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Deeplinks Blog by Veridiana Alimonti, Danny O'Brien | February 11, 2020

Uruguay se apura a entrar en la polémica del derecho al olvido

Cuanto más avanza el "Derecho al olvido" (RTBF) en línea desde su creación original por el Tribunal de Justicia de Europa, más amplias y perjudiciales parecen ser sus ramificaciones. El último intento de insertarlo es una propuesta apresurada en Uruguay. Las quejas de múltiples grupos de derechos digitales...

Event | February 16, 2020

Phishing and Malware

Cryptoparty Ann Arbor, a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event: Phishing and Malware From the Organizers: The most common threats you are likely to face online are links and files pretending to be something they’re not — in other words...

Event | February 16, 2020

Social Media: Challenges and Ways to Promote Freedoms and Protect Activists (Doha)

EFF Director for International Freedom of Expression Jillian York will be speaking at an internationally-organized event in Doha entitled “Social Media: Challenges and Ways to Promote Freedoms and Protect Activists”.

Press Release | February 10, 2020

EFF, Internet Society, and Professors To Discuss Controversial Sale of the .ORG Registry

Washington, D.C.—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and advocates for public interest organizations will participate tomorrow in an open discussion about a controversial plan by the nonprofit Internet Society to sell the .ORG domain registry to private equity firm Ethos Capital. EFF and hundreds of .ORGs oppose the $1.1 billion transaction...

Event | February 16, 2020

SecuriTEA Time: FeministCyberSelfDefense

SecuriTEA Time: FeministCyberSelfDefense From the Organizers:“'Caring for myself is not an indulgence, it is self-preservation and that is an act of political warfare.'” - Audre LordeThe holistic approach to security integrates self-care, well-being, digital security, and information security into traditional security management practices."Our digital lives may not be as...

Press Release | February 7, 2020

Appeals Court Win for Open Source Advocate Speaking Out on Licensing Restrictions

San Francisco – An Open Source advocate and blogger criticizing a company, Open Source Security Inc. (OSS), has successfully defended a defamation lawsuit after an appeals court found that the company’s accusations against the blogger were baseless. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) represented Bruce Perens, a founder of...

Deeplinks Blog by Cory Doctorow | February 6, 2020

Europeans Deserve to Have Their Governments Test—Not Trust—Filters

Thanks to the adoption of a disastrous new Copyright Directive, the European Union is about to require its member states to pass laws requiring online service providers to ensure the unavailability of copyright-protected works. This will likely result in the use of copyright filters that automatically assess user-submitted audio, text...

Deeplinks Blog by Gennie Gebhart | February 5, 2020

How To Protect Your Phone Number On Twitter

The bad news is that Twitter has disclosed a failure to protect users' phone numbers, again. The good news is that Twitter users can take steps to protect themselves. Earlier this week, Twitter announced it had discovered and shut down “a large network of fake accounts” that were...

Deeplinks Blog by Gennie Gebhart | February 5, 2020

How Twitter's Default Settings Can Leak Your Phone Number

Twitter has publicly disclosed a security “incident” that points to long-standing problems with how the service handles phone numbers. Twitter announced it had discovered and shut down “a large network of fake accounts” that were uploading large numbers of phone numbers and using tools in Twitter’s API to match...

Event | February 13, 2020

Technology, Media & Privacy Law Conference

EFF's Civil Liberties Director, David Greene, will moderate a panel on "Internet Anonymity: A Weapon or a Right?" at the Technology, Media & Privacy Law Conference, hosted by the Center for Governmental Responsibility (CGR) at the UF Levin College of Law and the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information at...

Deeplinks Blog by Adam Schwartz | February 4, 2020

EFF Lawsuit Ends Censorship Against PETA on Public University’s Facebook Page

In a big win for free speech on the Internet, an EFF lawsuit has compelled the nation’s second-largest public university to stop censoring dissent on its social media. To settle our First Amendment case, Texas A&M University (TAMU) agreed to end its automatic and manual blocking of comments posted on...

Event | February 11, 2020

The Controversial Sale of the .ORG Registry: EFF Joins A Public Chat in Washington, DC

Public Interest Registry (PIR), which runs the .ORG domain, may be sold to a private equity firm, becoming a for-profit company. On Tuesday, EFF Senior Staff Attorney Mitch Stoltz will join experts from the nonprofit and domain name worlds in a public fireside chat to discuss the sale of PIR...

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | February 4, 2020

What to Know Before You Buy or Install Your Amazon Ring Camera

So, you own or are thinking of buying a Ring camera. This post outlines a list of privacy and civil liberties concerns we have with Amazon’s Ring system so that you can be a more informed consumer, or—if you already own a Ring camera—be a more considerate neighbor. If You’re...

Deeplinks Blog by Jillian C. York | February 4, 2020

Speaking Freely: An Interview With Evan Greer

Evan Greer is many things: A musician, an activist for LGBTQ issues, the Deputy Director of Fight for the Future, and a true believer in the free and open internet. Evan is a longtime friend of EFF, and it was great to chat with her about the state of free...

Event | February 13, 2020

Cypurr Social: The Matrix (A Fundraiser For People's Power House)

The Cypurr Collective, a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event: Cypurr Social: The Matrix From the Organizers:Join The CyPurr Collective for another one of our SUPER FUN SOCIALS (now you know it's fun, cause we just wrote that). Come by...

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Uruguay se apura a entrar en la polémica del derecho al olvido

Phishing and Malware

Social Media: Challenges and Ways to Promote Freedoms and Protect Activists (Doha)

EFF, Internet Society, and Professors To Discuss Controversial Sale of the .ORG Registry

SecuriTEA Time: FeministCyberSelfDefense

Appeals Court Win for Open Source Advocate Speaking Out on Licensing Restrictions

Europeans Deserve to Have Their Governments Test—Not Trust—Filters

How To Protect Your Phone Number On Twitter

How Twitter's Default Settings Can Leak Your Phone Number

Technology, Media & Privacy Law Conference

EFF Lawsuit Ends Censorship Against PETA on Public University’s Facebook Page

The Controversial Sale of the .ORG Registry: EFF Joins A Public Chat in Washington, DC

What to Know Before You Buy or Install Your Amazon Ring Camera

Speaking Freely: An Interview With Evan Greer

Cypurr Social: The Matrix (A Fundraiser For People's Power House)

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