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Deeplinks Blog by Dave Maass, Rindala Alajaji | November 20, 2025

How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters and Activists

Through an analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock Safety's servers, we discovered that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flock's national network of surveillance data in connection with protest activity. In some cases, law enforcement specifically targeted known activist groups...
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Press Release | November 20, 2025

EFF Demands Answers About ICE-Spotting App Takedowns

SAN FRANCISCO – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS) today to uncover information about the federal government demanding that tech companies remove apps that document immigration enforcement activities in communities throughout the country. Tech platforms took down several such apps (including...

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Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | November 19, 2025

The Patent Office Is About To Make Bad Patents Untouchable

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed new rules that would effectively end the public’s ability to challenge improperly granted patents at the Patent Office itself. We need EFF supporters to file public comments opposing these rules this week. The USPTO is moving quickly, and staying silent will...
sinister cop and cameras loom over street grid with cars identified by license plate numbers
Press Release | November 18, 2025

Lawsuit Challenges San Jose’s Warrantless ALPR Mass Surveillance

SAN JOSE, Calif. – San Jose and its police department routinely violate the California Constitution by conducting warrantless searches of the stored records of millions of drivers’ private habits, movements, and associations, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (ACLU-NC) argue in a lawsuit...
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Deeplinks Blog by Jillian C. York | November 18, 2025

Speaking Freely: Benjamin Ismail

Interviewer: Jillian YorkBenjamin Ismail is the Campaign and Advocacy Director for GreatFire, where he leads efforts to expose the censorship apparatus of authoritarian regimes worldwide. He also runs/oversees the App Censorship Project, including the AppleCensorship.com and GoogleCensorship.org platforms, which track mobile app censorship globally. From 2011 to 2017,...

Deeplinks Blog by Molly Buckley | November 14, 2025

A Surveillance Mandate Disguised As Child Safety: Why the GUARD Act Won't Keep Us Safe

A new bill sponsored by Sen. Hawley (R-MO), Sen. Blumenthal (D-CT), Sen. Britt (R-AL), Sen. Warner (D-VA), and Sen. Murphy (D-CT) would require AI chatbots to verify all users’ ages, prohibit minors from using AI tools, and implement steep criminal penalties for chatbots that promote or solicit certain harms. That...
Event | January 24, 2026

Rewiring Democracy with Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders in conversation with Cindy Cohn

City Lights, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and The MIT Press present Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders (in conversation with Cindy Cohn/EFF) discussing their new book Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship – Published by The MIT Press.Join on ZoomWhen:Saturday, January 24, 2026 (NEW DATE!)11:00...

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