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Deeplinks Blog by Bennett Cyphers, Gennie Gebhart | December 6, 2018

New Documents Show That Facebook Has Never Deserved Your Trust

Another week, another set of reminders that, while Facebook likes to paint itself as an “optimistic” company that’s simply out to help users and connect the world, the reality is very different. This week, those reminders include a collection of newly released documents suggesting that the company adopted a host...

Deeplinks Blog by Camille Ochoa | December 6, 2018

Securing The Institutions We Rely On: A Grassroots Case Study

Grassroots digital rights organizing has many faces, including that of hands-on hardware hacking in an Ivy League institution. Yale Privacy Lab is a member of the Electronic Frontier Alliance, a network of community and student groups advocating for digital rights in...

Event | December 7, 2018

From Washington to State Capitols: What’s Next for Net Neutrality?

36th Annual Institute on Telecommunications Policy & Regulation Panel Latest status update on federal open Internet rules What is happening in the states in response to Pai FCC eliminating the Wheeler-era broadband reclassification and net neutrality regulation What are some of the key legal challenges pending before the courts Prospects...

Deeplinks Blog by Jillian C. York | December 6, 2018

Amendments to Mauritius' ICT Act Pose Risks for Freedom of Expression

Mauritius doesn’t get a whole lot of international attention. The island nation off the southeast coast of Africa, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is a diverse country that is highly ranked for democracy, and economic and political freedom. The Economist’s Intelligence Unit has named the country the only...

Deeplinks Blog by Cory Doctorow | December 5, 2018

In a Letter To The EU, European Film Companies and Sports Leagues Disavow Article 13, Say It Will Make Big Tech Stronger

A coalition of some of Europe's largest film companies and sports leagues have published an open letter to the European Union officials negotiating the final stage of the new Copyright Directive; in their letter, the companies condemn "Article 13," the rule requiring all but the smallest online...

Deeplinks Blog by Katharine Trendacosta, Jillian C. York | December 5, 2018

Dear Tumblr: Banning "Adult Content" Won't Make Your Site Better But It Will Harm Sex-Positive Communities

Social media platform Tumblr has announced a ban on so-called “adult content,” a move made, it seems, in reaction to Tumblr’s app being removed from the Apple app store. But while making the app more available is in theory good for Tumblr users, in practice what’s about to...

Deeplinks Blog by Dave Maass, Mike Katz-Lacabe | December 5, 2018

Alameda and Contra Costa County Sheriffs Flew Drones Over Protests

The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office had drones at the ready on the scene for many high-profile protests in Berkeley and on the University of California Berkeley campus throughout 2017. Just to the north, the Contra Costa County Sheriff deployed drones over immigrant rights rallies outside the West County Detention Facility...

Deeplinks Blog by Cory Doctorow | December 4, 2018

Poland saved Europe from ACTA: can they save us from ACTA2?

Six years ago, Polish activists flooded the streets to oppose ACTA, an incredibly damaging, secretly negotiated Internet treaty hatched in the US to push both America and its European trading partners well beyond anything that could be democratically arrived at. Six years later, as the EU...

Deeplinks Blog by Hayley Tsukayama | December 4, 2018

Privacy Organizations to California Lawmakers: Defend and Strengthen the California Consumer Privacy Act

California’s data privacy law, enacted in June, is a critical step forward to protect the privacy and security of technology users’ data. EFF is one of fifteen privacy organizations calling on the state’s legislators to defend and continue to improve the California Consumer Privacy Act this year.The law has...

Deeplinks Blog by Katharine Trendacosta | December 3, 2018

Tell the Senate Not to Put the Register of Copyrights in the Hands of the President

Update 12/03/2018: The December 4 hearing has been postponed, but it could be rescheduled. Keep telling the Senate to vote "no." With just a week left for this Congress, one of the weirdest bad copyright bills is back on the calendar. The “Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act” would...

Deeplinks Blog by Dave Maass | December 3, 2018

Sacramento County Welfare Division Terminates Automated License Plate Reader Program

The Sacramento County’s Department of Human Assistance (DHA) is terminating its invasive automated license plate reader (ALPR) program, following an EFF investigation that found the agency was accessing driver data to investigate welfare recipients without enacting the basic civil liberties safeguards required by California law. Over the last...

Event | December 6, 2018

What Happened to The ‘Golden Age of Free Speech’?

The Internet was supposed to usher in a “Golden Age” of free expression. In this new digital world, public debate would flourish and anyone, anywhere could reach an audience of millions, unburdened by government censorship or traditional media gatekeepers. Some of these heady predictions have come true—but as old barriers...

Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin, Daniel Nazer | November 30, 2018

Stupid Patent of the Month: A Patent on Using Mathematical Proofs

In some fields, software bugs are more than the proverbial pain in the neck. When software has to ensure that an airplane lands safely, or that a pacemaker keeps operating, there’s no room for error. The idea that mathematical proofs could be used to prove that software is error-free has...

Event | December 15, 2018

Workshop Hosted by Future Ada

A local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance (not EFF) will host this event: PS Workshop Today's online world can be complicated when it comes to privacy and security. Keeping yourself safe and secure is so important. Come learn the basics of keeping yourself...

Event | December 13, 2018

EFF-Austin Holiday Party

A local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance (not EFF) will host this event: EFF-Austin's Annual Holiday Party It's that time of year again! Join EFF-Austin for the annual holiday party on Thursday, December 13th, from 7:00pm-9:00pm at B.D.Riley's Irish Pub on 6th Street...

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New Documents Show That Facebook Has Never Deserved Your Trust

Securing The Institutions We Rely On: A Grassroots Case Study

From Washington to State Capitols: What’s Next for Net Neutrality?

Amendments to Mauritius' ICT Act Pose Risks for Freedom of Expression

In a Letter To The EU, European Film Companies and Sports Leagues Disavow Article 13, Say It Will Make Big Tech Stronger

Dear Tumblr: Banning "Adult Content" Won't Make Your Site Better But It Will Harm Sex-Positive Communities

Alameda and Contra Costa County Sheriffs Flew Drones Over Protests

Poland saved Europe from ACTA: can they save us from ACTA2?

Privacy Organizations to California Lawmakers: Defend and Strengthen the California Consumer Privacy Act

Tell the Senate Not to Put the Register of Copyrights in the Hands of the President

Sacramento County Welfare Division Terminates Automated License Plate Reader Program

What Happened to The ‘Golden Age of Free Speech’?

Stupid Patent of the Month: A Patent on Using Mathematical Proofs

Workshop Hosted by Future Ada

EFF-Austin Holiday Party

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