Skip to main content
Podcast Episode: About Face (Recognition)

Deeplinks Blog

Deeplinks Blog

FIRST Act Amended to Make Open Access Provision Actually Pretty Good

Finally, some good news from Congress this week. Patent and surveillance reform may be suffering setbacks, but open access may be recovering thanks to a new provision passed yesterday that mandates a solid public access policy for NASA, NSF, NIST, the National Weather Service, and the Office of Science of...

Southeast LinuxFest


The SouthEast LinuxFest is a community event for anyone who wants to learn more about Linux and Free & Open Source software. It is part educational conference, and part social gathering. Like Linux itself, it is shared with attendees of all skill levels to communicate tips, ideas,...

Members-Only Speakeasy: Bay Area


Join the Electronic Frontier Foundation staff for a drink and riveting digital freedom discussion on Thursday, June 5th! Twice a year, EFF invites Bay Area donors and colleagues to connect with one other and to meet the people behind the world's leading online civil liberties organization. This is...

Senator Leahy Kills Patent Reform (For Now)

Patent reform suffered a massive setback today when Senator Patrick Leahy, as chair of the Judiciary Committee, announced that he is taking patent reform “off the agenda.” We understand that other senators—particularly Sens. Chuck Schumer and John Cornyn—were still working hard to reach a bipartisan deal. Just as they...

International issues banner, a colorful graphic of a globe

To Bassel On His 33rd Birthday

Today, Bassel (Safadi) Khartabil is celebrating his 33rd birthday in prison. This day is the 799th since the young software developer was detained in Damascus, Syria. That’s nearly 800 days that Bassel has not been able to write code, or tweet, or hug his family, or do any of...

EFF Dismayed by House's Gutted USA FREEDOM Act

EFF and Other Civil Liberties Organizations Call on Congress to Support Uncompromising Reform
Since the introduction of the USA FREEDOM Act, a bill that has over 140 cosponsors, Congress has been clear about its intent: ending the mass collection of Americans' calling records. Many members of Congress, the President's...

Pages

Back to top

JavaScript license information