Keep Border Spy Tech Out of Dreamer Protection Bills
UPDATE Feb. 14, 2018: Today, President Trump endorsed Sen. Grassley's bill on border and immigration issues (H.R. 2579). EFF opposes it. Like many of its predecessors, this bill would expand invasive surveillance on Americans and foreigners alike, with biometric screening, social media snooping, drones, and automatic license plates...
Georgia Must Block This Flawed Computer Crime Bill
The State of Georgia must decide: will it be a hub of technological and online media innovation, or will it be the state that criminalized terms of service violations?
Will it support security research that makes us all safer, or will they chill the ability of Georgia’s infosec...
Federal Appeals Court Misses Opportunity to Rule that Section 230 Bars Claims Against Online Platforms for Hosting Terrorist Content
Although a federal appeals court this week agreed to dismiss a case alleging that Twitter provided material support for terrorists in the form of accounts and direct messaging services, the court left the door open for similar lawsuits to proceed in the future. This is troubling because the threat of...
You Can Call the Super Bowl the "Super Bowl"
Are you going to a Big Game party on Sunday? Or perhaps going to watch the pro football championship game? Or take in the majestic splendor of the Superb Owl? You can also just call it by its real name: the Super Bowl.The NFL is infamous for coming down...
Catalog of Missing Devices Illustrates Gadgets that Could and Should Exist
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has launched its “Catalog of Missing Devices”—a project that illustrates the gadgets that could and should exist, if not for bad copyright laws that prevent innovators from creating the cool new tools that could enrich our lives.
“The law that...
The Hypocrisy of AT&T’s “Internet Bill of Rights”
Last week AT&T has decided it’s good business to advocate for an “Internet Bill of Rights.” Of course, that catchy name doesn’t in any way mean that what AT&T wants is a codified list of rights for Internet users. No, what AT&T wants is to keep a firm hold on...
How Congress’s Extension of Section 702 May Expand the NSA’s Warrantless Surveillance Authority
Last month, Congress reauthorized Section 702, the controversial law the NSA uses to conduct some of its most invasive electronic surveillance. With Section 702 set to expire, Congress had a golden opportunity to fix the worst flaws in the NSA’s surveillance programs and protect Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights...
The State of the Union: What Wasn’t Said
President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address last night was remarkable for two reasons: for what he said, and for what he didn’t say.
The president took enormous pride last night in claiming to have helped “extinguish ISIS from the face of the Earth.”
But he...
EFF Asks California Court to Reverse Ruling That Could Weaken Open Records Rules, Impede Public Access to Government Records
State agencies in California are collecting and using more data now than they ever, and much of this data includes very personal information about California residents. This presents a challenge for agencies and the courts—how to make government-held data that’s indisputably of...
California’s Senate Misfires on Network Neutrality, Ignores Viable Options
Yesterday, the California Senate approved legislation that would require Internet service providers (ISPs) in California to follow the now-repealed 2015 Open Internet Order. While well-intentioned, the legislators sadly chose an approach that is vulnerable to legal attack.
The 2015 Open Internet Order from the Federal Communications Commission provided important...
