EFF established the Pioneer Awards in 1992 to recognize leaders on the electronic frontier who are extending freedom and innovation in the realm of information technology. Thank you to everyone who recommended people and organizations that have contributed substantially to the health, growth, accessibility, or freedom of computer-based communications. This...

Late last year, President Obama signed an annual military funding bill – the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA – including controversial provisions that could authorize the US military to indefinitely detain anyone in the US without trial. The statute is so vague that anyone could be detained in military...

Do you spend most Friday afternoons worrying about the future of American innovation smothering under the cumbersome yoke of our broken software patent system? Yeah, we do too.
Well, do ­­­we have an event for you. This Friday, we're moderating a live Google Hangout with three noted experts in...

EFF Staff Attorney Hanni Fakhoury and Assistant Federal Public Defender Chet Kaufman will be discussing ways to maintain privacy in electronic communications at the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers' ("NACDL") "Defending the White Collar Case" Seminar.
Time
1:45pm-2:45pm
LocationFordham University Law School
140...

In the online space, our basic rights to speak and read are under constant threat. Rainey Reitman, activism director of the EFF, will discuss how civil liberties online are under attack and how we can defend them. She’ll specifically talk about how legislative proposals in the United States such as...