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Kuwait Prepares to Crack Down on Social Media

Kuwait’s Information Minister, Minister Sheikh Mohammad al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, announced last week that Kuwait plans to pass new laws regulating the use of social networking sites such as Twitter in order to “safeguard the cohesiveness of the population and society.” The Information Minister’s announcement reflects growing panic over comments in...

Copyright Troll

Hollywood's Trolls

Our movie industry has created some memorable monsters on screen. But Hollywood, and the major music labels, also helped create a very real kind of monster - copyright trolls who coerce settlements from Internet subscribers using intimidation and our out-of-whack copyright laws. Last Friday, EFF Senior Staff Technologist ...

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US v. Wahchumwah

EFF filed an amicus brief in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Ricky Wahchumwah, a tribal member of the Yakima Nation who was suspected of selling bald and gold eagle feathers in violation of federal law. As part of the investigation, a undercover agent from...

Privacy Identity Innovation 2012: Seattle

The third edition of the Privacy Identity Innovation conference will be held in downtown Seattle. pii2012 Seattle will explore how to protect sensitive information while enabling new technologies and business models. EFF Activist Parker Higgins will be participating as a speaker in the "Designing for Privacy & Trust" workshop...

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ACTA in the EU: We Can't Call it Dead Yet

The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) was dealt a major blow on April 12 when MEP David Martin, the European Parliament’s rapporteur for the agreement and member of the Committee responsible for delivering the recommendation [doc] to European Parliament to adopt or reject the agreement, announced that he would be recommending...
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EFF Condemns CISPA, Vows to Take Fight to the Senate


Hours ago, the House of Representatives voted to approve the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), a bill that would allow companies to bypass all existing privacy law to spy on communications and pass sensitive user data to the government. EFF condemns the vote in...

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