EFF to Court: NSA Destroyed Evidence
EFF to Court: There's No Doubt the Government Destroyed NSA Spying Evidence
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) told a federal court today that there was no doubt that the government has destroyed years of evidence of NSA spying – the government itself has admitted to it in recent court filings. In a brief filed today in response to this...
Join Us on June 5th to Reset the Net
The NSA has corrupted the Internet. On June 5, we will Reset the Net. We hope you’ll join us.
June 5 is the one-year anniversary of the first documents leaked by Edward Snowden. While EFF has been fighting NSA surveillance for years, 2013 marked a new...
Court Hearing in EFF Lawsuit to Uncover Secret Court Opinions Authorizing NSA Spying
Oakland - At a hearing on Tuesday, June 3, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Staff Attorney Mark Rumold will argue before a judge that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) must release key legal opinions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) regarding Section 215 of the Patriot Act—the law the...
Unnecessary and Disproportionate: How the NSA Violates International Human Rights Standards
Even before Ed Snowden leaked his first document, human rights lawyers and activists were concerned about law enforcement and intelligence agencies spying on the digital world. One of the tools developed to tackle those concerns was the development of the International Principles on the Application of Human Rights...
Free Speech Groups Issue New Guide to the International “Necessary & Proportionate Principles”
San Francisco and London – As the global debate over the intelligence programs revealed by Edward Snowden approaches its first anniversary, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and ARTICLE 19 today published a new legal analysis of the Necessary & Proportionate Principles, a guiding framework for countries to apply international...
Major Victory Over Copyright Trolls: A Deeper Look
As we announced this morning, a federal appeals court handed copyright trolls a major defeat today by taking away one of their most powerful tactics: the ability to sue large groups of John Doe defendants together with minimal evidence. Now that...
FOIA Hearing on USA Patriot Act
On June 3rd, Electronic Frontier Foundation Staff Attorney Mark Rumold will argue that documents describing the NSA's and CIA's bulk collection of Americans' personal records must be publicly disclosed. This Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit deals with still-secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court's rulings interpreting Section 215 of...
Crushing Blow for Copyright Trolls: Appeals Court Halts AF Holdings' Extortion Scheme
Cambodia's Draft Law Turns Free Speech into Cybercrime
Historically, Cambodia has been fairly lax in enacting legislation that stifles freedom of expression online—unlike its neighbors of Vietnam and Thailand— but with more Cambodian citizens gaining access to the Internet, the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) has attempted to control dissenting views and "immoral actions" online through the drafting of...
