We could be celebrating the New Year by ripping out the fiber optic cables that are sending copies of all our emails to the National Security Agency. But instead, Congress is planning on ringing in 2013 by re-authorizing parts of the FISA Amendments Act, the controversial 2008 bill that allows...

EFF has been calling since July for the immediate release of open source software engineer and Creative Commons volunteer Bassel Khartabil, detained in Syria since March of this year. Many other groups and thousands of individuals have professed support for Bassel, expressing deep concerns to the Syrian authorities and...

It shouldn't be controversial to demand evidence-based policies in the copyright space. But over and over, Congress has failed to engage in an informed discussion over which copyright policies advance the public interest, and which ones cause harm. That's why we're supporting our friends at Fight for the Future...

Big news: if you donate to EFF in the next 2π (~6.28318530718) days, you can triple the value of your donation! Challenge grants, provided by generous donors committed to our mission of digital freedom, will match up to $70,000 in gifts. But this opportunity will only...

Luxembourg-based patent troll ArrivalStar has sued a number of U.S. transit agencies and other defendants for infringing on patents that probably shouldn't ever have been issued. For instance, patent 7,030,781 generally refers to a technology that notifies you if your bus or package is arriving early, late, or on...

"International law is clear: No matter who you are, or where you live, your voice counts. On this Day, let us unite to defend your right to make it heard," said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
December 10 marked Human Rights Day, the 64th anniversary of...

The 15th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement negotiations in New Zealand concluded this week, locking out civil society participation in an unprecedented way. The TPP is a trade agreement between eleven Pacific nations and it covers a wide range of regulatory issues including transnational investment, services, tobacco, and...

Cada año, Google recibe miles de solicitudes de distintos gobiernos de todo el mundo que buscan información sobre sus usuarios. Cada persona que utiliza alguno de los servicios online gratuitos de este gigante buscador - como por ejemplo Gmail, YouTube, Google+ o Blogger- deja a cada paso una huella digital....