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Deeplinks Blog by Katharine Trendacosta, Corynne McSherry | April 21, 2020

Copyright and Crisis: Filters Are Not the Answer

It’s been a joke for years now, from the days when Facebook was just a website where you said you were eating a sandwich and Instagram was just where you posted photos of said sandwich, but, right now, we really are living our everyday lives online. Teachers are trying to...

Deeplinks Blog by Mona Wang | April 21, 2020

Technical Deep-Dive: Winding Down the STARTTLS Policy List

This is a technical guide for administrators affected by the STARTTLS Everywhere project. Check out our overview post of the project! The STARTTLS policy list started off as a mechanism for mailservers to learn TLS information about other servers from EFF’s perspective. Since MTA-STS was launched, it has evolved...

Deeplinks Blog by Mona Wang | April 21, 2020

Winding Down the STARTTLS Everywhere Project, and the Future of Secure Email

This is an overview of the STARTTLS Everywhere project. If your mailserver is affected by these changes, check out our technical deep-dive to securing your mailserver! EFF started our STARTTLS Everywhere project in 2014, in a post-Snowden moment when the technology community banded together to push transport encryption...

Deeplinks Blog by Jason Kelley | April 20, 2020

ICYMI: Watch "At Home With EFF," A Virtual Discussion of COVID-19 and Digital Rights

We're excited to announce our next virtual At Home With EFF event this Wednesday at noon (PT), with special guests Jeff Deutch of Syrian Archive and Mahsa Alimardani of Article 19. Join us for a conversation on content moderation, and the explosion of new, potentially privacy-invasive apps. What's At...

Event | May 12, 2020

Did I actually vote for my candidate?

EFF Austin , a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event: Did I Actually Vote for My Candidate? From the Organizers: Our speaker this month is Daniel Roesler. Daniel is a volunteer for the League of Women Voters, helping maintain ...

Legal Case

Robinson v. Hunt County (5th Cir.)

EFF, together with Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, filed an amicus brief urging the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to recognize a First Amendment right to access the social media pages of government officials, and to comment on those pages when the pages are generally open to public...

Deeplinks Blog by Mitch Stoltz | April 16, 2020

EFF, Other Nonprofits, and California’s Attorney General Tell ICANN To Stop The Private Equity Takeover of .ORG

Update 4/20: ICANN has postponed its decision about the sale of .ORG until May 4th ICANN, the organization at the top of the Internet’s domain name system, may be close to deciding whether the takeover of the .ORG domain registry by a private equity firm can go forward. EFF, along...

Deeplinks Blog by India McKinney, Andrew Crocker | April 16, 2020

Yes, Section 215 Expired. Now What?

On March 15, 2020, Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act—a surveillance law with a rich history of government overreach and abuse—expired. Along with two other PATRIOT Act provisions, Section 215 lapsed after lawmakers failed to reach an agreement on a broader set of reforms to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance...

Event | April 19, 2020

Press Pause on Face Surveillance!

Press Pause on Face Surveillance From the Organizers: Face surveillance is intrusive, imprecise, and often discriminatory. The technology has been weaponized against our most vulnerable neighbors, enabling ICE to identify and track undocumented people. Studies show people of color, trans people, women, and children are more...

Deeplinks Blog by Kit Walsh, Sophia Cope, Elliot Harmon | April 15, 2020

Open Innovation in Medical Technology Will Save Lives

Experts from the world’s top engineering programs have come together to share knowledge about medical technology, hoping to make life-saving treatments more widely available. Importantly, they’re ensuring that patents, copyrights, and other legal restrictions don’t get between that knowledge and the people who need it most. Open Licenses Provide Life-Saving...

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | April 15, 2020

Telling Police Where People With COVID-19 Live Erodes Public Health

In some areas of the United States, local governments are sharing the names and addresses of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 with police and other first responders. This is intended to keep police, EMTs, and firefighters safe should they find themselves headed to a call at the residence...

Event | April 22, 2020

At Home With EFF: COVID-19, Free Speech, and Privacy

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced both individuals and companies to adopt new practices and new technologies quickly—sometimes creating serious risks to our civil liberties. Join EFF for a livestreamed video discussion about what we've learned as online platform moderation becomes more automated, with platforms like Facebook flagging and censoring more...

Press Release | April 14, 2020

EFF Seeks Public Comment About Expanding and Improving Santa Clara Principles

San Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) announced today a call for feedback and recommendations from organizations and individuals around the world to update the landmark 2018 Santa Clara Principles on Transparency and Accountability, which established due process standards for moderating users’ online speech.Parties interested in strengthening and expanding the standards...

Deeplinks Blog by Andrew Crocker, Kurt Opsahl, Bennett Cyphers | April 10, 2020

The Challenge of Proximity Apps For COVID-19 Contact Tracing

Around the world, a diverse and growing chorus is calling for the use of smartphone proximity technology to fight COVID-19. In particular, public health experts and others argue that smartphones could provide a solution to an urgent need for rapid, widespread contact tracing—that is, tracking who infected people come in...

Deeplinks Blog by Corynne McSherry, Katharine Trendacosta | April 10, 2020

Sharing Our Common Culture in Uncommon Times

We are in an unprecedented time. People are being told to stay home as much as possible. Some of us are lucky enough to have jobs that can be done remotely, schools are closed and kids are home, and healthcare, grocery, or other essential workers are looking for respite where...

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Copyright and Crisis: Filters Are Not the Answer

Technical Deep-Dive: Winding Down the STARTTLS Policy List

Winding Down the STARTTLS Everywhere Project, and the Future of Secure Email

ICYMI: Watch "At Home With EFF," A Virtual Discussion of COVID-19 and Digital Rights

Did I actually vote for my candidate?

Robinson v. Hunt County (5th Cir.)

EFF, Other Nonprofits, and California’s Attorney General Tell ICANN To Stop The Private Equity Takeover of .ORG

Yes, Section 215 Expired. Now What?

Press Pause on Face Surveillance!

Open Innovation in Medical Technology Will Save Lives

Telling Police Where People With COVID-19 Live Erodes Public Health

At Home With EFF: COVID-19, Free Speech, and Privacy

EFF Seeks Public Comment About Expanding and Improving Santa Clara Principles

The Challenge of Proximity Apps For COVID-19 Contact Tracing

Sharing Our Common Culture in Uncommon Times

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