When the Government Comes Knocking, Who Has Your Back? 2012
When you use the Internet, you entrust your online conversations, thoughts, experiences, locations, photos, and more to companies like Google, AT&T and Facebook. But what happens when the government demands that these companies to hand over your private information? Will the company stand with you? Will it tell you that...
Frequently Asked Questions About the Lieberman-Collins Cyber Security Act
The Senate is moving quickly to take up the issue of cybersecurity, with a potential vote looming in early June. This is a particularly dangerous situation because the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) already passed the House, authorizing companies to spy on sensitive user content and pass that...
Don’t Let Congress Use "Cybersecurity" Fears to Trample on Civil Liberties
This Week in Internet Censorship: Points system for Weibo, Activist Released in Bahrain, Censorship in Malaysia, Ethiopia, and More
China: Twitter-Clone Weibo Introduces a Points System for Punishing Content Violations
Chinese microblogging site Sina Weibo introduced new user conditions on Monday under which users will be deducted “points” for violating its content policy. Users will be suspended from the website once they run out of points. ...
A Review of Today's Important House Hearing on Warrantless Wiretapping and the FISA Amendments Act
This morning, the House Judiciary Committee held an important hearing on the FISA Amendments Act (FAA) and the scope of the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping program. The FAA, which gutted privacy protections governing the interception international phone calls and e-mail to and from the United States, is set to expire at...
EFF Joins Twitter in Standing Up For User
We took a stand for Twitter users Wednesday, and in an amicus brief (PDF) urged a New York City judge to reconsider his decision authorizing a broad subpoena to Twitter that seriously threatens the First Amendment and privacy rights of everyone on the Internet.
We started ...
When the Government Comes Knocking, Who Has Your Back?
When the Government Comes Knocking, Who Has Your Back?
For Immediate Release: Thursday, May 31, 2012
San Francisco - When you use the Internet, you entrust your thoughts, experiences, locations, and more to companies like Google, Twitter, and Facebook. But what happens when the government asks these companies to hand over your private information? Will the company stand...
