Coalition of Human Rights, LGBTQ+ Organizations Tell Congress to Oppose the Kids Online Safety Act
Yesterday, nearly 100 organizations have asked Congress not to pass the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), which would “force providers to use invasive filtering and monitoring tools; jeopardize private, secure communications; incentivize increased data collection on children and adults; and undermine the delivery of critical services to minors by...
Power Up! Donations Get a 2X Match This Week
From Camera Towers to Spy Blimps, Border Researchers Now Can Use 65+ Open-licensed Images of Surveillance Tech from EFF
The U.S.-Mexico border is one of the most politicized technological spaces in the country, with leaders in both political parties supporting massive spending on border security and the so-called "Virtual Wall." Yet we see little debate over the negative impacts for human rights or the civil liberties of those who...
Red Alert: The SFPD Want the Power to Kill with Robots
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will vote soon on a policy that would allow the San Francisco Police Department to use deadly force by arming its many robots. This is a spectacularly dangerous idea and EFF’s stance is clear: police should not arm robots.TAKE ACTIONEMAIL...
Experts Condemn The UK Online Safety Bill As Harmful To Privacy And Encryption
The British Parliament may start debating the Online Safety Bill again as soon as this week. The bill is a deeply flawed censorship proposal that would allow U.K. residents to be thrown in jail for what they say online. It would also force online service providers to use...
Top Prosecutors in CA, NY and DC Are Speaking Up For End-to-End Encryption
We all should have the ability to have a private conversation, and it follows that we need ways to communicate privately online as well. In the digital world, end-to-end encryption is our best chance to maintain our privacy and security. In the fraught legal landscape following the U.S. Supreme...
EFF to Fifth Circuit: The First Amendment Protects the Right to Make Jokes on Social Media
EFF intern Izzy Simon contributed to this blog post.The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the right to free expression and prohibits the government from “abridging the freedom of speech.” This includes protecting an individual's right to make jokes online—even bad or offensive jokes, as well as jokes about...
See What We Accomplished Together in EFF's 2021 Annual Report
EFF's 2021 Annual Report is out now! Enjoy highlights of our work during the calendar year, along with a financial report covering our fiscal year of July 2020 - June 2021. EFF leveraged over $15M in public support to defend civil liberties and encourage innovation in the digital world...
EFF, Coalition of California Privacy Advocates Caution Against Weakening CA Privacy Rights
EFF on Monday joined Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, ACLU California Action, Oakland Privacy, Media Alliance and the Consumer Federation of America in submitting comments to the California Privacy Protection Agency. The Agency is currently writing rules for the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by 2020’s California Privacy Rights Act.In...
EFF Files Comments on the FTC’s Commercial Surveillance Rulemaking
EFF filed comments with the Federal Trade Commission Monday, in response to the Commission’s request for public comment addressing harmful commercial surveillance and lax data security.EFF laid out many of its core principles on data privacy regulation in ways that fall in line with the FTC’s authority to address...
