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Domain Name Registration is Pure Speech

Update (September 5, 2014): The court denied our motion for leave to file an amicus brief.
It’s election season across the country, and candidates and their supporters are angling for attention in races big and small. Political speech is particularly important in a democracy, and EFF recently weighed in...

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Collier v. Korpi

In this case, EFF wrote an amicus brief in support of Chris Korpi, who was sued by Julie Collier after Korpi registered the domain name www.juliecollier.com. Korpi and Collier were on opposites sides of a political debate over a California local school board election. Collier sued, alleging that Korpi registered...

Emergency Hearing Today at 2 p.m. PT in NSA Spying Case

Oakland, CA - A federal judge today ordered an emergency hearing today at 2 p.m. PT after EFF learned that the government is apparently still destroying evidence of NSA spying despite a temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by the court in March.
Yesterday afternoon, EFF filed an emergency motion...

Court Again Orders Government Not to Destroy Evidence in NSA Spying Case

San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) asked a judge today to schedule an emergency hearing, after learning that the government is apparently still destroying evidence of NSA spying despite a temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by the court in March. In an order issued in response this afternoon,...

EFF at HOPE X

A bunch of EFFers will speak at HOPE X (Hackers on Planet Earth) in New York City. In its tenth year, HOPE is one of the foremost hacker events, chock full of projects, talks, workshops, and more. Be sure to stop by the EFF booth to learn about the...

On 6/5, 65 Things We Know About NSA Surveillance That We Didn’t Know a Year Ago


It’s been one year since the Guardian first published the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court order, leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, that demonstrated that the NSA was conducting dragnet surveillance on millions of innocent people. Since then, the onslaught of disturbing revelations, from disclosures, admissions from government...

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California Voters Secure Transparency in Local Government

California, you did it.
As of this morning, with 22,353 of 22,353 precincts reporting, voters approved Proposition 42, a ballot measure that ensures that local agencies must comply with the California Public Records Act (CPRA). The final tally for the Public's Right to Know Act was 61.5 percent for,...

Open Wi-Fi and Copyright: A Primer for Network Operators

Every day cafes, airports, libraries, laundromats, schools and individuals operate “open” Wi-Fi routers, sharing their connection with neighbors and passers-by at no charge. The City of San Francisco recently deployed a free, public Wi-Fi network along a three-mile stretch of Market Street. Sometimes people use those connections for unauthorized activities....

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