The Intelligence Oversight Board Has Members - But We Had to Sue the Government to Find Out
Apparently, David Boren, Chuck Hagel, and Lester Lyles are all currently serving on the Intelligence Oversight Board. Here’s what we had to do to figure that out, and what that means for intelligence oversight and transparency:
The Intelligence Oversight Board, or IOB, is a Presidentially...
Egypt imprisons Alaa, other pro-democracy bloggers
This Week in Internet Censorship
Egypt imprisons Alaa, other pro-democracy bloggers
EFF recently highlighted the case of Alaa Abd El Fattah, one of Egypt’s most influential pro-democracy bloggers, who is now serving fifteen days in jail for refusing to be interrogated by military prosecutors. His supposed crime? Accusing the military of...
The Stop Online Piracy Act: A Blacklist by Any Other Name Is Still a Blacklist
During the past week, momentum against the House’s draconian copyright bill has gained steam, as venture capitalists, Internet giants and major artists have denounced it for handing corporations unprecedented power to censor countless websites and stifle free speech. In response, the bill’s big-pocketed supporters have gone on...
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Celebrating 50,000 Twitter Followers
Today, EFF's Twitter account received its 50,000th follower. That’s 50,000 people who care about the future of civil liberties -- at least enough to keep tabs on EFF through our Twitter feed. And while there are surely a few spam bots in there, we’re glad to see so many...
Proposed Copyright Bill Threatens Whistleblowing and Human Rights
In the past week, the larger Internet community has joined EFF in sounding the alarm about the new copyright bill, now known as the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), as it makes its way through the U.S. House. The bill threatens to transform copyright law, pushing Internet intermediaries—from Facebook...
U.S. Senator, Encryption Innovator, and Tunisian Blogging Group Win EFF Pioneer Awards
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is pleased to announce the winners of its 2011 Pioneer Awards: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, encryption innovator Ian Goldberg, and Tunisian blogging collective Nawaat.
The award ceremony will be held on the evening of November 15 at the Children's Creativity Museum...
Bad Cases that Make Bad Law: EFF Urges Federal Circuit to Reverse the Trend
Today, EFF, along with CCIA and Red Hat, filed a brief urging the entire Federal Circuit to rehear Ultramercial v. Hulu, a case that found an abstract idea patentable when it was tied to the Internet or other computer programming. Cases like this one make bad...
BART Board Members Pledge to Implement Many of EFF’s Recommendations in Their Cell Phone Policy
On October 27th, board members of Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) held a public meeting to discuss the draft of their new cell phone shutdown policy. EFF attended the meeting and presented our recommendations, which would ensure that the final policy complied with the First Amendment and mandated...
