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EFF Urges Supreme Court to Crack Down on Patent Trolls

San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged the U.S. Supreme Court to crack down on patent trolls and the schemes they use to perpetuate their lawsuits in two amicus briefs filed today.
"Patent trolls and their payoff demands depend on a flawed U.S. patent system," said EFF...

EFF Staff to Speak at RightsCon!

The RightsCon summit is making its way back to Silicon Valley March 3-5, opening its doors to human rights experts, engineers, government representatives, and other activists from around the globe who will discuss solutions to human rights challenges. As such, a number of EFF...

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Two New Decisions Strengthen Cell Phone Privacy in Texas and Washington

On back-to-back days this week, residents in Texas and Washington received some extra legal protection for the contents of their cell phones. These decisions, while only binding on law enforcement within each respective state, could play an important role on the ongoing debate on cell phone privacy specifically, and applying...

MIAU 6th Year Anniversary Symposium

The Movement for the Internet Active Users (MIAU), the leading digital rights organization in Japan, will be celebrating their 6th year anniversary on Mar. 15 by holding a day-long symposium. The day will be filled with sessions discussing MIAU's past and present work, as well as to provide opportunities for...

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State v. Patino

EFF submitted an amicus brief to the Rhode Island Supreme Court, arguing that people have an expectation of privacy in text message conversations, regardless of whether that conversation is stored on the their own phone or someone else's.
Police responded to a 911 call that a child in an...

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State v. Granville

Along with EFF-Austin, the Texas Civil Rights Project and the ACLU of Texas, EFF urged the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to rule that a person has an expectation of privacy in the contents of their cell phone even when the phone is out of their control or custody.
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Export regulations on communication and educational technologies loosen for some sanctioned countries and not others—what gives?

With Coursera lifting restrictions for users of its online educational courses in Syria, but upholding restrictions for users in the sanctioned countries of Cuba, Iran, and Sudan, the need for streamlined communication technology policies for countries sanctioned by the U.S. is more necessary than ever.
Cuba, Syria, Sudan,...

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