too often these programs invade privacy and lack transparency....

Deeplinks Blog by Elliot Harmon | November 16, 2020

Don’t Blame Section 230 for Big Tech’s Failures. Blame Big Tech.

Next time you hear someone blame Section 230 for a problem with social media platforms, ask yourself two questions: first, was this problem actually caused by Section 230? Second, would weakening Section 230 solve the problem? Politicians and commentators on both sides of the aisle frequently blame Section 230 for...

Event | November 20, 2020

Moderate Globally, Impact Locally: The Global Impacts of Content Moderation

While there has been plenty of discussion around the impact of social media on American democracy, across much of the Global South its influence has been even greater. In many emerging democracies, access to traditional media is limited, and independent journalism is a relatively young phenomenon. These factors can often...

Event | December 1, 2020

Teach-In Against Surveillance

EFF Special Advisor Cory Doctorow will fill the penultimate slot at the Teach-In Against Surveillance, a benefit event for Ian Linkletter, the Canadian education-technology specialist who has been targeted by the remote test-taking company Proctorio for his outspoken activism in defense of student privacy.As a community of educational...

Event | November 30, 2020

2020 Beaverbrook Annual Lecture Part II: Cory Doctorow

EFF Special Advisor Cory Doctorow presents part II of McGill University's annual Beaverbrook Lecture: How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism.Part II of the 2020 Beaverbrook Public Lecture is with acclaimed novelist, activist, and journalist, Cory Doctorow. His lecture, “How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism” will build from his recently published book...

Event | November 26, 2020

Technology, Monopoly and Intellectual Property: How 21st Century Oligarchy Controls Its Customers, Critics and Competitors

EFF Special Advisor Cory Doctorow keynotes the Cybera Cyber Summit 2020 with a talk called "Technology, Monopoly and Intellectual Property: How 21st Century Oligarchy Controls Its Customers, Critics and Competitors."

Event | November 18, 2020

"Monopolies, not mind-control" at Data Natives

EFF Special Advisor Cory Doctorow delivers the day one closing keynote at the Data Natives conference:Software has eaten the world and crapped out a dystopia: a place where Abbot Labs uses copyright claims to stop people with diabetes from taking control over their insulin dispensing and where BMW is...

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GitHub Reinstates youtube-dl After RIAA’s Abuse of the DMCA

Computer Security Experts Urge White House to Keep Politics Out of Election Security

Cindy Cohn at Web Summit Conference - Civil rights online

Cindy Cohn at Web Summit Conference - Internet: Who owns our data?

Elections Are Partisan Affairs. Election Security Isn't.

EFF Publishes New Research on Real-Time Crime Centers in the U.S.

EFF Urges Universities to Commit to Transparency and Privacy Protections For COVID-19 Tracing Apps

InternetLab’s Report Sets Direction for Telecom Privacy in Brazil

End University Mandates for COVID Tech

Don’t Blame Section 230 for Big Tech’s Failures. Blame Big Tech.

Moderate Globally, Impact Locally: The Global Impacts of Content Moderation

Teach-In Against Surveillance

2020 Beaverbrook Annual Lecture Part II: Cory Doctorow

Technology, Monopoly and Intellectual Property: How 21st Century Oligarchy Controls Its Customers, Critics and Competitors

"Monopolies, not mind-control" at Data Natives

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