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Press Release | October 22, 2019

EFF to Amazon and Shaq: Stop Pushing Police Partnerships with Doorbell Camera Company

Chicago – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is urging Amazon, along with basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal, to cancel an event promoting Ring home-surveillance cameras at a police chiefs’ conference in Chicago later this month. EFF and many other civil liberties and privacy organizations are growing increasingly concerned about privacy-invasive partnerships...

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia, Jason Kelley | October 21, 2019

EFF Challenges Ring Spokesperson Shaq Over Privacy Concerns

EFF is asking Ring spokesman Shaquille O’Neal to cancel his appearance at a party hosted by the company at the upcoming International Association of Chiefs of Police conference on October 27. Instead, we’re challenging Shaq to a one-on-one: not on the basketball court, but across the table, so we can...

Event | October 29, 2019

WISP Celebrates National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: EFF's Alexis Hancock to speak

Dropbox — Mission Bay 1800 Owens Street, San Francisco, CA 94158 Women in Security and Privacy (WISP) and Dropbox are hosting an event to celebrate the close of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. We will be featuring three amazing lightning round speakers who will cover this year's themes of "Own IT...

Event | November 2, 2019

EFF at The Glass Room: Atlas of Surveillance - A Workshop on Crowdsourcing Research on Police Tech

Join Senior Investigative Researcher Dave Maass of the Electronic Frontier Foundation for a workshop about the EFF's large-scale project to inventory what technologies law enforcement agencies around the country are deploying in our communities. You will learn how to use advanced search engine functions and comb government websites...

Event | October 26, 2019

EFF at The Glass Room: Investigative Resources for the Digital Age

It's a given that the tech companies collective massive amounts of information on each of us, but there are also many ways that we can gather information about these companies to hold them accountable. As part of The Glass Room, an art installation in downtown San Francisco, EFF Senior Investigative...

Deeplinks Blog by Ernesto Falcon | October 21, 2019

Ready to Pay $30,000 for Sharing a Photo Online? The House of Representatives Thinks You Are

Tomorrow the House of Representatives has scheduled to vote on what appears to be an unconstitutional copyright bill that carries with it life altering penalties. The bill would slap $30,000 fines on Internet users who share a copyrighted work they don’t own online. Take Action Now is...

Event | October 25, 2019

Panel on Internet Tracking and DNS

Join us for a panel discussion on pervasive tracking on the Internet and the role of Domain Name System (DNS). The panel will be held at Mozilla’s Glass Room - an interactive and immersive experience with more than 50 hands-on and thought-provoking installations that is opening on October 16th...

Deeplinks Blog by Saira Hussain | October 18, 2019

Tell HUD: Algorithms Shouldn't Be an Excuse to Discriminate

Update 10/18: EFF has submitted its comments to HUD, which you can read here. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently released a proposed rule that will have grave consequences for the enforcement of fair housing laws. Under the Fair Housing Act, individuals can...

Deeplinks Blog by Hayley Tsukayama | October 17, 2019

Massachusetts: Tell Your Lawmakers to Press Pause on Government Face Surveillance

Face surveillance by government poses a threat to our privacy, chills protest in public places, and amplifies historical biases in our criminal justice system. Massachusetts has the opportunity to become the first state to stop government use of this troubling technology, from Provincetown to Pittsfield. Massachusetts residents: tell your legislature...

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The Case for Fiber to the Home, Today: Why Fiber is a Superior Medium for 21st Century Broadband

The debate over the best infrastructure to deliver fixed last-mile broadband service in the 21st century is settled, and fiber is the undisputed winner. Fiber-to-the-home deployments are a better option for consumers today, and they are the only option that will allow expansive, efficient upgrades to America’s networks for a...

Event | October 29, 2019

Columbia University Events: A Peter Zenger Lecture with Cindy Cohn

Pulitzer Hall, 2950 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 Room/Area: Joseph D. Jamail Lecture Hall, 3rd Floor The Peter Zenger Lecture covers issues relative to journalism, law, justice and civil rights. The lecture series is named after John Peter Zenger, American journalist, printer, and publisher, whose libel trial...

Deeplinks Blog by Bennett Cyphers, Ernesto Falcon | October 16, 2019

Why Fiber is Vastly Superior to Cable and 5G

The United States, its states, and its local governments are in dire need of universal fiber plans. Major telecom carriers such as AT&T and Verizon have discontinued their fiber-to-the-home efforts, leaving most people facing expensive cable monopolies for the future. While much of the Internet infrastructure has already transitioned...

Deeplinks Blog by Sophia Cope, Elliot Harmon, Ernesto Falcon, Danny O'Brien | October 16, 2019

EFF Urges Congress Not to Dismantle Section 230

The Keys to a Healthy Internet Are User Empowerment and Competition, Not Censorship The House Energy and Commerce Committee held a legislative hearing today over what to do with one of the most important Internet laws, Section 230. Members of Congress and the testifying panelists discussed many of...

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | October 16, 2019

Victory! Berkeley City Council Unanimously Votes to Ban Face Recognition

Berkeley has become the third city in California and the fourth city in the United States to ban the use of face recognition technology by the government. After an outpouring of support from the community, the Berkeley City Council voted unanimously to adopt the ordinance introduced by Councilmember Kate Harrison...

Deeplinks Blog by Katitza Rodriguez, Veridiana Alimonti | October 16, 2019

¿Quién Defiende Tus Datos?: Four Years Setting The Bar for Privacy Protections in Latin America and Spain

Four years have passed since our partners first published Who Defends Your Data (¿Quién Defiende Tus Datos?), a report that holds ISPs accountable for their privacy policies and processes in eight Latin America countries and Spain. Since then, we’ve seen major technology companies providing more transparency about how and...

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EFF to Amazon and Shaq: Stop Pushing Police Partnerships with Doorbell Camera Company

EFF Challenges Ring Spokesperson Shaq Over Privacy Concerns

WISP Celebrates National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: EFF's Alexis Hancock to speak

EFF at The Glass Room: Atlas of Surveillance - A Workshop on Crowdsourcing Research on Police Tech

EFF at The Glass Room: Investigative Resources for the Digital Age

Ready to Pay $30,000 for Sharing a Photo Online? The House of Representatives Thinks You Are

Panel on Internet Tracking and DNS

Tell HUD: Algorithms Shouldn't Be an Excuse to Discriminate

Massachusetts: Tell Your Lawmakers to Press Pause on Government Face Surveillance

The Case for Fiber to the Home, Today: Why Fiber is a Superior Medium for 21st Century Broadband

Columbia University Events: A Peter Zenger Lecture with Cindy Cohn

Why Fiber is Vastly Superior to Cable and 5G

EFF Urges Congress Not to Dismantle Section 230

Victory! Berkeley City Council Unanimously Votes to Ban Face Recognition

¿Quién Defiende Tus Datos?: Four Years Setting The Bar for Privacy Protections in Latin America and Spain

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