New Leaked TPP Chapter Shows Countries Converging on Anti-User Copyright Takedown Rules
A draft of the Trans-Pacific Partnership's "Intellectual Property" chapter from May 11, 2015 has recently been leaked to journalists. This is the fourth leak of the chapter following earlier drafts of October 2014, August 2013, and February 2011. The latest leak is not available online and we don't...
Open Data Bills Move Forward in California
While California may be home to some of the most aggressively forward-thinking tech companies in the world, that enthusiasm for innovation hasn’t carried over to the public sector. State and local governments have been frustratingly slow to make public data available online. There hasn’t been anything close to a statewide...
EFF Anniversary Minicon
As part of our 25th anniversary celebration, EFF is hosting a minicon that will include a security training, a capture-the-flag event, and a series of panels discussing the future of EFF issues in security, copyright and user control and online activism and speech.
Security Training
EFF Activist...
Caving to Government Pressure, Visa and MasterCard Shut Down Payments to Backpage.com
Visa and MasterCard confirmed that they have cut off payment services for Backpage.com, an online platform for people to advertise goods and services. This was in response to public pressure from Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, who wrote to executives at both of the payment processors urging them to...
Tuesday Court Hearing Over Absurd Copyright Claim in Family Home Movie
San Francisco - On Tuesday, July 7, at 9 am, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will urge an appeals court in San Francisco to confirm that Internet users—from Ms. Lenz to remix artists to scholars to documentary filmmakers—have real protection against baseless content takedowns.
Lenz v. Universal is often...
EFF Launches Badge Hacking Contest for DEF CON 23
UPDATE: Judging will take place in the Contests and Events main hall at Bally's at 5 PM on Saturday, August 8, 2015.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is proud to present the DEF CON 23 Badge Hack Pageant (1337 skills required, swimsuit optional). Now is the time to bring out...
Offline: Alaa Abd El Fattah
Free software developer and activist, Egypt
Arrested: November 28, 2013, Cairo
Current status: Free, pardoned by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on September 22, 2025 and released shortly thereafter.
EFF Is Turning 25 and We Want to Celebrate With You
We're the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and we're thrilled to be celebrating a quarter-century of fighting for digital rights.We're kicking off this milestone in two ways: a membership drive and a party and minicon in San Francisco on July 16. We're asking people to donate and become members because...
