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Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | March 22, 2021

Pasco County’s Sheriff Must End Its Targeted Child Harassment Program

In September 2020, the Tampa Bay Times revealed a destructive “data-driven” policing program run by the Pasco County, Florida Sheriff's Office. The program is misleadingly called “Intelligence-Led Policing” (ILP), but in reality, it's nothing more than targeted child harassment by police. Young people's school grades and absences, minor...

Press Release | March 22, 2021

Video Hearing Tuesday: EFF Tells California Lawmakers to Crack Down on License Plate Data Collection

Sacramento – On Tuesday, March 23, at 1:30 pm PT, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will urge California senators to crack down on location tracking by passing SB 210, a bill that would require the destruction of automatically collected license plate data within 24 hours of collection, among other...

Deeplinks Blog by Dave Maass, Hayley Tsukayama | March 19, 2021

EFF Joins Effort to Restrict Automated License Plate Readers in California

One year ago, the California State Auditor released a damning report on the use of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) by local law enforcement agencies that confirmed concerns EFF has raised for years. Police are using these camera systems to collect enormous amounts of sensitive data on Californians'...

Deeplinks Blog by Ernesto Falcon, Katharine Trendacosta | March 18, 2021

AT&T’s HBO Max Deal Was Never Free

When it launched HBO Max, AT&T also announced that usage of the service would not count against the data caps of its customers, a practice known as “zero-rating.” This means that people on limited data plans could watch as much HBO Max content as they wished without incurring overage fees...

Deeplinks Blog by Aaron Jue, Christian Romero | March 18, 2021

EFF Members: We Want to Hear From You!

For the first time, the Electronic Frontier Foundation is reaching out to its vast community to improve its membership program and outreach.Today current EFF members and other donors from the past year will receive an email inviting them to tell us how to better serve our supporters. Public support...

Deeplinks Blog by Christoph Schmon | March 18, 2021

Twitter, Trump, and Tough Decisions: EU Freedom of Expression and the Digital Services Act

This blog post was co-written by Dr. Aleksandra Kuczerawy (Senior Fellow and Researcher at KU Leuven) and inspired by her publication at Verfassungsblog.Suspension of Trump’s Social Media Accounts: Controversial, but not unprecedentedThe suspension of the social media accounts of former U.S. President Donald Trump by Twitter, Facebook, Instagram,...

Event | March 19, 2021

DEFCON 201 Meetup: Four F%&king Years

DEFCON 201, a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event:DEFCON 201 Meetup: Four F%&king YearsFrom the Organizers:Welcome to the March 2021 DEFCON 201 Meet Up!All activities, chats, talks, workshops and DC 201 insanity will be broadcasted online via our LIVE STREAMS...

Deeplinks Blog by Katharine Trendacosta, Danny O'Brien | March 17, 2021

An Antitrust Exemption for News Media Won’t Take Us Back to the Time Before Big Tech

Something is rotten online. Facebook and Google dominate the market on online advertising, depleting the resources needed by any other company reliant on serving digital content. For news media, the confluence of an increasingly digital world with Google and Facebook’s siphoning of online advertising revenue has been catastrophic. Unfortunately, giving...

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Digital Markets Act: What’s in it for citizens?

There is a change of Internet rules coming to Europe: Two very important pieces of legislation—the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act—will bring much -needed change to the online sphere. At an EU Parliament event, EFF Special Advisor Cory Doctorow will explain EFF's perspective on the ongoing reform process...

Deeplinks Blog by Alexis Hancock | March 17, 2021

Additional Regulations Approved for the California Consumer Privacy Act

The California Attorney General recently published new regulations that implement the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), a law that takes some important steps to empower consumer choice. What stands out the most in the new regulations is the explicit prohibitions around deceitful...

Event | March 17, 2021

The Untold Story of SOPA/PIPA

In January of 2012, an unprecedented coordinated protest took place online in opposition to two federal bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). More than 115,000 websites published protest content or even completely shut down for the day in...

Event | March 17, 2021

After the Riots: Is Surveillance the Answer?

S.T.O.P.- a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event:After the Riots: Is Surveillance the Answer?From the Organizers:Join Tech Workers Coalition SD, PANA, SURJ San Diego, Pillars of the Community, and Associated Students of UCSD for a discussion of safety in a...

Press Release | March 16, 2021

EFF’s Crowd-Sourced Atlas of Surveillance Project Honored with Award for Advancing Public’s Right to Know About Police Spying

SAN FRANCISCO—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is pleased to announce it has received the James Madison Freedom of Information Award for Electronic Access for its groundbreaking, crowd-sourced Atlas of Surveillance, the largest-ever collection of searchable data on the use of surveillance technologies by law enforcement agencies across the...

Event | March 23, 2021

Cindy Cohn at Priv8

Join EFF's Cindy Cohn at Priv8, the virtual privacy summit. Cindy will moderate Edward Snowden's keynote address How to Fix a Broken Internet.The summit runs from March 23-25, and will feature keynotes from all fronts of the privacy war. The conference will shine a light on the battle-lines drawn between...

Deeplinks Blog by Ernesto Falcon | March 15, 2021

Sacramento Might be Undergoing a Broadband Policy Reboot

When it comes to broadband policy, much of the attention on California understandably has been focused on its legal win on S.B. 822, its landmark net neutrality law. That court case is likely to head to the 9th Circuit next, and we are optimistic that the state will prevail....

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Pasco County’s Sheriff Must End Its Targeted Child Harassment Program

Video Hearing Tuesday: EFF Tells California Lawmakers to Crack Down on License Plate Data Collection

EFF Joins Effort to Restrict Automated License Plate Readers in California

AT&T’s HBO Max Deal Was Never Free

EFF Members: We Want to Hear From You!

Twitter, Trump, and Tough Decisions: EU Freedom of Expression and the Digital Services Act

DEFCON 201 Meetup: Four F%&king Years

An Antitrust Exemption for News Media Won’t Take Us Back to the Time Before Big Tech

Digital Markets Act: What’s in it for citizens?

Additional Regulations Approved for the California Consumer Privacy Act

The Untold Story of SOPA/PIPA

After the Riots: Is Surveillance the Answer?

EFF’s Crowd-Sourced Atlas of Surveillance Project Honored with Award for Advancing Public’s Right to Know About Police Spying

Cindy Cohn at Priv8

Sacramento Might be Undergoing a Broadband Policy Reboot

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