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Laura Poitras' Acceptance Speech For CITIZENFOUR's Academy Award

Laura Poitras won an Academy Award for her documentary CITIZENFOUR. At the ceremony, she gave a brief speech thanking everyone who helped make the film as well as acknowledging the bravery of Edward Snowden and other whistleblowers.

Here is Poitras' acceptance speech:...

EFF Outlines Plan to Fix the Broken Patent System

San Francisco - The U.S. patent system is in crisis, but there are clear steps Congress and the White House can take to mitigate the impact of vague patents, patent trolls, and a weak legal process to protect competition and creativity, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) explains in a new...

Defend Innovation: How to Fix Our Broken Patent System

The "Defend Innovation" whitepaper is the culmination of two-and-a-half years worth of research, drawing from the stories, expertise, and ideas of more than 16,500 people who agree that the current patent system is broken.
Split into two parts, the report covers both the challenges facing innovators under the current...

Laura Poitras' CITIZENFOUR Awarded Oscar for Best Documentary in 2014

CITIZENFOUR, Laura Poitras' riveting documentary about Edward Snowden's efforts to shed light on gross surveillance abuses by the United States government and its partners, just won the 2014 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Tonight's Oscar win recognizes not only the incredible cinematography of Poitras, but also her daring work...

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Abuse and Harassment: What Could Twitter Do?

The mainstream media has paid a lot more attention to abuse and harassment on Twitter lately, including a recent story by Lindy West on This American Life about her experience confronting an especially vitriolic troll. She isn’t alone—and it appears that for the company at least, the number of...

GCHQ and NSA Collaborate to Steal the Keys to Your Cellphone

Anyone interested in privacy and security should think twice about their cell phone dependence right now. That’s because today, The Intercept revealed that British spy agency GCHQ led successful efforts to hack into the internal networks of Gemalto, “the largest manufacturer of SIM cards in the world, stealing encryption...

DC Net Neutrality Party

Join Free Press, EFF, and a massive coalition of groups dedicated to real net neutrality at this party in Washington, D.C. EFF activist Parker Higgins will be in attendance, and dancing shoes are strongly recommended.

Research Without Borders Fair Use Panel

To mark Fair Use Week, EFF Director of Copyright Activism Parker Higgins will join a panel on fair use in art and photography as part of Columbia University's ongoing "Research Without Borders" series.

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