Documenting Tools for Beating Internet Censorship
Network censorship and surveillance is a booming business. Censorship schemes continue to fragment the Internet and new censorship proposals are constantly introduced around the world, including in liberal democracies. (Lately governments have gotten fascinated by the idea of forcing ISPs to censor particular sites from the DNS, so users...
Another Agency May Have Lied to Court in a FOIA Case
In an ongoing battle in the Southern District of New York about whether the government must disclose metadata when it releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act, it now appears Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) may have lied in a declaration it filed with the court. This comes on...
Mr. Peabody's Coal Train Tries To Run Down Free Speech
Peabody Energy is at it again, trying to stifle critical speech intended to call attention to the company's practices. Last year, Peabody tried to intimidate a website that spoofed the Peabody-sponsored "Consortium for Clean Coal Utilization (CCCU)." This week, Peabody targeted a website that focused on concerns...
Internet Freedom Discussed at the Council of Europe
When governments and companies assemble on an international level to discuss "Internet freedom," EFF's policy experts go on alert. All too frequently, government-level discussions about Internet freedom turn into opportunities to discuss tangential issues, many of which have negative implications on online freedom: laws and policies promoting censorship and surveillance...
The "PROTECT IP" Act: COICA Redux
Update: An official Senate version of the draft PROTECT IP Act has been released and is available here. This version changes the “interactive computer services” language mentioned in our post below to “information location tools,” a term that points back to section 512(d) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act....
Cyber-surveillance in Everyday Life: An International Workshop
EFF Senior Staff Attorney Lee Tien participatesin the Opening Plenary "Advocates’ perspectives on “burning issues” in cyber-surveillance" which takes place on Friday, May 13 at 9:30 a.m.
Where: Campbell Conference Facility
Munk School of Global Affairs
University of Toronto
http://www.digitallymediatedsurveillance.ca/2011-workshop/
Geek Gathering with Tunisian Activist Sami ben Gharbia
Join EFF on Friday May 20th for a very special Geek Reading with Sami Ben Gharbia. Sami is a Tunisian anti-censorship activist and blogger based in the Netherlands. He is the co-founder of nawaat.org, an award-winning collective blog about Tunisian news and politics. Sami serves as Advocacy Director for Global...
New Department of Justice Documents Fail to Justify Expanding CALEA
Earlier this month the FBI, DEA and the Department of Justice Criminal Division responded to our FOIA litigation for records related to the Department of Justice’s controversial efforts to push Congress to expand the Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act (CALEA).CALEA currently requires telecommunications and broadband...
EFF Welcomes New International Team Member Jillian York
EFF is thrilled to announce the newest member of our international team, Jillian York. Jillian is the Director for International Freedom of Expression -- an always-critical issue that has come into sharp relief over the last few months with the events in Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, and beyond.
Jillian...
Members-Only Speakeasy: Washington DC this Thursday
Join Senior Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston for a drink this coming Thursday, May 12th in Washington DC! EFF's Speakeasy events are informal gatherings that give you a chance to mingle with local members and meet the people...
