U.S. Open Government Commitments Fail to Improve Trade Transparency
Today the United States released its third National Action Plan (NAP) setting out its latest commitments as a member of the Open Government Partnership (OGP). The OGP is a voluntary initiative in which participating governments agree to certain high-level aspirations to improve transparency and public participation in government,...
EFF Disappointed as CISA Passes Senate
CISA passed the Senate today in a 74-21 vote. The bill is fundamentally flawed due to its broad immunity clauses, vague definitions, and aggressive spying authorities. The bill now moves to a conference committee despite its inability to address problems that caused recent highly publicized computer data breaches, like...
We Did It! 100,000 People Call on Obama to Support Strong Crypto
Crack open a Club-Mate and raise a glass to strong crypto. There’s reason to celebrate.
Today, the 100,000th person signed our petition calling on President Obama to reject compelled backdoors in our communications.
The campaign, hosted at SaveCrypto.org, uses the White House's We the...
Victory for Users: Librarian of Congress Renews and Expands Protections for Fair Uses
EFF Disappointed as CISA Passes Senate
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Victory for Users: Librarian of Congress Renews and Expands Protections for Fair Uses
The new rules for exemptions to copyright's DRM-circumvention laws were issued today, and the Librarian of Congress has granted much of what EFF asked for over the course of months of extensive briefs and hearings. The exemptions we requested—ripping DVDs and Blurays for making fair use remixes...
EFF Wins Petition to Inspect and Modify Car Software
Washington, D.C. - The Librarian of Congress has granted security researchers and others the right to inspect and modify the software in their cars and other vehicles, despite protests from vehicle manufacturers. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed the request for software access as part of the complex, triennial rulemaking...
EFF Opposes CISA as Final Vote Approaches
CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, advanced in a procedural vote last week and will have its final vote today, Tuesday. EFF continues to strongly oppose the bill.
Today, the bill's sponsors released an amendment previewing the final version of the bill. It's the second time in...
Members-Only Speakeasy: Bay Area
On Thursday, the fifth of November, current EFF members are invited to join the staff and interns in San Francisco for a casual drink and some great conversation. Learn more about our recent work and connect with fellow supporters in the movement to protect digital innovation, privacy, and...
