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Press Release | February 28, 2019

EFF Implores Nine Companies to Fix It Already!

San Francisco - Technology is supposed to make our lives better, yet many big companies have products with big security and privacy holes that disrespect user control and put us all at risk. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is launching a new project called “Fix It Already!” demanding repair...
Deeplinks Blog by Shahid Buttar, Mitch Stoltz | February 27, 2019

Antitrust Enforcement Needs to Evolve for the 21st Century

Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the creation of a new task force to monitor competition in technology markets. Given the inadequacies of federal antitrust enforcement over the past generation, we welcome the new task force and reiterate our suggestions for how regulators can better protect technology markets and...
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Event | March 7, 2019

EFF Speakeasy in DC

Join the EFF staff for a drink or a bite at our next member's Speakeasy at a semi-secret location on Thursday, March 7 in Washington, D.C.! Raise a glass with EFF and discover our latest work defending your freedom online. There's no program, just a free, casual gathering to give...
Press Release | February 27, 2019

EFF Supporting California’s Privacy For All Bill, Which Puts People, Not Tech Companies, in Control of Personal Data

San Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is standing with Californians demanding more control over their personal data by supporting the Privacy For All bill, which requires tech companies to get their permission to share and use private information.“All eyes are on California, which has taken the lead nationwide in passing...
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Deeplinks Blog by Malkia Cyril | February 26, 2019

Watching the Black Body

[This is a guest post authored by Malkia Cyril, executive director of the Center for Media Justice. It was originally published in The End of Trust (McSweeney's 54)] In December 2017, FBI agents forced Rakem Balogun and his fifteen-year-old son out of their Dallas home. They arrested Balogun...
Event | April 26, 2019

EFF at LinuxFest Northwest 2019

EFF is proud to be a part of the Open Source community at LinuxFest Northwest this year for its 20th Anniversary in Bellingham, WA. LinuxFest Northwest is a free community event for people of all technical skill levels. Stop by our table in the expo hall to talk about digital...
Event | March 7, 2019

EFF at SCaLE 17x

We're happy to be returning to the 17th Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE), where you can find the EFF table in the expo hall all weekend. We're offering member special rates and unique EFF shwag for donation. Come say hi! More information about SCALe here: SCaLE 17X – the 17th...
Deeplinks Blog by Hayley Tsukayama, Adam Schwartz | February 25, 2019

Governments Must Face the Facts about Face Surveillance, and Stop Using It

It’s time for governments to confront the harmful consequences of using facial recognition technology as an instrument of surveillance. Yet law enforcement agencies across the country are purchasing face surveillance technology with insufficient oversight—despite the many ways it harms privacy and free speech and exacerbates racial injustice. EFF...

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