Kenya to Require Public Wi-Fi Users to Register With Phone Number
Domain Privacy at Risk at the OECD in a Devious Move to Bypass ICANN
The powerful interests who shape the development of rules for the Internet have far more resources at their disposal than those who fight for users' rights and freedoms online. As such, they are exceptionally well organized, and you can guarantee for every one of their initiatives that reaches the public...
2015 Pioneer Award Nominations Are Now Open
Nominations are now open for EFF's 24th Annual Pioneer Awards, to be presented this fall in San Francisco. EFF established the Pioneer Awards in 1992 to recognize leaders who are extending freedom and innovation in the realm of information technology. Nominations are open until 11:59 pm PDT on Sunday,...
American Fights Ethiopian Government’s Illegal Use of Spyware in Court Tuesday
As Threats to Korean and European Web Hosts Rise, the Manila Principles Go on Tour
Oscar and Pulitzer Award-Winning Journalist Laura Poitras Sues U.S. Government To Uncover Records After Years of Airport Detentions and Searches
Washington, D.C. – Academy and Pulitzer Prize Award-winning documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras sued the Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. transportation security agencies today demanding they release records documenting a six-year period in which she was searched, questioned, and often subjected to hours-long security screenings at U.S. and...
How Microsoft Bing Censors the Middle East
Hacking Team y Ecuador: Pronunciamiento En Defensa De La Privacidad
A raíz de las filtraciones que desde el pasado 6 de julio ponen en tela de juicio la venta de software de espionaje de la empresa italiana Hacking Team S.r.l. a agencias gubernamentales de inteligencia de todo el mundo, y particularmente América Latina, organizaciones no gubernamentales defensoras de...
American Fights Ethiopian Government’s Illegal Use of Spyware in Court Tuesday
Washington, D.C. - On Tuesday, July 14, at 2 pm, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will urge a federal court to allow an American to proceed with his lawsuit against the Ethiopian government for infecting his computer with secret spyware, wiretapping his private calls, and monitoring his family’s every use...
As Threats to Korean and European Web Hosts Rise, the Manila Principles Go on Tour
If you operate your own website, be glad that you don't host it in South Korea (or if you do, you might want to rethink that). Whereas in the United States, an important law called CDA 230 protects you from liability for comments contributed by users to your website,...
