Project Censored’s “State of the Free Press” 50th Anniversary
City Lights (not EFF) will host this event. EFF Senior Staff Technologist Bill Budington will be speaking.City Lights, Project Censored, and Seven Stories Press celebrate the publication of “STATE OF THE FREE PRESS 2025” – Edited by Mickey Huff, Shealeigh Voitl, and...
Betting on Your Digital Rights: EFF Benefit Poker Tournament at DEF CON 34
10 (Not So) Hidden Dangers of Age Verification
It’s nearly the end of 2025, and half of the US and the UK now require you to upload your ID or scan your face to watch “sexual content.” A handful of states and Australia now have various requirements to verify your age before you can...
EFFecting Change: The Human Cost of Online Age Verification
This event has passed. You can watch the recording on YouTube or the Internet Archive.Age verification mandates are spreading fast, and they’re ushering in a new age of online surveillance, censorship, and exclusion for everyone—not just young people. Age-gating laws generally require...
EU's New Digital Package Proposal Promises Red Tape Cuts but Guts GDPR Privacy Rights
The European Commission (EC) is considering a “Digital Omnibus” package that would substantially rewrite EU privacy law, particularly the landmark General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It’s not a done deal, and it shouldn’t be.The GDPR is the most comprehensive model for privacy legislation around the world. While it is far...
Axon Tests Face Recognition on Body-Worn Cameras
Axon Enterprise Inc. is working with a Canadian police department to test the addition of face recognition technology (FRT) to its body-worn cameras (BWCs). This is an alarming development in government surveillance that should put communities everywhere on alert. As many as 50 officers from the Edmonton Police...
After Years of Controversy, the EU’s Chat Control Nears Its Final Hurdle: What to Know
EFF Tells Patent Office: Don’t Cut the Public Out of Patent Review
EFF has submitted its formal comment to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) opposing a set of proposed rules that would sharply restrict the public’s ability to challenge wrongly granted patents. These rules would make inter partes review (IPR)—the main tool Congress created to fix improperly granted...
AI Chatbot Companies Should Protect Your Conversations From Bulk Surveillance
How to Identify Automated License Plate Readers at the U.S.-Mexico Border
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and scores of state and local law enforcement agencies have installed a massive dragnet of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) in the US-Mexico borderlands. In many cases, the agencies have gone out of their way to disguise the cameras...
