UK's Draft Online Safety Bill Raises Serious Concerns Around Freedom of Expression
On May 12, the UK government published a draft of its Online Safety Bill, which attempts to tackle illegal and otherwise harmful content online by placing a duty of care on online platforms to protect their users from such content. The move came as no surprise: over the past...
Clearview’s Face Surveillance Still Has No First Amendment Defense
Clearview AI extracts faceprints from billions of people, without their consent, and uses these faceprints to help police identify suspects. This does grave harm to privacy, free speech, information security, and racial justice. It also violates the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), which prohibits a company from...
DNS Provider Hit With Outrageous Blocking Order – Is Your Provider Next?
The seemingly endless battle against copyright infringement has caused plenty of collateral damage. But now that damages is reaching new levels, as copyright holders target providers of basic internet services. For example, Sony Music has persuaded a German court to order a Swiss domain name service (DNS) provider, Quad9, to...
CPDP LATAM 2021
Join EFF’s Global Privacy Director, Katitza Rodríguez, and EFF’s Latin American Senior Policy Analyst, Veridiana Alimonti, at the 1st Latam edition of the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference.Wednesday, July 14 (8:00 am PT/ 12:00 - 13:30 pm BRT)Data, Law and Security: Perspectives of Data Protection in...
The Internet Loses a Champion with the Passing of Sherwin Siy
We at EFF are devastated to learn of the passing of Sherwin Siy. He was a brilliant advocate and strategist who was dedicated to protecting and preserving the internet as a space for creativity, innovation and sharing. He was also a friend and generous mentor who shaped the present and...
Digital Rights Updates with EFFector 33.4
Want the latest news on your digital rights? Then you're in luck! Version 33, issue 4 of EFFector, our monthly-ish email newsletter, is out now! Catch up on rising issues in online security, privacy, and free expression with EFF by reading our newsletter or listening to the new...
Improving Enforcement in State Consumer Privacy Laws
Momentum for state privacy bills has been growing over the past couple of years, as lawmakers respond to privacy invasions and constituent demand to address them. As several states end their legislative sessions for the year and lawmakers begin to plan for next year, we urge them to pay special...
EFF Gets $300,000 Boost from Craig Newmark Philanthropies to Protect Journalists and Fight Consumer Spyware
San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is proud to announce its latest grant from Craig Newmark Philanthropies: $300,000 to help protect journalists and fight consumer spyware.“This donation will help us to develop tools and training for both working journalists and student journalists, preparing them to protect themselves...
Greetings from the Internet! Connect with EFF this Summer
The Future Is in Symmetrical, High-Speed Internet Speeds
Congress is about to make critical decisions about the future of internet access and speed in the United States. It has a potentially once-in-a-lifetime amount of funding to spend on broadband infrastructure, and at the heart of this debate is the minimum speed requirement for taxpayer-funded internet. It’s easy to...
