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...
VICTORY! Congress Sends the Safe Connections Act to the President’s Desk
In the 21st century, it is difficult to lead a life without a cell phone. It is also difficult to change your number—you’ve given it to all your friends, family, doctors, children’s schools, and so on. It’s especially difficult if you are trying to leave an abusive relationship where your...
Monetization, Not Human Rights or Vulnerable Communities, Matter Most at Twitter Under Musk
Billionaire Elon Musk says Twitter can be an “incredibly valuable service to the world,” a global forum where ideas and debates flourish. Yet, much of what he has done since taking over the company suggests that he doesn’t understand how to accomplish this, doesn’t appreciate the impact of his decisions...
Documents Show DOJ’s Multi-Pronged Effort to Undermine Section 230
In the summer of 2020, the Department of Justice was closely monitoring the public and congressional debate about a key law protecting internet users’ speech at the same time that it pushed to undermine the law, documents show. DOJ was tracking multiple efforts to repeal or frustrate 47 U.S.C....
Leaving Twitter's Walled Garden
This post is part of a series on Mastodon and the fediverse. We also have a post on privacy and security on Mastodon, why the fediverse will be great—if we don't screw it up, and how to make a Mastodon account. You can follow EFF on...
