Telecommunications technician and AT&T whistleblower Mark Klein is in Washington D.C. this week, meeting with journalists and congressional staffers to speak out against legislation that aims to immunize lawbreaking telecoms by halting cases like EFF's class-action lawsuit against AT&T. The New York Times and the Washington Post have both...

Last week, an alliance of right-wing bloggers joined the progressive public policy organization MoveOn in opposing the Fox News Channel for sending cease and desist letters to Republican presidential candidates that used Fox News clips in their TV ads. The barrage of cease and desist letters came after Fox...

Last week I had the privilege of being on a panel of legal experts to discuss the DMCA's "safe harbors" for online service providers, particularly as they might apply in the Viacom v. YouTube litigation. The video of the event has now been made available, so for those who are...

Over the last couple of days, Comcast has been telling the press that they're not interfering with their users' traffic, they're just "delaying" it. Let's examine that proposition for a moment. In our previous posts, we discussed Comcast's forging of TCP RST packets to kill users' connections...

Last week, the influential Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) sent a letter to Speaker of the House Pelosi opposing amnesty for telecommunications companies involved in the illegal warrantless surveillance program. CCIA encouraged Congress "to reject broad immunity provisions in favor of a better balance between legitimate...

href="http://salonmedia.vo.llnwd.net/o1/mp3s/2007/oct/conversations_cohn.mp3">Podcast: EFF's Cindy Cohn on Telecom ImmunitySalon blogger Glenn Greenwald's interview with EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn.
U.S. Voters Oppose Warrantless WiretappingA recent poll found that a majority of voters across the political spectrum are opposed to warrantless wiretaps.
Josh Wolf on Journalist's Shield...

We recently published a one-page document summarizing the evidence that is the centerpiece of EFF's Hepting v. AT&T case. Information for the document came from previously secret evidence that was unsealed this summer, including the declarations of whistleblower Mark Klein and EFF's expert witness, J. Scott Marcus, a...