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Deeplinks Blog by Cory Doctorow | June 7, 2019

Adversarial Interoperability: Reviving an Elegant Weapon From a More Civilized Age to Slay Today's Monopolies

Today, Apple is one of the largest, most profitable companies on Earth, but in the early 2000s, the company was fighting for its life. Microsoft's Windows operating system was ascendant, and Microsoft leveraged its dominance to ensure that every Windows user relied on its Microsoft Office suite (Word...

Deeplinks Blog by Jennifer Lynch | June 6, 2019

Same Problem, Different Day: Government Accountability Office Updates Its Review of FBI’s Use of Face Recognition—and It’s Still Terrible

This week the federal Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued an update to its 2016 report on the FBI’s use of face recognition. The takeaway, which they also shared during a Congressional House Oversight Committee hearing: the FBI now has access to 641 million photos—including driver’s license and...

Event | June 18, 2019

Cult of the Dead Cow Book Event at the Internet Archive

Join us on June 18, 2019 at the Internet Archive for a book reading and panel discussion about (and with!) some of the original hacking supergroup, the Cult of the Dead Cow. Modern security owes much to this irreverent group, whose members pioneered both smart independent security research and hacking...

Deeplinks Blog by Threat Lab | June 4, 2019

30 Years Since Tiananmen Square: The State of Chinese Censorship and Digital Surveillance

Thirty years ago today, the Chinese Communist Party used military force to suppress a peaceful pro-democracy demonstration by thousands of university students. Hundreds (some estimates go as high as thousands) of innocent protesters were killed. Every year, people around the world come together to mourn and...

Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | June 4, 2019

EFF Tells Congress: Don’t Throw Out Good Patent Laws

At a Senate hearing today, EFF Staff Attorney Alex Moss gave formal testimony [PDF] about how to make sure our patent laws promote innovation, not abusive litigation. Moss described how Section 101 of the U.S. patent laws serves a crucial role in protecting the public. She urged the Senate...

Press Release | June 4, 2019

Hearing Today: EFF Staff Attorney Alex Moss Will Testify About Proposed Changes to Patent Law That Will Benefit Trolls, Foster Bad Patents

Washington D.C.—EFF Staff Attorney Alex Moss will tell U.S. lawmakers today that proposed changes to Section 101 of the U.S. Patent Act—the section that defines, and limits, what can get a patent—will upend years of case law that ensures only true inventions, not basic practices or rudimentary ideas, should...

Press Release | June 3, 2019

Caught in the Net: The Impact of ‘Extremist’ Speech Regulations on Human Rights Content

San Francisco – Social media companies have long struggled with what to do about extremist content that advocates for or celebrates terrorism and violence. But the dominant current approach, which features overbroad and vague policies and practices for removing content, is already decimating human rights content online, according to a...

Deeplinks Blog by Alan Toner | June 3, 2019

Research Shows Publishers Benefit Little From Tracking Ads

Advertising industry lobbyists have long argued that tracking users is necessary to power a publishing industry that makes its content available to users for “free”— despite a heavy privacy cost. Right now, a majority of publishers make money by working with advertisers that collect personal information about users as they...

Deeplinks Blog by Jillian C. York | June 3, 2019

The Impact of "Extremist" Speech Regulations on Human Rights Content

Today, EFF is publishing a new white paper, "Caught in the Net: The Impact of 'Extremist' Speech Regulations on Human Rights Content." The paper is a joint effort of EFF, Syrian Archive, and Witness and was written in response to the Christchurch Call to Action. This paper analyzes the impact...

Deeplinks Blog by Ernesto Falcon | May 30, 2019

AT&T Sues California to Prevent Oversight Over IP Based 911 Calls Using State Law AT&T Supported and Wants Renewed

The California legislature in 2011 passed a law to remove state and local authority over the broadband access market to “ensure a vibrant and competitive open Internet that allows California's technology businesses to continue to flourish and contribute to economic development throughout the state.” Sounds good, right? But that never...

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Caught in the Net: The Impact of "Extremist" Speech Regulations on Human Rights Content

A joint publication from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Syrian Archive, and Witness by Abdul Rahman Al Jaloud, Hadi Al Khatib,Jeff Deutch, Dia Kayyali, and Jillian C. York Contents Introduction Content moderation and “extremist content” Blunt measures affect marginalized users Example 1: Independence for Chechnya ...

Deeplinks Blog by Alex Moss | May 29, 2019

A Terrible Patent Bill is On the Way

Recently, we reported on the problems with a proposal from Senators Coons and Tillis to rewrite Section 101 of the Patent Act. Now, those senators have released a draft bill of changes they want to make. It’s not any better. Section 101 prevents monopolies on basic research tools...

Deeplinks Blog by Rebecca Jeschke | May 29, 2019

EFF Receives $300,000 Donation from Craig Newmark Philanthropies to Support Threat Lab

Great news for EFF’s Threat Lab: Craig Newmark Philanthropies has donated $300,000 to support its work to protect journalists, sources, and others against targeted malware attacks. EFF identifies and tracks the rise of malware attacks, which primarily affect journalists and their sources globally. We have collaborated with groups...

Deeplinks Blog by Bennett Cyphers | May 28, 2019

Fines Aren’t Enough: Here’s How the FTC Can Make Facebook Better

The Federal Trade Commission is likely to announce that Facebook’s many violations of users’ privacy in recent years also violated its consent decree with the commission. In its financial filings, Facebook has indicated that it expects to be fined between $3 and $5 billion by the FTC. But...

Deeplinks Blog by Dave Maass | May 28, 2019

EFF Asks San Bernardino Court to Review Cell-Site Simulator and Digital Search Warrants That Are Likely Improperly Sealed

Since the California legislature passed a 2015 law requiring cops to get a search warrant before probing our devices, rifling through our online accounts, or tracking our phones, EFF has been on a quest to examine court filings to determine whether law enforcement agencies are following the new rules...

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Adversarial Interoperability: Reviving an Elegant Weapon From a More Civilized Age to Slay Today's Monopolies

Same Problem, Different Day: Government Accountability Office Updates Its Review of FBI’s Use of Face Recognition—and It’s Still Terrible

Cult of the Dead Cow Book Event at the Internet Archive

30 Years Since Tiananmen Square: The State of Chinese Censorship and Digital Surveillance

EFF Tells Congress: Don’t Throw Out Good Patent Laws

Hearing Today: EFF Staff Attorney Alex Moss Will Testify About Proposed Changes to Patent Law That Will Benefit Trolls, Foster Bad Patents

Caught in the Net: The Impact of ‘Extremist’ Speech Regulations on Human Rights Content

Research Shows Publishers Benefit Little From Tracking Ads

The Impact of "Extremist" Speech Regulations on Human Rights Content

AT&T Sues California to Prevent Oversight Over IP Based 911 Calls Using State Law AT&T Supported and Wants Renewed

Caught in the Net: The Impact of "Extremist" Speech Regulations on Human Rights Content

A Terrible Patent Bill is On the Way

EFF Receives $300,000 Donation from Craig Newmark Philanthropies to Support Threat Lab

Fines Aren’t Enough: Here’s How the FTC Can Make Facebook Better

EFF Asks San Bernardino Court to Review Cell-Site Simulator and Digital Search Warrants That Are Likely Improperly Sealed

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