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Surveillance Self-Defense Playlist: Getting to Know Your Phone
We are launching a new Privacy Breakdown of Mobile Phones "playlist" on Surveillance Self-Defense, EFF's online guide to defending yourself and your friends from surveillance by using secure technology and developing careful practices. This guided tour walks through the ways your phone communicates with the world, how your...
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Rubber Stamps Mass Surveillance Under Section 702 - Again
As someone once said, “the Founders did not fight a revolution to gain the right to government agency protocols.” Well it was not just someone, it was Chief Justice John Roberts. He flatly rejected the government’s claim that agency protocols could solve the Fourth Amendment violations created by police...
The Florida Deplatforming Law is Unconstitutional. Always has Been.
Last week, the Florida Legislature passed a bill prohibiting social media platforms from “knowingly deplatforming” a candidate (the Transparency in Technology Act, SB 7072), on pain of a fine of up to $250k per day, unless, I kid you not, the platform owns a sufficiently large theme park. Governor...
Facebook Oversight Board Affirms Trump Suspension -- For Now
Today’s decision from the Facebook Oversight Board regarding the suspension of President Trump’s account — to extend the suspension for six months and require Facebook to reevaluate in light of the platform’s stated policies — may be frustrating to those who had hoped for a definitive ruling. But it...
DSA Proposal: Recommendations for the EU Parliament and Council
On 15 Dec 2020, the European Commission released a draft of the Digital Services Act (DSA), which will modernize the backbone of the EU’s Internet legislation—the e-Commerce Directive.
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...
