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Deeplinks Blog by Karen Gullo, Veridiana Alimonti | January 27, 2023

Brazil's Telecom Operators Made Strides and Had Shortcomings in Internet Lab's New Report on User Privacy Practices

Brazil’s biggest internet connection providers made moderate advances in protecting customer data and being transparent about their privacy practices, but fell short on meeting certain requirements for upholding users’ rights under Brazil's data protection law, according to InternetLab’s 2022 Quem Defende Seus Dados? (Who Defends Your Data?) report. In...

Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | January 25, 2023

EFF Tells Supreme Court: User Speech Must Be Protected

The Supreme Court is about to hear a case that could dramatically affect users’ speech rights online. EFF has filed a brief explaining what’s at stake, and urging the court to preserve the key law protecting user expression, 47 U.S.C § 230 (Section 230).In Gonzalez v. Google, the petitioning...

Event | March 10, 2023

EFF at SCALE 20x

Once again, EFF is excited to be back in Pasadena, CA for SCALE! Stop by the EFF booth to chat with some of our team and learn about the latest news in defending digital freedom for all. You can even pick up a special gift as a token of...

Deeplinks Blog by Jason Kelley | January 24, 2023

The Next Stage in Security Expert’s Trial Set for January 31

Swedish computer security expert Ola Bini was arrested in April, 2019, in Ecuador, and a cloud has hung over his case ever since. Bini's case has been impacted by numerous due process violations and human rights concerns, and there have been suspensions or delays at nearly every stage of...

Deeplinks Blog by Josh Richman | January 24, 2023

Podcast Episode: Don't Be Afraid to Poke the Tigers

What can a bustling electronic components bazaar in Shenzhen, China, tell us about building a better technology future? To researcher and hacker Andrew “bunnie” Huang, it symbolizes the boundless motivation, excitement, and innovation that can be unlocked if people have the rights to repair, tinker, and create. Huang believes that...

Event | March 4, 2023

NICAR 2023

EFF Investigative Researcher Beryl Lipton is on the panel "Navigating the Freedom of Information Long Game" at NICAR, IRE's annual data journalism conference.

Event | January 24, 2023

USENIX Enigma 2023 — The Emperor's New Clothes: Location Data and the Promise of Anonymization (Panel)

For years, organizations have banked on the promise of "anonymization" techniques and technologies to reduce the risk and liability of collecting or processing geolocation data. But for many technologists, the math just isn't mathing. This session will explore the regulatory and technical advancements driving location data into the privacy spotlight....

Deeplinks Blog by Cara Gagliano | January 20, 2023

For Would-Be Censors and the Thin-Skinned, Copyright Law Offers Powerful Tools

We're taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of copyright law and policy, and addressing what's at stake, and what we need to do to make...

Deeplinks Blog by Hayley Tsukayama | January 20, 2023

Right to Repair Advocates Have Had Good Victories. We Have To Keep Fighting.

It’s been a good year for right to repair advocates. Colorado passed an important law to allow wheelchair users access to resources they need to fix their own chairs. The Federal Trade Commission has stepped up enforcement of companies that limit the right to repair. And New York made history...

Deeplinks Blog by Corynne McSherry | January 19, 2023

Fair Use Creep Is A Feature, Not a Bug

Lawyers, scholars, and activists, including EFF, often highlight Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Section 230 (originally of the Communications Decency Act) as the legal foundations of the internet. But there’s another, much older, doctrine that’s at least as important: Fair use, which dates back many decades...

Deeplinks Blog by Cory Doctorow | January 19, 2023

Have You Tried Turning It Off and On Again: Rethinking Tech Regulation and Creative Labor

The Internet Copyright Wars are in their third decade, and despite the billions of dollars and trillions of phosphors spilled on its battlegrounds around the world, precious little progress has been made. A quarter of a century after Napster’s founding, we’re still haunted by the same false binaries that have...

Press Release | January 19, 2023

EFF Warns Supreme Court That Users’ Speech is at Stake When Increasing Platforms’ Liability

SAN FRANCISCO – Increasing online platforms’ liability for hosting their users’ speech would lead to severe censorship that could undermine the very architecture of the free and open internet, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) argued to the U.S. Supreme Court in a brief ...

Deeplinks Blog by Rory Mir, Molly de Blanc | January 18, 2023

Open Data and the AI Black Box

Artificial Intelligence (AI) grabs headlines with new tools like ChatGPT and DALL-E 2, but it is already here and having major impacts on our lives. Increasingly we see law enforcement, medical care, schools and workplaces all turning to the black box of AI to make life altering decisions– a trend...

Deeplinks Blog by Christian Romero | January 17, 2023

Digital Rights Updates with EFFector 35.1

It's a new year! There's no better time to keep up with the latest updates on your digital rights. Version 35, issue 1 of our EFFector newsletter is out now. Catch up on the latest EFF news by reading our newsletter or listening to the audio version below. This...

Event | February 14, 2023

EFF-Austin: Digital Privacy At The Texas Legislature

EFF-Austin , a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event:Digital Privacy At The Texas LegislatureFrom the Organizers:Every two years when the Texas Legislature is in session, EFF-Austin checks in with Kathy to discuss bills related to digital rights and privacy. Current...

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Brazil's Telecom Operators Made Strides and Had Shortcomings in Internet Lab's New Report on User Privacy Practices

EFF Tells Supreme Court: User Speech Must Be Protected

EFF at SCALE 20x

The Next Stage in Security Expert’s Trial Set for January 31

Podcast Episode: Don't Be Afraid to Poke the Tigers

NICAR 2023

USENIX Enigma 2023 — The Emperor's New Clothes: Location Data and the Promise of Anonymization (Panel)

For Would-Be Censors and the Thin-Skinned, Copyright Law Offers Powerful Tools

Right to Repair Advocates Have Had Good Victories. We Have To Keep Fighting.

Fair Use Creep Is A Feature, Not a Bug

Have You Tried Turning It Off and On Again: Rethinking Tech Regulation and Creative Labor

EFF Warns Supreme Court That Users’ Speech is at Stake When Increasing Platforms’ Liability

Open Data and the AI Black Box

Digital Rights Updates with EFFector 35.1

EFF-Austin: Digital Privacy At The Texas Legislature

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