U.S. Law Professors Cast Further Doubt on ACTA's Constitutionality - State Department Confirms No ACTA Pre-Review
Fifty leading U.S. legal scholars cast fresh doubt on the constitutionality of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement in an open letter to the Senate Finance Committee today. (Press Release). At issue is whether the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) had authority to enter into the controversial...
Health Privacy Summit 2012
Join EFF Senior Staff Attorney Lee Tien at the 2nd International Summit on the Future of Health Privacy as he discusses technical solutions to health privacy and security problems. Lee will also be speaking at the issue session titled "How do Social Media, Mobile Devices, Medical...
This Week in Internet Censorship: India, Iran, Brazil, Russia, and More
Iran Continues March Towards “Halal Internet”
This past weekend, Iran’s minister of telecommunications announced that domestic institutions including banks, telecom companies, insurance firms, and universities are now prohibited from dealing with emails that do not come from an “.ir” domain name. This means that customers who use foreign email...
EFF at Maker Faire!
It's time for everybody's favorite DIY event, Maker Faire! It's for creative, resourceful people of all ages and backgrounds who like to tinker and love to make things. Swing by the EFF table in the Expo Hall where you can join us or support the cause by donating...
TPP: Internet Freedom Activists Protest Secret Trade Agreement Being Negotiated This Week
Geek reading with Barbara Simons
DHS Considers Collecting DNA From Kids; DEA and US Marshals Already Do
DHS Considers Collecting DNA From Kids; DEA and US Marshals Already Do
Documents just released by US Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) in response to one of EFF’s Freedom of Information Act requests show that DHS is considering collecting DNA from kids ages 14 and up—and is exploring expanding its regulations to allow collection...
