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Deeplinks Blog by Jillian C. York, Elliot Harmon | September 20, 2019

Innocent Users Have the Most to Lose in the Rush to Address Extremist Speech Online

Internet Companies Must Adopt Consistent Rules and Transparent Moderation Practices Big online platforms tend to brag about their ability to filter out violent and extremist content at scale, but those same platforms refuse to provide even basic information about the substance of those removals. How do these platforms define terrorist...

Deeplinks Blog by Corynne McSherry, Kit Walsh | September 19, 2019

Facebook's Social Media Council Leaves Key Questions Unanswered

Facebook took big step forward this week in its march to create an "oversight board" to help vet its more controversial takedown decisions, publishing more details about how it will work. Both Facebook and its users will be able to refer cases to the Board to request its review...

Deeplinks Blog by Katharine Trendacosta | September 19, 2019

Tell Congress to Vote No on the CASE Act

Congress is considering passing the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act (CASE Act). Under the CASE Act, people could file copyright infringement claims with an obscure body, under the auspices of an office most people have no experience with. And that board could decide that the subjects of those claims...

Deeplinks Blog by Jillian C. York | September 19, 2019

EFF to Observe at United Nations General Assembly Leaders' Week Event

EFF has joined the advisory committee of the Christchurch Call to Eliminate Terrorist and Violent Extremist Content Online and will be represented at meetings near the United Nations General Assembly early next week. We have been involved in the process since May, when the government of New Zealand convened...

Press Release | September 18, 2019

Hearing Friday: Plaintiffs Challenging FOSTA Ask Court to Reinstate Lawsuit Seeking To Block Its Enforcement

Washington D.C.—On Friday, Sept. 20, at 9:30 am, attorneys for five plaintiffs suing the government to block enforcement of FOSTA will ask a federal appeals court to reverse a judge’s decision to dismiss the case.The plaintiffs—Woodhull Freedom Foundation, the Internet Archive, Human Rights Watch, and individuals Alex Andrews and...

Deeplinks Blog by Hayley Tsukayama | September 18, 2019

Thanks For Helping Us Defend the California Consumer Privacy Act

The California Consumer Privacy Act will go into effect on January 1, 2020—having fended off a year of targeted efforts by technology giants who wanted to gut the bill. Most recently, industry tried to weaken its important privacy protections in the last days of the legislative session. Californians made...

Deeplinks Blog by Bennett Cyphers | September 18, 2019

Big Tech’s Disingenuous Push for a Federal Privacy Law

This week, the Internet Association launched a campaign asking the federal government to pass a new privacy law. The Internet Association (IA) is a trade group funded by some of the largest tech companies in the world, including Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, and Uber. Many of its members...

Deeplinks Blog by Adam Schwartz | September 13, 2019

Facebook Must Better Limit Its Face Surveillance

Last week, Facebook started sending a small portion of its users a new notification about its face surveillance program, which concludes with two important buttons: “keep off” and “turn on.” This is a step in the right direction: for these users, the default will be no face surveillance...

Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | September 13, 2019

Don't Let Congress Hand Patent Abusers Their Ultimate Wishlist

Congress is considering a bill that would throw out the best defenses against bad patents. The Senate IP Subcommittee recently had a hearing about the Stronger Patents Act, a batch of recurring terrible ideas that has been introduced by Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) for the third time in three years...

Deeplinks Blog by Jason Kelley | September 13, 2019

EFF's 2019 Pioneer Awards Winner Remarks and Speeches

EFF’s annual Pioneer Awards ceremony celebrates individuals and groups who have made outstanding contributions to freedom and innovation on the electronic frontier. On Sept. 12, EFF welcomed keynote speaker Adam Savage, who spoke on the importance of storytelling, scientific exploration, and personal discovery. And each of our honorees...

Deeplinks Blog by Aaron Mackey | September 13, 2019

Victory! Individuals Can Force Government to Purge Records of Their First Amendment Activity

The FBI must delete its memo documenting a journalist’s First Amendment activities, a federal appellate court ruled this week in a decision that vindicates the right to be free from government surveillance. In Garris v. FBI, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ordered the FBI...

Deeplinks Blog by Max Hunter | September 12, 2019

Encrypted DNS Could Help Close the Biggest Privacy Gap on the Internet. Why Are Some Groups Fighting Against It?

Thanks to the success of projects like Let’s Encrypt and recent UX changes in the browsers, most page-loads are now encrypted with TLS. But DNS, the system that looks up a site’s IP address when you type the site’s name into your browser, remains unprotected by encryption. Because...

Deeplinks Blog by Sophia Cope | September 12, 2019

EFF to Third Circuit: Off-Campus Student Social Media Posts Entitled to Full First Amendment Protection

Special thanks to legal intern Maria Bacha who was the lead author of this post. EFF, Student Press Law Center (SPLC), Pennsylvania Center for the First Amendment (PaCFA), and Brechner Center for Freedom of Information filed an amicus brief in B.L. v. Mahanoy Area School District urging the U.S...

Event | October 2, 2019

NetHui 2019

EFF's Jillian York will keynote NetHui for the second time.

Event | September 14, 2019

Nextcloud Conference 2019

EFF's Jillian York will speak about our not-so-distant future at Nextcloud's annual conference.

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Innocent Users Have the Most to Lose in the Rush to Address Extremist Speech Online

Facebook's Social Media Council Leaves Key Questions Unanswered

Tell Congress to Vote No on the CASE Act

EFF to Observe at United Nations General Assembly Leaders' Week Event

Hearing Friday: Plaintiffs Challenging FOSTA Ask Court to Reinstate Lawsuit Seeking To Block Its Enforcement

Thanks For Helping Us Defend the California Consumer Privacy Act

Big Tech’s Disingenuous Push for a Federal Privacy Law

Facebook Must Better Limit Its Face Surveillance

Don't Let Congress Hand Patent Abusers Their Ultimate Wishlist

EFF's 2019 Pioneer Awards Winner Remarks and Speeches

Victory! Individuals Can Force Government to Purge Records of Their First Amendment Activity

Encrypted DNS Could Help Close the Biggest Privacy Gap on the Internet. Why Are Some Groups Fighting Against It?

EFF to Third Circuit: Off-Campus Student Social Media Posts Entitled to Full First Amendment Protection

NetHui 2019

Nextcloud Conference 2019

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