Too often local, state, and federal law enforcement use surveillance tools against the public without meaningful oversight or a public discussion about their impact on free expression and privacy.
Join Aaron Mackey, an EFF staff attorney, to discuss how transparency laws play a critical role in uncovering law enforcement...
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Reno v. ACLU, which, along with Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, established the framework for internet free speech and liability that remains in place today in the US. Join EFF Activism Director Rainey Reitman, EFF International...
EFF Senior Staff Attorney Nate Cardozo joins an illustrious panel of free speech experts on Thursday, Nov. 30 to discuss the complexities of the so-called "fake news" problem. As the First Amendment Coalition, the sponsor of the event, explains:
The term “fake news” burst on to the scene...
Join David Goodman in conversation with Lucy Bernholz, Senior Research Scholar at the Stanford University Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, Thenmozhi Soundararajan, Director of Equality Labs, and Danny O'Brien, International Director at Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) for a dialogue about the state of data security and privacy in philanthropy....
In the wake of the Equifax breach, 145 million Americans have had their names, addresses, license numbers, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers (SSNs) compromised. As we continue to learn more about the breach, it is important to share facts rather than fear and uncertainty. Join EFF Technologist Erica...
Hosted by GW Libraries and Academic Innovation, Privacy Week, running November 13-17, is a series of talks, workshops, and panels that explore privacy in the digital age. Open to the GW community and the general public, the events focus on responding to cyber violence, surveillance, and secure and encrypted technologies.
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RSVP When universities invent, those inventions should benefit everyone. Unfortunately, they sometimes end up in the hands of patent trolls, companies that serve no purpose but to amass patents and demand money from other innovators and inventors.
Join Penn for Privacy and EFF Activist Elliot Harmon...
EFF's Nash and Shahid Buttar will visit Creighton University to address the TPUSA chapter in Room 3047 of the Harper Center of the Heider College of Business, 602 N 20th St, Omaha, NE 68102.
EFF's Nash and Shahid Buttar will address a luncheon hosted by Omaha Ladies for Liberty at Champion's Club, 13800 Eagle Run Drive. The event is open to the public, with a cost of $25 for lunch.
Electronic Frontier Alliance allies in and around the City of New York are engaged in remarkable work, from monthly skill-shares on digital privacy to legislative advocacy to protect the privacy rights of fellow New Yorkers. On Monday, November 13th, we will convene to share updates about their projects, and speak...
How can communities respond to local police surveillance, in particular, both through surveillance self-defense using technology, and grassroots advocacy supporting measures to establish community control over policing?
Please join the Privacy Watch Coalition, the ACLU of Missouri, the St. Louis Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, and experts from...
Content Moderation and Removal at Scale, to be held at Santa Clara University on February 2, 2018, will explore how Internet companies operationalize the moderation and removal of third party/user-generated content (UGC). UGC services routinely say that moderating and removing content is hard and expensive. This conference will explain the...
