On Tuesday, May 29, at 11:30 am, EFF Legislative Counsel Ernesto Falcon will urge state senators to pass a bill that would protect net neutrality in California. A coalition of lawmakers, small businesses, consumer and social justice groups, and open internet advocates are holding a press conference to voice support...
Speakeasy: Bay AreaEFF Mixer & Happy HourWednesday, May 30 6-9 pmJoin the Electronic Frontier Foundation staff for a drink on Wednesday, May 30 in San Francisco! Raise a glass with EFF attorneys, technologists, and activists and discover our latest work defending your freedom online. EFF's Speakeasy events are free, informal...
A local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance (not EFF) will host this event:Open Source Design MeetupJoin Open Source Design NYC on Thursday evening for a presentation and Q&A with Juliana Castro. Juliana is a graphic designer, Fulbright scholar, and open access enthusiast specializing in...
EFF will be attending the 36th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights of WIPO, the World Intellectual Property Organization. The meeting will discuss a proposed treaty that would give broadcasters exclusive new rights over the material that they broadcast, as well as copyright limitations and...
EFF's Jeremy Malcolm will be delivering a paper at the May workshop of Georgia Tech's Internet Governance Project, titled "The Political Economy of Data Localization." The paper explores the human rights impacts of laws that regulate data flows, and the potential (or otherwise) for addressing these impacts through trade agreements.
VISION AND TECHNOLOGY: toward a more just future addresses the implications of visuality, representation, and privacy in the age of surveillance and big data.
Join EFF at the 13th Annual Maker Faire Bay Area! The event spans three days, from Friday afternoon to Sunday. Part science fair, part county fair, and part something entirely new, Maker Faire is an all-ages gathering of tech enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, science clubs, authors, artists, students,...
A local digital rights community group in the Electronic Frontier Alliance (not EFF) will host this event:Community Activism: Vote and Engage LocallyThe push for a new political landscape starts now!Do you know there are elections for San Mateo County in June?Do you know the new mail-in only...
A local digital rights community group in the Electronic Frontier Alliance (not EFF) will host this event:The Tyranny of ContractThis month's speaker will be Christopher Brown. His novel Rule of Capture, the beginning of a series of speculative legal thrillers about a criminal defense lawyer in an...
A local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance (not EFF) will host this event:Cypurr CryptopartyBuried by all the recent privacy policy updates? Overwhelmed by indiscriminate surveillance, digital harassment, or security leaks of personal identification? You are not alone!At this month’s workshop, Cypurr will talk about how laws...
