This month, the New York Times reported that the FBI has updated its internal domestic investigations guidelines to provide its agents with “significant new powers.” According to the Times, this update will provide agents with “more leeway to search databases, go through household trash or use surveillance teams to...

Summer is the season to crack down on the Internet — or so Tennessee seems to think.
First, the state made it a crime for people to share credentials for entertainment subscription services like Netflix and Rhapsody.
Now the governor has signed a law that says a...

EFF asked the Supreme Court yesterday to weigh in on Vernor v. Autodesk, a case that tests whether the "first sale doctrine" will survive in the digital age.
Under the first sale doctrine, once a copyright owner sells or gives you a copy of her...

Notorious copyright litigation company Righthaven got another smack down from the Federal bench today, in Righthaven v. Hoehn. In line with Judge Roger Hunt’s decision last week, Judge Phillip Pro held that Righthaven did not own the copyright at issue, and – even if it did – the...

Canadian Filtering Tool Used in Middle East
Canadian company Netsweeper produces filtering software that is utilized by several countries to block web sites across various categories. In Yemen, popular blogging site Tumblr is blocked, due to Netsweeper’s categorization of the site as “pornographic.”
Similarly, a number of...

New member shirts! For a limited time, pick up the new swag featuring EFF blasting through injustice in the digital universe. The front showcases our 8-bit style robot mecha girl throwing EFF pixel fire across the chest. The back proclaims "I FIGHT FOR THE USERS" for all of you...

by David Rizk, EFF Legal Intern
As the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression noted recently “[Internet] Intermediaries play a fundamental role in enabling Internet users to enjoy their right to freedom of expression and access to information. Given their unprecedented influence over how and...