When Your Power Meter Becomes a Tool of Mass Surveillance
EFF to Court: The DMCA Didn't Create a New Right of Attribution, You Shouldn't Either
Amid a wave of lawsuits targeting how AI companies use copyrighted works to train large language models that generate new works, a peculiar provision of copyright law is suddenly in the spotlight: Section 1202 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Section 1202 restricts intentionally removing or changing copyright management...
California A.B. 412 Stalls Out—A Win for Innovation and Fair Use
A.B. 412, the flawed California bill that threatened small developers in the name of AI “transparency,” has been delayed and turned into a two-year bill. That means it won’t move forward in 2025—a significant victory for innovation, freedom to code, and the open web.EFF opposed this bill from...
Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices. Not only is the company reintroducing new versions of old features which would allow police to request...
Episode 2: From DIY to Publishing
About the Episode
In this episode, we speak with Preeti Chhibber, a writer who comes from a place that many of us do: being a fan. She has taken her interests and skills-often honed online-from nontraditional writing to more traditional publishing. As creatures of the internet, we also talk about how we can all be better consumers of online information.
We Support Wikimedia Foundation’s Challenge to UK’s Online Safety Act
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and ARTICLE 19 strongly support the Wikimedia Foundation’s legal challenge to the categorization regulations of the United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act.The Foundation – the non-profit that operates Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects – announced its legal challenge...
EFF Members' Speakeasy: Washington, D.C.
Join EFF staff and local online rights supporters for a Speakeasy meet up on Thursday, July 31 in Washington, D.C.! Raise a glass and discover EFF's latest work defending digital freedoms online. This event is a free, casual gathering to give you a chance to mingle with local EFF supporters...
Radio Hobbyists, Rejoice! Good News for LoRa & Mesh
EFF and 80 Organizations Call on EU Policymakers to Preserve Net Neutrality in the Digital Networks Act
As the European Commission prepares an upcoming proposal for a Digital Networks Act (DNA), a growing network of groups are raising serious concerns about the resurgence of “fair share” proposals from major telecom operators. The original idea was to introduce network usage fees on certain companies to pay ISPs. We...
🤕 A Surveillance Startup in Damage Control | EFFector 37.8
We're a little over halfway through the year! Which... could be good or bad depending on your outlook... but nevermind that—EFF is here to keep you updated on the latest digital rights news, and we've got you covered with an all-new EFFector!With issue 37.8, we're covering a recent...
