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EFF to Michigan Supreme Court: Cell Phone Search Warrants Must Strictly Follow The Fourth Amendment’s Particularity and Probable Cause Requirements
Last week, EFF, along with the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan, ACLU, and ACLU of Michigan, filed an amicus brief in People v. Carson in the Supreme Court of Michigan, challenging the constitutionality of the search warrant of Mr. Carson's smart phone.In this case, Mr. Carson was arrested for...
Face Scans to Estimate Our Age: Harmful and Creepy AF
Government must stop restricting website access with laws requiring age verification.Some advocates of these censorship schemes argue we can nerd our way out of the many harms they cause to speech, equity, privacy, and infosec. Their silver bullet?...
Second Circuit Rejects Record Labels’ Attempt to Rewrite the DMCA
In a major win for creator communities, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has once again handed video streaming site Vimeo a solid win in its long-running legal battle with Capitol Records and a host of other record labels.The labels claimed that Vimeo was liable...
Speaking Freely: Lina Attalah
Speaking Freely: Lina Attalah
Lina Attalah is an Egyptian journalist. She is the co-founder and chief editor of Mada Masr, an independent online Egyptian newspaper and was previously the managing editor of the Egypt Independent, prior to its print edition closure in 2013. Time Magazine recognized Lina as a “New Generation Leader” in 2018, and she was named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020. In 2020, she was awarded the Knight International Journalism Award from the International Center for Journalists.
The Impact of Age Verification Measures Goes Beyond Porn Sites
As age verification bills pass across the world under the guise of “keeping children safe online,” governments are increasingly giving themselves the authority to decide what topics are deemed “safe” for young people to access, and forcing online services to remove and block anything that may be deemed “unsafe.” This...
Texas Is Enforcing Its State Data Privacy Law. So Should Other States.
States need to have and use data privacy laws to bring privacy violations to light and hold companies accountable for them. So, we were glad to see that the Texas Attorney General’s Office has filed its first lawsuit under Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA) to take the Allstate...
The FTC’s Ban on GM and OnStar Selling Driver Data Is a Good First Step
The Federal Trade Commission announced a proposed settlement agreeing that General Motors and its subsidiary, OnStar, will be banned from selling geolocation and driver behavior data to credit agencies for five years. That’s good news for G.M. owners. Every car owner and driver deserves to be protected.Last year, ...
