EFF Condemns FBI Search of Washington Post Reporter’s Home
Government invasion of a reporter’s home, and seizure of journalistic materials, is exactly the kind of abuse of power the First Amendment is designed to prevent. It represents the most extreme form of press intimidation. Yet, that’s what happened on Wednesday morning to Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson, when ...
EFF to California Appeals Court: First Amendment Protects Journalist from Tech Executive’s Meritless Lawsuit
EFF asked a California appeals court to uphold a lower court’s decision to strike a tech CEO’s lawsuit against a journalist that sought to silence reporting the CEO, Maury Blackman, didn’t like.The journalist, Jack Poulson, reported on Maury Blackman’s arrest for felony domestic violence after receiving a copy of...
Baton Rouge Acquires a Straight-Up Military Surveillance Drone
The Baton Rouge Police Department announced this week that it will begin using a drone designed by military equipment manufacturer Lockheed Martin and Edge Autonomy, making it one of the first local police departments to use an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a history of primary use in foreign...
Congress Wants To Hand Your Parenting to Big Tech
AI & Empire: Resisting the Surveillance State
Georgetown Law Technology Review (not EFF) will host this event. EFF Director of Strategic Campaigns Sarah Hamid will be speaking. From the Organizers: This panel is part of the Georgetown Law Technology Review (GLTR) biennial Symposium. The day-long event will bring together...
Law Enforcement Surveillance Technologies and Indigenous Communities
Indigenous Women Rising (not EFF) will host this event. EFF Director of Investigations Dave Maass will be speaking. From the Organizers: Law enforcement agencies are adopting increasingly advanced surveillance technologies to gather intelligence on the populations that they are meant to protect-and...
CyPurr Session: A Real Kick in the KOSA
The CyPurr Collective (not EFF) will host this event. EFF Senior Counsel David Greene and EFF Director of Open Access & Tech Community Engagement Rory Mir will be participating. From the Organizers: For this session, we'll take a...
Report: ICE Using Palantir Tool That Feeds On Medicaid Data
EFFecting Change: Get the Flock Out of Our City
This event has passed. You can watch the recording on YouTube or the Internet Archive.Flock contracts have quietly spread to cities across the country. But Flock ALPR (Automated License Plate Readers) erode civil liberties from the moment they're installed. While officials claim...
