Former CNET blogger Chris Soghoian has produced some of the best coverage on the issue of privacy for users of government websites. His work on the use of YouTube cookies and other tracking technologies on whitehouse.gov brought public attention to the issue, and inspired EFF to ...

The battle to control online music has taken a particularly outrageous turn. As if private censorship, fines, intimidation and blacklisting weren't enough, now the Department of Justice — for the first time we're aware of — is threatening to throw a man in jail for noncommercial music-sharing.The...

On his first day in office, President Obama took the advice of EFF and other nonprofits, ordering federal agencies to share more information with the public — particularly emphasizing openness in response to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. This is a great first step, but we need...

Whitehouse.gov Continues YouTube UseThe White House appears to have ended its "experiment" with hosting its own videos, and has returned to using YouTube. Will user info be harvested for Google's targeted advertising?
Court Tosses Gibson's Guitar Hero SuitGibson Guitar's patent infringement suit against the Guitar Hero game...

Today Google launched its behavioral targeting ad program, which it calls "interest-based advertising." This move has been widely expected once Google completed its $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick one year ago today.The issues with behavioral advertising have been with us for over a decade (DoubleClick...

Electronic Frontier Finland to Fight Business Snooping LawThe so-called "Lex Nokia", which allows businesses to monitor their employees' net traffic, passed this month, but EFI vows to fight on.

German Court Rules Current E-Voting UnconstitutionalThe 2005 election, which used electronic voting, will stand, but the court says that...

Two weeks ago, the Irish music industry's trade body, the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA), wrote to all Irish ISPs — and, apparently accidentally, many other unrelated Internet companies — requiring that the ISPs instigate a "three strikes" policy with their customers, and universally block sites that IRMA...