FTC Report Confirms: Commercial Surveillance is Out of Control
The UN General Assembly and the Fight Against the Cybercrime Treaty
Note on the update: The text has been revised to reflect the updated timeline for the UN General Assembly’s consideration of the convention, which is now expected at the end of this year. The update also emphasizes that states should reject the convention. Additionally, a new section outlines the risks...
Digital ID Isn't for Everybody, and That's Okay
How many times do you pull out your driver’s license a week? Maybe two to four times to purchase age restricted items, pick up prescriptions, or go to a bar. If you get a mobile driver’s license (mDL) or other forms of digital identification (ID) being offered in Google and...
Calls to Scrap Jordan's Cybercrime Law Echo Calls to Reject Cybercrime Treaty
Patient Rights and Consumer Groups Join EFF In Opposing Two Extreme Patent Bills
Update 11/19/24: The Senate Judiciary Committee is still scheduled to vote on the PREVAIL Act on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. Please express your continued opposition through our action center, linked below. The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote this Thursday on two bills that could significantly empower patent...
EFF to Federal Trial Court: Section 230’s Little-Known Third Immunity for User-Empowerment Tools Covers Unfollow Everything 2.0
Update: In a written order on November 22, 2024, the district court judge granted Meta's motion to dismiss without prejudice, meaning that Prof. Zuckerman may refile his case at a later date. The judge ruled that the case wasn't ripe for consideration because Prof. Zuckerman hasn't built the Unfollow...
EFF to Supreme Court: Strike Down Texas’ Unconstitutional Age Verification Law
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the Woodhull Freedom Foundation, and TechFreedom urged the Supreme Court today to strike down HB 1181, a Texas law that unconstitutionally restricts adults’ access to sexual content online by requiring them to verify their age. Under HB 1181, signed into law last year,...
Prison Banned Books Week: Being in Jail Shouldn’t Mean Having Nothing to Read
Across the United States, nearly every state’s prison system offers some form of tablet access to incarcerated people, many of which boast of sizable libraries of eBooks. Knowing this, one might assume that access to books is on the rise for incarcerated folks. Unfortunately, this is not the case. A...
Square Peg, Meet Round Hole: Previously Classified TikTok Briefing Shows Error of Ban
A previously classified transcript reveals Congress knows full well that American TikTok users engage in First Amendment protected speech on the platform and that banning the application is an inadequate way to protect privacy—but it banned TikTok anyway.The government submitted the partially redacted transcript as part of the ongoing...
Strong End-to-End Encryption Comes to Discord Calls
We’re happy to see that Discord will soon start offering a form of end-to-end encryption dubbed “DAVE” for its voice and video chats. This puts some of Discord’s audio and video offerings in line with Zoom, and separates it from tools like Slack and Microsoft Teams, which do...
