"Who Has Your Back" In Depth: Fighting For Users' Privacy Rights in Court
EFF recently launched a campaign calling on companies to stand with their users when the government comes looking for data. (If you haven’t done so, sign our petition urging companies to provide better transparency and privacy.) This article will provide a more detailed look at one of the four...
17th General Meeting of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) and Strategy Conference
EFF Director for International Freedom of Expression, Jillian York will be attending and speaking at the IFEX General Meeting and Strategy conference.
Check back for more specific information on the event, including when she will be speaking.
https://ifexgm2011.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/ifexs-general-meeting-and-strategy-conference/
Response template for Tor relay operator to ISP
The More Things Change...: PROTECT IP Updates
The PROTECT IP Act, known as PIPA, yesterday passed through the Senate Judiciary Committee with only minimal changes. The current draft bill is here. The good news is that the approval was quickly met by a much-welcome hold on the legislation from Senator Wyden of Oregon.
Wyden...
Setting Up Tor (HTML5)
Twitter, Free Speech, Super-Injunctions and the Streisand Effect
Co-authored by Cindy Cohn
This blog post was also published on the Index on Censorship blog.
Despite a super injunction in place to keep his name and the story of his extra-marital affair out of the tabloids, a British footballer has found that where there’s...
EFF at DEFCON 19
DEFCON is the world's largest annual hacker convention, held each in Las Vegas, Nevada. EFF will be there again this year! Our staff members always have some interesting presentations, talks and panel discussions and this year will be no exception!
Our first order of business is helping you to...
Tweeting the Arab Revolutions: Brian Stewart in Discussion With Three Digital Activists Who Led The Arab Awakening
Jillian York, EFF's Director for International Freedom of Expression is participating on a panel moderated by Canadian foreign correspondent Brian Stewart. Jillian joins digital activist Mona Seif and Sarah Abdurrahman, the host of WNYC’s On the Media.
This event is free and open to the public.
(Event...
How Would the Kerry-McCain "Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights" Affect State Security and Privacy Laws?
We’ve previously written about the Kerry-McCain "Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights," which tries to create a general federal privacy framework rooted in the Fair Information Practices (although we’re not sure how well it succeeds). Currently, federal privacy law is sector-specific, often applying only to certain types of information...
Apple Should Stand Up and Defend its Developers
Update II: Apparently not frightened off by Apple's letter defending its developers, Lodsys went ahead and sued at least seven developers in the Eastern District of Texas for patent infringement. In its original cease-and-desist letters, Lodsys gave developers 21 days to respond. But – apparently in response to Apple's...
