Chicago Inspector General: Using ShotSpotter Does Not Justify Crime Fighting Utility
ˀThe Chicago Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has released a highly critical report on the Chicago Police Department’s use of ShotSpotter, a surveillance technology that relies on a combination of artificial intelligence and human “acoustic experts” to purportedly identify and locate gunshots based on a network of...
OnlyFans Content Creators Are the Latest Victims of Financial Censorship
Update (8/26/21): Victory! OnlyFans has reversed course and suspended its plans to ban sexually explicit content, saying it has “secured assurances necessary” from banking partners and payout providers to enable it to continue to serve all creators. We hope that financial institutions will take note that it is unacceptable...
ACLU Advocate Reining in Government Use of Face Surveillance, Champion of Privacy Rights Research, and Data Security Trainer Protecting Black Communities Named Recipients of EFF’s Pioneer Award
San Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is honored to announce that Kade Crockford, Director of the Technology for Liberty Program at the ACLU of Massachusetts, Pam Dixon, executive director and founder of World Privacy Forum, and Matt Mitchell, founder of ...
New Writing and Management Role on EFF's Fundraising Team
Calling all writers! If you are passionate about civil liberties and technology, we have an awesome opportunity for you. We are hiring for a newly-created role of Associate Director of Institutional Support. This senior role will manage the messaging and strategy behind EFF’s foundation grants and corporate support. It’s a...
EFF Joins Global Coalition Asking Apple CEO Tim Cook to Stop Phone-Scanning
Illinois Bought Invasive Phone Location Data From Banned Broker Safegraph
How LGBTQ+ Content is Censored Under the Guise of "Sexually Explicit"
Jewel v. NSA: Americans (Still) Deserve Their Day in Court
Speak Out Against Apple’s Mass Surveillance Plans
Facebook’s Attack on Research is Everyone's Problem
Facebook recently banned the accounts of several New York University (NYU) researchers who run Ad Observer, an accountability project that tracks paid disinformation, from its platform. This has major implications: not just for transparency, but for user autonomy and the fight for interoperable software.Ad Observer is a free/open source...
