Proposed New Internet Law in Mauritius Raises Serious Human Rights Concerns
As debate continues in the U.S. and Europe over how to regulate social media, a number of countries—such as India and Turkey—have imposed stringent rules that threaten free speech, while others, such as Indonesia, are considering them. Now, a new proposal to amend Mauritius’ Information and Communications...
Brazil's Bill Repealing National Security Law Has its Own Threats to Free Expression
Update: The Brazilian Senate passed the law on August 10th. EFF and our allies’ push to protect whistleblowers revealing crimes or the violation of human rights was successful. The espionage criminal offense explicitly exempts such cases. Unfortunately, the “mass misleading communication” offense remained in the final...
EFF at 30: Protecting Free Speech, with Senator Ron Wyden
Apple’s AppTrackingTransparency is Upending Mobile Phone Tracking
EFF30 Fireside Chat: Surveillance, with Edward Snowden
This event is now over. You can watch a recorded version on the Internet Archive, on Facebook and YouTube.Join us for a candid live discussion with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn, EFF Director...
Here Are 458 California Law Enforcement Agencies' Policy Documents All in One Place
Your Service Provider’s Terms of Service Shouldn’t Overrule Your Fourth Amendment Rights
Last week, EFF, ACLU, and ACLU of Minnesota filed an amicus brief in State v. Pauli, a case in the Minnesota Supreme Court, where we argue that cloud storage providers’ terms of service (TOS) can’t take away your Fourth Amendment rights. This is the first case...
Canada’s Attempt to Regulate Sexual Content Online Ignores Technical and Historical Realities
Canadian Senate Bill S-203, AKA the “Protecting Young Persons from Exposure to Pornography Act,” is another woefully misguided proposal aimed at regulating sexual content online. To say the least, this bill fails to understand how the internet functions and would be seriously damaging to online expression and privacy. It’s...
EFF and ACLU Ask Supreme Court to Review Case Against Warrantless Searches of International Travelers’ Phones and Laptops
Washington, D.C. —The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Massachusetts today filed a petition for a writ of certiorari, asking the Supreme Court to hear a challenge to the Department of Homeland Security’s policy and practice of warrantless and suspicionless searches of...
Tell Congress: Federal Money Shouldn’t Be Spent On Breaking Encryption
We don’t need government minders in our private conversations. That’s because private conversations, whether they happen offline or online, aren’t a public safety menace. They’re not an invitation to criminality, or terrorism, or a threat to children, no matter how many times those tired old lines get repeated....
