A Reminder: Online Free Speech is a Matter of Human Rights
If, just a few short decades ago, someone had proposed that the Internet would be instrumental in the promotion and maintenance of human rights around the world, their proposal would have been met with skepticism. And yet, examples of Internet users campaigning for human rights abound: From the Take...
CDA 230 Success Cases: Yelp
This is the first part in a series of posts about the importance of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA 230). CDA 230 provides websites, blogs, and social networks that host speech with protection against a wide range of laws that might otherwise hold them legally responsible...
Enfrentando La Vigilancia Estatal y Protegiendo los Derechos Humanos
"El derecho internacional es claro: No importa quién eres o dónde vives, tu voz cuenta. Unámonos en este día para defender tu derecho a ser escuchado" Ban Ki-moon, secretario general de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas.
El 10 de diciembre se conmemora el Día de...
EFF Urges Appeals Court to Bring Sanity to Patent Debate
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged the full Federal Circuit today to throw out the dangerous patents it previously held valid in CLS Bank v. Alice Corp, arguing that the court's earlier decision goes against the law and helps foster the recent dramatic increase in patent litigation....
Data Request from Lebanese Security Agency Sparks Controversy
A controversy arose in Lebanon this past week over revelations that the country's Internal Security Forces (ISF) demanded the content of all SMS text messages sent between Sept ember 13 and November 10 of this year, as well as usernames and passwords for services like Blackberry Messenger and Facebook....
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Dangerous digital rights policies have a habit of crossing borders, but you can help to defend Internet freedom for all users. Donate to EFF today to support a better digital future worldwide.When Syria disappeared from the Internet last week, we responded swiftly to promote protective technology and...
CDA 230 Success Cases: WordPress.com
Washington State Drops Defense of Unconstitutional Sex Trafficking Law
San Francisco - Today, Washington state officials announced that they have dropped their defense of a law aimed at combatting online sex trafficking ads by targeting Internet service providers, conceding that the statute was unconstitutional and violated federal law. After a challenge by the Internet Archive and Backpage.com, a permanent...
EFF's Guide to CDA 230: The Most Important Law Protecting Online Speech
In 1996, while debating the intricacies of a bill that would massively overhaul the telecommunications laws of the United States, two astute Congressmen introduced an amendment that would allow the Internet to flourish.
The amendment—which would become Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA 230)—stated that "No...
Deep Dive: Updating the Electronic Communications Privacy Act
EFF works to inform the world about breaking issues in the world of technology policy and civil liberties. And one of our best ways of communicating with our friends and members is through our nearly-weekly newsletter, EFFector. Last week, we sent out a very special EFFector - a deep...
