California’s A.B. 412: A Bill That Could Crush Startups and Cement A Big Tech AI Monopoly
California legislators have begun debating a bill (A.B. 412) that would require AI developers to track and disclose every registered copyrighted work used in AI training. At first glance, this might sound like a reasonable step toward transparency. But it’s an impossible standard that could crush small AI startups and...
EFF Joins 7amleh Campaign to #ReconnectGaza
The Foilies 2025
“Guardrails” Won’t Protect Nashville Residents From AI-Enabled Camera Networks
EFF to NSF: AI Action Plan Must Put People First
EFF Thanks Fastly for Donated Tools to Help Keep Our Website Secure
EFF’s most important platform for welcoming everyone to join us in our fight for a better digital future is our website, eff.org. We thank Fastly for their generous in-kind contribution of services helping keep EFF’s website online.Eff.org was first registered in 1990, just three months after the organization...
Tracking and Documenting Surveillance at the U.S.-Mexico Border
EFF has built up a robust focus on digital civil liberties at the U.S.-Mexico border, including challenging the warrantless and suspicionless searches of electronic devices and the massive increase in surveillance infrastructure throughout the region. Our team has gathered firsthand knowledge of local tech concerns through...
EFFecting Change: Is There Hope for Social Media?
Livestream: Life and Migration Under Surveillance at the U.S.-Mexico Border
This event has passed. You can watch the recording on YouTube or the Internet Archive.EFF has built up a robust focus on digital civil liberties at the U.S.-Mexico border, including challenging the warrantless and suspicionless searches of electronic devices and...
EFF Joins AllOut’s Campaign Calling for Meta to Stop Hate Speech Against LGBTQ+ Community
In January, Meta made targeted changes to its hateful conduct policy that would allow dehumanizing statements to be made about certain vulnerable groups. More specifically, Meta’s hateful conduct policy now contains the following text:People sometimes use sex- or gender-exclusive language when discussing access to spaces often limited by sex...
