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Deeplinks Blog by Camille Fischer, Corynne McSherry, Shahid Buttar | July 23, 2018

The Next Supreme Court Justice: Here's What the Senate Should Ask About New Technologies and the Internet

Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination has sparked a great deal of discussion about his views on reproductive rights and executive authority. But the Supreme Court tackles a broad range of issues, including the present and future of digital rights and innovation. As Congress plays its crucial constitutional role in scrutinizing judicial nominees...

Deeplinks Blog by Alex Moss | July 23, 2018

Federal Circuit Rejects Pharmaceutical Company’s Attempt to Dodge Review of its Patents

The Federal Circuit has prevented a private company from using a Native American tribe’s rights to bar the Patent Office from reviewing its patents. The case involves a pharmaceutical company, Allergan, that paid the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe to “own” its patents, and then assert sovereign immunity to avoid inter...

Deeplinks Blog by Shahid Buttar | July 20, 2018

California Can Pioneer Local Community Oversight of Police Surveillance

For nearly a decade, a company known as Harris Corp. managed to sell sophisticated military surveillance equipment to police departments across the U.S. without any elected policymakers knowing that their tools even existed. A proposed law in Sacramento could ensure that this history never repeats itself. Corporate secrets subvert...

Deeplinks Blog by Gennie Gebhart, Cory Doctorow | July 20, 2018

Between You, Me, and Google: Problems With Gmail's “Confidential Mode”

With Gmail’s new design rolled out to more and more users, many have had a chance to try out its new “Confidential Mode.” While many of its features sound promising, what “Confidential Mode” provides isn’t confidentiality. At best, the new mode might create expectations that it fails...

Event | July 31, 2018

Decentralized Web Summit

Join EFF at the Decentralized Web Summit in San Francisco! We’ll be joining community members, builders, and experts to discuss how core civil liberties translate to the decentralized web ecosystem. Make sure to catch the following presentations and events featuring EFF staff: Cindy Cohn, Executive Director: Decentralizing Social Networks (Panel...

Deeplinks Blog by David Ruiz | July 17, 2018

Undermining Mobile Phone Users’ Privacy Won’t Make Us Safer

The Kelsey Smith Act Would Force Cell Providers to Turn Private User Data Over to Law Enforcement Tragedies often bring political proposals that would do more harm than help—undermining our right to secure communications, for example, or our right to gather online. It is in these moments we...

Press Release | July 17, 2018

Win for Public Right to Know: Court Vacates Injunction Against Publishing the Law

San Francisco – A federal appeals court today ruled that industry groups cannot control publication of binding laws and standards. This decision protects the work of Public.Resource.org (PRO), a nonprofit organization that works to improve access to government documents. PRO is represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the law...

Press Release | July 17, 2018

Hearing Thursday: EFF Asks Court to Block Enforcement of FOSTA While Lawsuit Proceeds

Washington, D.C.—On Thursday, July 19, at 4 pm, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will urge a federal judge to put enforcement of FOSTA on hold during the pendency of its lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal law. The hold is needed, in part, to allow plaintiff Woodhull Freedom Foundation...

Deeplinks Blog by Danny O'Brien | July 16, 2018

A Key Victory Against European Copyright Filters and Link Taxes - But What's Next?

Against all the odds, but with the support of nearly a million Europeans, MEPs voted earlier this month to reject the EU's proposed copyright reform—including controversial proposals to create a new "snippet" right for news publishers, and mandatory copyright filters for sites that published user uploaded content. The...

Deeplinks Blog by Dave Maass | July 16, 2018

FBI Wish List: An App That Can Recognize the Meaning of Your Tattoos

We’ve long known that the FBI is heavily invested in developing face recognition technology as a key component in its criminal investigations. But new records, obtained by EFF through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, show that’s not the only biometric marker the agency has its...

Deeplinks Blog by Katharine Trendacosta | July 13, 2018

EFF to Japan: Reject Website Blocking

Website blocking to deal with alleged copyright infringement is like cutting off your hand to deal with a papercut. Sure, you don’t have a papercut anymore, but you’ve also lost a lot more than you’ve gained. The latest country to consider a website blocking proposal is Japan, and EFF has...

Deeplinks Blog by Alex Moss | July 13, 2018

EFF to Patent Office: Don't Make it Harder to Kill Bad Patents

It’s already much too difficult to invalidate bad patents—the kind that never should have been issued in the first place. Now, unfortunately, the Patent Office has proposed regulation changes that will make it even harder. That’s the wrong path to take. This week, EFF submitted comments [PDF] opposing the...

Deeplinks Blog by Cindy Cohn | July 13, 2018

Should Your Company Help ICE? “Know Your Customer” Standards for Evaluating Domestic Sales of Surveillance Equipment

Employees at Google, Microsoft, and Amazon have raised public concerns about those companies assisting U.S. military, law enforcement, and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) in deploying various kinds of surveillance technologies. These public calls from employees raise important questions: what steps should a company take...

Event | August 31, 2018

EFF at Dragon Con 2018

The Electronic Frontier Foundation returns to Dragon Con once again to participate in a series of panels about technology, civil liberties, activism, and pop culture. EFF Deputy Executive Director Kurt Opsahl, Senior Investigative Researcher Dave Maass, Grassroots Advocacy Organizer Nathan Sheard, and Staff Technologist Erica Portnoy will participate in...

Deeplinks Blog by Kurt Opsahl | July 12, 2018

EFF Responds to Vigilant Solutions’ Accusations About EFF ALPR Report

On Tuesday, we wrote a report about how the Irvine Company, a private real estate development company, has collected automated license plate reader (ALPR) data from patrons of several of its shopping centers, and is providing the collected data to Vigilant Solutions, a contractor notorious for its contracts with...

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The Next Supreme Court Justice: Here's What the Senate Should Ask About New Technologies and the Internet

Federal Circuit Rejects Pharmaceutical Company’s Attempt to Dodge Review of its Patents

California Can Pioneer Local Community Oversight of Police Surveillance

Between You, Me, and Google: Problems With Gmail's “Confidential Mode”

Decentralized Web Summit

Undermining Mobile Phone Users’ Privacy Won’t Make Us Safer

Win for Public Right to Know: Court Vacates Injunction Against Publishing the Law

Hearing Thursday: EFF Asks Court to Block Enforcement of FOSTA While Lawsuit Proceeds

A Key Victory Against European Copyright Filters and Link Taxes - But What's Next?

FBI Wish List: An App That Can Recognize the Meaning of Your Tattoos

EFF to Japan: Reject Website Blocking

EFF to Patent Office: Don't Make it Harder to Kill Bad Patents

Should Your Company Help ICE? “Know Your Customer” Standards for Evaluating Domestic Sales of Surveillance Equipment

EFF at Dragon Con 2018

EFF Responds to Vigilant Solutions’ Accusations About EFF ALPR Report

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