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Event | April 22, 2020

At Home With EFF: COVID-19, Free Speech, and Privacy

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced both individuals and companies to adopt new practices and new technologies quickly—sometimes creating serious risks to our civil liberties. Join EFF for a livestreamed video discussion about what we've learned as online platform moderation becomes more automated, with platforms like Facebook flagging and censoring more...

Press Release | April 14, 2020

EFF Seeks Public Comment About Expanding and Improving Santa Clara Principles

San Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) announced today a call for feedback and recommendations from organizations and individuals around the world to update the landmark 2018 Santa Clara Principles on Transparency and Accountability, which established due process standards for moderating users’ online speech.Parties interested in strengthening and expanding the standards...

Deeplinks Blog by Andrew Crocker, Kurt Opsahl, Bennett Cyphers | April 10, 2020

The Challenge of Proximity Apps For COVID-19 Contact Tracing

Around the world, a diverse and growing chorus is calling for the use of smartphone proximity technology to fight COVID-19. In particular, public health experts and others argue that smartphones could provide a solution to an urgent need for rapid, widespread contact tracing—that is, tracking who infected people come in...

Deeplinks Blog by Corynne McSherry, Katharine Trendacosta | April 10, 2020

Sharing Our Common Culture in Uncommon Times

We are in an unprecedented time. People are being told to stay home as much as possible. Some of us are lucky enough to have jobs that can be done remotely, schools are closed and kids are home, and healthcare, grocery, or other essential workers are looking for respite where...

Event | April 21, 2020

Flatten The Curve Summit

Flatten the Curve Summit is bringing together leading experts in public health, law, cyber conflict, climate change, collaboration, and digital self-defense. This three-day remote Summit will showcase each of its 21 speakers for one-hour remote sessions where they will share empowering knowledge, strategies, and tools. Attendees will learn how to...

Deeplinks Blog by Bennett Cyphers | April 9, 2020

Twitter Removes Privacy Option, and Shows Why We Need Strong Privacy Laws

Twitter greeted its users with a confusing notification this week. “The control you have over what information Twitter shares with its business partners has changed,” it said. The changes will “help Twitter continue operating as a free service,” it assured. But at what cost? What Changed? Twitter has changed what...

Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | April 8, 2020

Lengthening Patent Terms by 10 Years is Exactly the Wrong Response to COVID-19

Governments around the world are taking steps to make sure that private corporations don’t use the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to make unjustified monopoly profits. They’re doing that by ensuring that governments can override patents and issue compulsory licenses for COVID-19 related treatments, vaccines, and tools. Canada’s recent...

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia, Cooper Quintin | April 7, 2020

Thermal Imaging Cameras are Still Dangerous Dragnet Surveillance Cameras

As governments around the world continue to seek solutions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, companies are eager to sell their technology as a silver bullet to defeating the virus. The public already has seen privacy-invasive proposals for geolocation tracking and face recognition. Now, some vendors of surveillance...

Deeplinks Blog by Andrés Arrieta, Mitch Stoltz | April 7, 2020

Google-Fitbit Merger Would Cement Google’s Data Empire

Google buying another tech company isn’t new. But Google’s proposed acquisition of Fitbit poses an extraordinary threat to competition and user privacy. Users face having their Fitbit information added to Google’s already large and invasive data pool, and a world that makes it harder and harder for privacy-focused tech...

Deeplinks Blog by Jacob Hoffman-Andrews, Andrew Crocker | April 6, 2020

How to Protect Privacy When Aggregating Location Data to Fight COVID-19

As governments, the private sector, NGOs, and others mobilize to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve seen calls to use location information—typically drawn from GPS and cell tower data—to inform public health efforts. Among the proposed uses of location data, one of the most widely discussed is analyzing aggregated data...

Deeplinks Blog by Naomi Gilens, Jamie Williams | April 6, 2020

Federal Judge Rules It Is Not a Crime to Violate a Website’s Terms of Service

In a highly anticipated decision, a federal judge in Washington, D.C. has ruled that violating a website’s terms of service does not violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), the notoriously vague federal computer crime law. This decision solidifies the trend in courts to reject...

Deeplinks Blog by Ernesto Falcon | April 6, 2020

California Legislator Introduces Fiber Broadband for All Bill

Senator Lena Gonzalez has introduced legislation (SB 1130), which would allow the California state government to actively promote the transition of the state’s legacy communications infrastructure into a multi-gigabit fiber network that is competitive, affordable, and available to all residents lacking high-speed access. It does so by reforming the...

Event | April 14, 2020

Web 3.0, Polkadot & the 2020s: Internet Privacy Beyond Big Tech

Our speaker this month is Dan Reecer. Dan is the Community & Growth Manager for Polkadot, a next-generation blockchain network founded by the former co-founder and CTO of Ethereum, Gavin Wood.

Deeplinks Blog by Adam Schwartz | April 3, 2020

How EFF Evaluates Government Demands for New Surveillance Powers

The COVID-19 public health crisis has no precedent in living memory. But government demands for new high-tech surveillance powers are all too familiar. This includes well-meaning proposals to use various forms of data about disease transmission among people. Even in the midst of a crisis, the public must carefully evaluate...

Deeplinks Blog by Naomi Gilens | April 3, 2020

Politicians Blocking Users They Don’t Like on Twitter Are Violating the First Amendment, and Endangering Public Safety Amid the Pandemic

Like many Americans, Missourian Mike Campbell follows his elected officials on Twitter. That is, he did—until his state representative, Cheri Toalson Reisch, blocked him after he retweeted comments critical of her. We’ve seen other public officials, including President Trump, try to block on Twitter people whose views they don’t...

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At Home With EFF: COVID-19, Free Speech, and Privacy

EFF Seeks Public Comment About Expanding and Improving Santa Clara Principles

The Challenge of Proximity Apps For COVID-19 Contact Tracing

Sharing Our Common Culture in Uncommon Times

Flatten The Curve Summit

Twitter Removes Privacy Option, and Shows Why We Need Strong Privacy Laws

Lengthening Patent Terms by 10 Years is Exactly the Wrong Response to COVID-19

Thermal Imaging Cameras are Still Dangerous Dragnet Surveillance Cameras

Google-Fitbit Merger Would Cement Google’s Data Empire

How to Protect Privacy When Aggregating Location Data to Fight COVID-19

Federal Judge Rules It Is Not a Crime to Violate a Website’s Terms of Service

California Legislator Introduces Fiber Broadband for All Bill

Web 3.0, Polkadot & the 2020s: Internet Privacy Beyond Big Tech

How EFF Evaluates Government Demands for New Surveillance Powers

Politicians Blocking Users They Don’t Like on Twitter Are Violating the First Amendment, and Endangering Public Safety Amid the Pandemic

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