Why Is Facebook Inspecting Your Private Videos?
New Copyright Bot Raises Questions About Fair Use and Privacy
In general, Facebook has some pretty decent copyright policies. If you upload content to Facebook and it’s removed because of a bogus takedown request, you can file a counter-notice via a form on Facebook’s website. If the claimant...
EFF Demands Moroccan Authorities Drop Criminal Charges Against Human Rights Defenders
UPDATE 11-19-15: The trial of the seven Moroccan human rights workers has been delayed until January 2016, in part because of the increased international attention these cases have garnered.
On November 19, the Moroccan government will put seven activists on trial as part of its ongoing crackdown on journalists...
EFF to Court: California’s DNA Law Violates Privacy Protections Guaranteed by State
San Francisco—Californians who’ve merely been arrested and not charged, much less convicted of a crime, have a right to privacy when it comes to their genetic material, EFF said in an amicus brief filed Nov. 13 with the state’s highest court.
EFF is urging the California Supreme...
Casualty of YouTube’s “Contractual Obligations”: Users’ Free Speech
Internet users generally think of YouTube as a platform where, if you play by the copyright rules, the content you post is safe from takedown and, if it's taken down improperly, you have some recourse. But that's not the case, thanks to an additional barrier to lawful sharing: meet YouTube's...
The New DMCA §1201 Exemption for Video Games: A Closer Look
Last month, EFF and I scored a major victory for video game archiving, preservation and play – we got an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act for some archival activities related to video games.
Before I throw a bunch of shade, I want to emphasize that the...
EFF files brief calling for greater law enforcement transparency
EFF has long fought for the public’s right to use federal and state public records laws to uncover controversial and illegal law enforcement techniques. That’s why we filed an amicus brief in a federal appellate court case this week asking it to reconsider a decision that makes it much...
Universal Music Group Censors Political Speech and Ignores Fair Use
A YouTube channel called LiberalViewer regularly engages in political commentary, and usually criticizes Fox News’ presentation of news events. In one such video, uploaded in January 2008, LiberalViewer criticized the way Fox News abruptly cut away from a speech being delivered by then-candidate Obama. Back then, Obama’s campaign frequently...
It’s No Secret That the Government Uses Zero Days for “Offense”
4 Key Takeaways From Copyright Reform Committee's Silicon Valley Listening Tour
The FCC’s DNT Decision: The Right Call, For Now
Everybody knows we here at EFF are big fans of Do Not Track (an HTTP header users can have their web browsers send to websites, indicating that they don’t want the websites to track them). That’s why we developed Privacy Badger, a browser extension that blocks third parties...
