EFF's DEF CON 23 T-Shirt Puzzle: Crypto Noir
NSA Spying: Government’s Latest Delay Tactic Fails
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today rejected the government’s latest attempt to delay consideration of whether the NSA’s tapping into the Internet backbone is legal in Jewel v. NSA, clearing the path for the first appellate court decision on whether this formerly secret...
At it Again: Law Enforcement Officials’ Anti-Encryption New York Times Op-Ed
Yesterday, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. and law enforcement officials from Paris, London, and Madrid published an anti-encryption op-ed in the New York Times—an op-ed that amounts to nothing more than a blatant attempt to use fear mongering to further their anti-privacy, anti-security, and anti-constitutional agenda. They want...
Japan and the U.S. Align on TPP Provisions That Harm Japanese Creators
The following is a guest post from Martin Frid, Policy Expert at the Consumers Union of Japan.
Japan's entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will see a wide range of changes sweeping the economy and the community, in areas as diverse as food safety/food security,...
Brace Yourself: Orthodontics Company's Patent Strategy Threatens the Open Internet
Today, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard arguments in ClearCorrect v. ITC, a case that threatens to give private companies, via agency power, broad ability to censor and regulate the Internet. But this isn’t a case about net neutrality. Instead, it’s a patent case where the...
No to Internet Censorship in Argentina
This article was co-written with EFF volunteer, Ana María Acosta.
In an effort to promote tolerance and equality in Argentina, online censorship could become a reality. Argentina’s House of Representatives is currently debating a series of reforms to the National Anti-discrimination Act, a bill that was enacted...
Victory for the Press: Germany Drops “Treason” Investigation of Digital Rights Blog (But Investigation of Sources Still Ongoing)
After much public outcry, the treason investigation into German blog Netzpolitik.org was paused late last week. Yesterday, we were glad to hear that it had been officially dropped.
This is a victory for the free press and the German public. The investigation, if permitted to continue,...
A License to Kill Innovation: Why A.B. 1326—California’s Bitcoin License—is Bad for Business, Innovation, and Privacy
EFF to Court: Expanding Copyrights In Old Music Recordings Will Squelch Competition In New Music Services
Are you a radio listener? A fan of classic rock or jazz? Do you tune in to Sirius XM’s “60s on 6” channel or seed your Pandora stream with the Rolling Stones? A case in federal appeals court in New York (and a similar case in California) could shake up...
30 Organizaciones de América Latina Defendieron Los Derechos Humanos En Foro de Gobernanza de Internet
Con motivo del octavo Foro Latinoamericano de Gobernanza de Internet (LACIGF8), que se llevó a cabo en la Ciudad de México entre el 2 y el 4 de agosto pasado, organizaciones de la sociedad civil de América Latina presentaron una declaración defendiendo los derechos humanos en la era...






