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Deeplinks Blog by Jeremy Malcolm | April 5, 2018

Brexit Doesn't Have to Mean Deleting Domains

The European Commission dropped a surprise announcement last week that following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union ("Brexit"), British domain owners may no longer be entitled to keep their ".eu" domain names. Not only will it no longer be possible for United Kingdom residents or...

Deeplinks Blog by Peter Eckersley, Cindy Cohn | April 5, 2018

Google Should Not Help the U.S. Military Build Unaccountable AI Systems

Thousands of Google staff have been speaking out against the company’s work for “Project Maven,” according to a New York Times report this week. The program is a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) initiative to deploy machine learning for military purposes. There was a small amount of public...

Deeplinks Blog by Cooper Quintin | April 5, 2018

DHS Confirms Presence of Cell-site Simulators in U.S. Capital

The Department of Homeland Security has finally confirmed what many security specialists have suspected for years: cell-phone tracking technology known as cell-site simulators (CSS) are being operated by potentially malicious actors in our nation's capital. DHS doesn't know who's operating them or why, or whether these fake cell...

Deeplinks Blog by Katitza Rodriguez | April 4, 2018

Brazil’s ISPs Line up for their Privacy Stars in “Quem Defende Seus Dados”

InternetLab, the Brazilian independent research center, has published their third edition of “Quem Defende Seus Dados?" (Who defends your data?"), an annual report which evaluates the practices of their local Internet Service Providers (ISPs), and how they treat their customers’ personal data when the government demands it...

Deeplinks Blog by Corynne McSherry | April 4, 2018

Data Privacy Policy Must Empower Users and Innovation

As the details continue to emerge regarding Facebook's failure to protect its users' data from third-party misuse, a growing chorus is calling for new regulations. Mark Zuckerberg will appear in Washington to answer to Congress next week, and we expect lawmakers and others will be asking not only what...

Deeplinks Blog by Bill Budington | April 3, 2018

HTTPS Everywhere Introduces New Feature: Continual Ruleset Updates

Today we're proud to announce the launch of a new version of HTTPS Everywhere, 2018.4.3, which brings with it exciting new features. With this newest update, you'll receive our list of HTTPS-supporting sites more regularly, bundled as a package that is delivered to the extension on a continual basis...

Deeplinks Blog by Jamie Williams, Gennie Gebhart | April 3, 2018

Facebook Isn’t Telling the Whole Story About Its Decision to Stop Partnering With Data Brokers

The company publicly announced last week that it was shutting down its Partner Categories program to “help improve people’s privacy on Facebook.” What it didn’t mention was that the move is actually part of the company’s efforts to comply with the GDPR, the new EU data protection law going...

Deeplinks Blog by Ernesto Falcon | April 3, 2018

California’s Legislature Seeks to Protect Network Neutrality and Promote ISP Competition

In response to the rollback of federal network neutrality protections, this year more than 20 states have taken up the mantle of protector of a free and open Internet. Washington has already passed a law and Oregon’s waits to be enacted. Not to be outdone, California has three bills pending...

Deeplinks Blog by Sophia Cope | April 3, 2018

State Dept. Wants to Expand Social Media Collection to All Visa Applicants

The State Department has alarmingly declared that it wants to collect social media information from all visa applicants. This appears to be an expansion of a 2017 program that sought social media information only from a subset of initially suspicious visa applicants. This is also the latest effort in a...

Deeplinks Blog by Katitza Rodriguez | April 3, 2018

Cerca de 100 ONGs piden al Consejo de Europa que garantice un nivel elevado de transparencia en las negociaciones sobre cibercrimen

El día de hoy, EFF junto con 93 organizaciones de la sociedad civil de todo el mundo, envió una carta al Secretario General del Consejo de Europa, Thorbjørn Jagland. La carta aboga por transparencia y participación significativa de la sociedad civil en las negociaciones de un Segundo...

Deeplinks Blog by Daniel Nazer | April 2, 2018

EFF to Supreme Court: Don’t Turn US Patents Into Worldwide Patents

The general rule in patent law is that each country has its own patent system. If you want damages for sales in the United States, you need a U.S. patent. If you want damages for sales in New Zealand, you need to get a New Zealand patent, and so on...

Event | April 5, 2018

Protest at Facebook HQ: Protect Our Data!

Raging Grannies, a grassroots organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance (not EFF), will host this event: Protest at Facebook HQ: Protect Our Data! Join Raging Grannies in their call for greater consumer protection and privacy online.

Event | April 11, 2018

Cryptosocial Hosted by EFA Allies

Get together, try new cryptotools, gab about the Cambridge Analytica scandal, federal fusion centers, and even verify someone’s PGP key!

Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | April 2, 2018

Congress Will Finally Make Its Research Reports Public

The recent omnibus bill passed by Congress contains a nugget of good news for those interested in access to publicly funded research. Open access activists have long been asking for reports by the Congressional Research Service, or CRS, to be made publicly and easily available. CRS creates a vast array...

Deeplinks Blog by Jennifer Lynch | April 2, 2018

California Supreme Court Upholds the State's Problematic Arrestee DNA Collection Law

In a disappointing and deeply divided opinion released today, the California Supreme Court upheld a state law law mandating DNA collection from arrestees. A lower court had held this law violated the privacy and search and seizure protections guaranteed under the California constitution. Today’s decision lets this flawed law...

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Brexit Doesn't Have to Mean Deleting Domains

Google Should Not Help the U.S. Military Build Unaccountable AI Systems

DHS Confirms Presence of Cell-site Simulators in U.S. Capital

Brazil’s ISPs Line up for their Privacy Stars in “Quem Defende Seus Dados”

Data Privacy Policy Must Empower Users and Innovation

HTTPS Everywhere Introduces New Feature: Continual Ruleset Updates

Facebook Isn’t Telling the Whole Story About Its Decision to Stop Partnering With Data Brokers

California’s Legislature Seeks to Protect Network Neutrality and Promote ISP Competition

State Dept. Wants to Expand Social Media Collection to All Visa Applicants

Cerca de 100 ONGs piden al Consejo de Europa que garantice un nivel elevado de transparencia en las negociaciones sobre cibercrimen

EFF to Supreme Court: Don’t Turn US Patents Into Worldwide Patents

Protest at Facebook HQ: Protect Our Data!

Cryptosocial Hosted by EFA Allies

Congress Will Finally Make Its Research Reports Public

California Supreme Court Upholds the State's Problematic Arrestee DNA Collection Law

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