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Our Stop Censoring Abortion Campaign Uncovers a Social Media Censorship Crisis

This is the first installment in a blog series documenting EFF's findings from the Stop Censoring Abortion campaign. You can read additional posts here. We’ve been hearing that social media platforms are censoring abortion-related content, even when no law requires them to do so. Now, we’ve got the...

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EFF to Court: The Supreme Court Must Rein in Expansive Secondary Copyright Liability

If the Supreme Court doesn’t reverse a lower court’s ruling, internet service providers (ISPs) could be forced to terminate people’s internet access based on nothing more than mere accusations of copyright infringement. This would threaten innocent users who rely on broadband for essential aspects of daily life. EFF—along with the...

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San Francisco Gets An Invasive Billionaire-Bought Surveillance HQ

San Francisco billionaire Chris Larsen once again has wielded his wallet to keep city residents under the eye of all-seeing police surveillance. The San Francisco Police Commission, the Board of Supervisors, and Mayor Daniel Lurie have signed off on Larsen’s $9.4 million gift of a new...

Executive Director Cindy Cohn Will Step Down After 25 Years with EFF

SAN FRANCISCO – Electronic Frontier Foundation Executive Director Cindy Cohn will step down by mid-2026 after more than 25 years with the organization and a decade as its top officer leading the fight for digital freedoms. EFF – defending digital privacy, free speech, and innovation since 1990 – is launching...

EFF Awards Spotlight ✨ Software Freedom Law Center, India

In 1992 EFF presented our very first awards recognizing key leaders and organizations advancing innovation and championing civil liberties and human rights online. Now in 2025 we're continuing to celebrate the accomplishments of people working toward a better future for everyone with the EFF Awards!All are invited to...
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Age Verification Is A Windfall for Big Tech—And A Death Sentence For Smaller Platforms

If you live in Mississippi, you may have noticed that you are no longer able to log into your Bluesky or Dreamwidth accounts from within the state. That’s because, in a chilling early warning sign for the U.S., both social platforms decided to block all users in Mississippi from their...
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EFF Joins 55 Civil Society Organizations Urging the End of Sanctions on UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese

Following the U.S. government's overreaching decision to impose sanctions against Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, EFF joined more than 50 civil society organizations in calling for the U.S. to lift the sanctions. The...

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