EFF Launches Full-Court Press To Bust Podcasting Patent
San Francisco - The patent trolls have gone far enough: Starting today, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is mounting a new, focused campaign to bust the dangerous patent that a Texas company has been using to shakedown podcasters. EFF intends to challenge the original grant of that patent before...
Why the HTML5 Standard Fight Matters
EFF Fights Courtroom Shenanigans After Wrongheaded Copyright Claim Blocks Publication of Federal Law
You should be able to read and understand the law you are required to follow, right? That’s the mission of Public.Resource.Org, which archives laws and legal standards online for all to see. But earlier this year, a trade association made a wrongheaded copyright claim to stop Public Resource’s...
Why the HTML5 Standard Fight Matters
Today, EFF announced that it was making a formal objection to including consideration of digital rights management (DRM) in the First Public Working Draft from the HTML working group of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). This is part of EFF's long-running involvement in standards processes, fighting the...
EFF Makes Formal Objection to DRM in HTML5
San Francisco - Today the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a formal objection to the inclusion of digital rights management (DRM) in HTML5, arguing that a draft proposal from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) could stymie Web innovation and block access to content for people across the globe.
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EFF and Facebook Stand Up for User Privacy and Control in California Case
EFF filed an amicus brief (PDF) in support of Facebook in California state appellate court yesterday, urging the court to protect the privacy rights of social media users by requiring that all requests for their account information—including content—be directed to the users, rather than to third parties like Facebook.
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A Warning to Know Your Customer: Computerlinks Fined for Dealing Blue Coat Surveillance Technology to Syria
Californians, Support Taxpayer Access to Research
How to Enable Two-Factor Authentication on Twitter (And Everywhere Else)
Twitter rolled out two-factor authentication last week, joining a growing group of tech companies to support the important security feature. Two-factor authentication can help mitigate the damage of a password breach or phishing attack.
The Three Authentication Factors
A knowledge factor, like a password or PIN. Something you...
Standing Their Ground: Internet Activists in Jordan and Palestine
In the past couple of years, there have been striking developments in Internet regulation across the Middle East and North Africa. But while the governments of some countries—such as Lebanon, Iraq, and Jordan—have proposed draconian regulation threatening a free and open Internet, civil society across the region is...



