At the risk of repeating ourselves, the current patent system is broken. There's considerable evidence to support this claim, too—whether it's innovation-destroying patent trolls or certified "chaos" in legal battles among tech giants. More than 10,000 people have signed onto our Defend Innovation campaign, helpfully providing...

Recently, we wrote about Ethiopian blogger Eskinder Nega, who was sentenced under the country's vague counterterrorism to eighteen years in prison for blogging about government corruption.
Individuals and organizations in the U.S. that wish to offer support for Eskinder Nega and freedom of expression in Ethiopia have several...

More Activists Convicted on Protest-Related Charges in Oman
The dozens of writers, activists, and bloggers who have been arrested on charges connected to their calls for greater freedoms in Oman in May and early June of 2012 have been brought to trial, convicted, and sentenced in recent weeks....

In just a few hours, protestors are set to march to the headquarters of Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) to mark the anniversary of last year's cell service shutdown. A year ago this week, responding to planned protests throughout the BART system, the transit authority cut off cell phone...

Responding to Outreach by EFF and the ACLU of Northern California, Facebook Corrects Error and Affirms its Goal of Providing a Politically-Neutral Platform for Election Issues, Including Marijuana Reform
Last week, news outlets reported that Facebook was rejecting ads by advocacy groups working on marijuana policy reform. The...

Congress' Aversion to Transparency
While EFF has continually criticized the the Obama administration for their lack of transparency, it's becoming clear that as much—if not more—blame rests with Congress. As we explained recently, new "anti-leaks" legislation proposed in the Senate would restrict press freedoms, markedly increase government...

As we noted last June, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Broadcast Treaty—which is a restrictive copyright treaty that aims to create and extend rights to signals of broadcasters and webcasters, and possibly creating serious problems for freedom of expression —is back. Although it has been revamped, it still...

Earlier this summer, we applauded Google for releasing detailed stats about content removal requests from copyright holders. Now that we know how they are going to use that data, we are less enthusiastic. Today, Google announced that it would use copyright takedown notices made under the DMCA...