Going Viral vs. Going Dark: Why Extremism Trends and Abortion Content Gets Censored
This is the fourth installment in a blog series documenting EFF's findings from the Stop Censoring Abortion campaign. You can read additional posts here. One of the goals of our Stop Censoring Abortion campaign was to put names, stories, and numbers to the experiences we’d been hearing...
That Drone in the Sky Could Be Tracking Your Car
Police are using their drones as flying automated license plate readers (ALPRs), airborne police cameras that make it easier than ever for law enforcement to follow you. "The Flock Safety drone, specifically, are flying LPR cameras as well,” Rahul Sidhu, Vice President of Aviation at Flock Safety, recently...
Companies Must Provide Accurate and Transparent Information to Users When Posts are Removed
This is the third installment in a blog series documenting EFF's findings from the Stop Censoring Abortion campaign. You can read additional posts here. Imagine sharing information about reproductive health care on social media and receiving a message...
Shining a Spotlight on Digital Rights Heroes: EFF Awards 2025
EFF, ACLU to SFPD: Stop Illegally Sharing Data With ICE and Anti-Abortion States
The San Francisco Police Department is the latest California law enforcement agency to get caught sharing automated license plate reader (ALPR) data with out-of-state and federal agencies. EFF and the ACLU of Northern California are calling them out for this direct violation of California law, which has put every driver...
Appeals Court: Abandoned Phones Don’t Equal Abandoned Privacy Rights
ICE 🤝 Cyber Mercenaries | EFFector 37.12
It's easy to keep up with the fight for digital privacy and free expression. Our EFFector newsletter delivers bite-sized updates, stories, and actions you can take to stay informed and help out.In this latest issue, we show how libraries and schools can safeguard their computers with Privacy Badger;...
When Knowing Someone at Meta Is the Only Way to Break Out of “Content Jail”
This is the second instalment in a ten-part blog series documenting EFF's findings from the Stop Censoring Abortion campaign. You can read additional posts here. During our Stop Censoring Abortion campaign, we set out to collect and spotlight the growing number of stories from people and organizations...
Mexican Allies Raise Alarms About New Mass Surveillance Laws, Call for International Support
The Mexican government passed a package of outrageously privacy-invasive laws in July that gives both civil and military law enforcement forces access to troves of personal data and forces every individual to turn over biometric information regardless of any suspicion of crime. The laws create a new interconnected...
