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Deeplinks Blog by Jillian C. York, Christoph Schmon | April 7, 2021

The EU Online Terrorism Regulation: a Bad Deal

On 12 September 2018, the European Commission presented a proposal for a regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online—dubbed the Terrorism Regulation, or TERREG for short—that contained some alarming ideas. In particular, the proposal included an obligation for platforms to remove potentially terrorist content within one hour,...

Deeplinks Blog by Michael Barclay | April 5, 2021

Victory for Fair Use: The Supreme Court Reverses the Federal Circuit in Oracle v. Google

In a win for innovation, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that Google’s use of certain Java Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) is a lawful fair use. In doing so, the Court reversed the previous rulings by the Federal Circuit and recognized that copyright only promotes innovation and creativity when...

Deeplinks Blog by Cory Doctorow | April 5, 2021

553,000,000 Reasons Not to Let Facebook Make Decisions About Your Privacy

Another day, another horrific Facebook privacy scandal. We know what comes next: Facebook will argue that losing a lot of our data means bad third-party actors are the real problem that we should trust Facebook to make more decisions about our data to protect against them. If history is any...

Deeplinks Blog by Sophia Cope, Adam Schwartz | April 5, 2021

First Circuit Upholds First Amendment Right to Secretly Audio Record the Police

EFF applauds the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit for holding that the First Amendment protects individuals when they secretly audio record on-duty police officers. EFF filed an amicus brief in the case, Martin v. Rollins, which was brought by the ACLU of Massachusetts on behalf...

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | April 2, 2021

Maine Should Take this Chance to Defund the Local Intelligence Fusion Center

Maine state representative Charlotte Warren has introduced LD1278 (HP938), or An Act To End the Maine Information and Analysis Center Program, a bill that would defund the Maine Information and Analysis Center (MIAC), also known as Maine’s only fusion center. EFF is happy to support this bill in hopes...

Deeplinks Blog by Mitch Stoltz | April 1, 2021

Ethos Capital Is Grabbing Power Over Domain Names Again, Risking Censorship-For-Profit. Will ICANN Intervene?

Ethos Capital is at it again. In 2019, this secretive private equity firm that includes insiders from the domain name industry tried to buy the nonprofit that runs the .ORG domain. A huge coalition of nonprofits and users spoke out. Governments expressed alarm, and ICANN (the entity in...

Deeplinks Blog by Corynne McSherry, India McKinney, Jillian C. York | April 1, 2021

Content Moderation Is A Losing Battle. Infrastructure Companies Should Refuse to Join the Fight

It seems like every week there’s another Big Tech hearing accompanied by a flurry of mostly bad ideas for reform. Two events set last week’s hubbub apart, both involving Facebook. First, Mark Zuckerberg took a new step in his blatant effort to use 230 reform to entrench Facebook’s dominance....

Deeplinks Blog by Chao Liu | April 1, 2021

The FCC Wants Your Broadband Horror Stories: You Know What to Do

At long last, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking for your broadband experiences. When you submit your experiences here, you will let the FCC know whether you have been adequately served by your internet service provider (ISP). The feedback you provide informs future broadband availability as well as...

Deeplinks Blog by Sophia Cope, Adam Schwartz | April 1, 2021

Tenth Circuit Misses Opportunity to Affirm the First Amendment Right to Record the Police

We are disappointed that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit this week dodged a critical constitutional question: whether individuals have a First Amendment right to record on-duty police officers.EFF had filed an amicus brief in the case, Frasier v. Evans, asking the court to affirm...

Deeplinks Blog by Corynne McSherry | March 31, 2021

EFF to Court: Don’t Let Pseudo-IP Thwart Speech, Innovation, and Competition

The threats to online expression and innovation keep coming. One that’s flown under the radar is a misguided effort to convince the Third Circuit Court of Appeals to allow claims based on the “right of publicity,” (i.e., the right to control the commercial exploitation of your persona) because some people...

Deeplinks Blog by Bennett Cyphers | March 30, 2021

Google Is Testing Its Controversial New Ad Targeting Tech in Millions of Browsers. Here’s What We Know.

Update, April 9, 2021 : We've launched Am I FLoCed, a new site that will tell you whether your Chrome browser has been turned into a guinea pig for Federated Learning of Cohorts or FLoC, Google’s latest targeted advertising experiment. Today, Google launched an “origin trial” of Federated...

Deeplinks Blog by rainey Reitman, Jillian C. York | March 30, 2021

Crowdfunding Legal Fees Is Not a Crime

A piece in USA Today describes how a number of Capitol Hill rioters are utilizing online fundraising platforms to raise funds to cover legal fees, only to find their accounts shut down. This is prompting an online discussion not only about when and how tech companies should shutter online...

Deeplinks Blog by Ernesto Falcon | March 30, 2021

Local Franchising, Big Cities, and Fiber Broadband

In 2005, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made a foundational decision on how broadband competition policy would work with the entry of fiber to the home. In short, the FCC concluded that competition was growing, government policy was unnecessary in deference to market forces, and that the era of communications...

Deeplinks Blog by Alex Moss | March 29, 2021

Stupid Patent of the Month: Telehealth Robots Say Goodbye

Before COVID-19, people living in rural and isolated areas urgently needed to access health care services remotely; now we all do. Thanks to decades of innovation in computing and telecommunications, more essential health care services are available electronically than ever before. But there’s no guarantee they will always be as...

Deeplinks Blog by Aaron Mackey | March 26, 2021

Even with Changes, the Revised PACT Act Will Lead to More Online Censorship

Among the dozens of bills introduced last Congress to amend a key internet law that protects online services and internet users, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency Act (PACT Act) was perhaps the only serious attempt to tackle the problem of a handful of dominant online services hosting people’s...

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The EU Online Terrorism Regulation: a Bad Deal

Victory for Fair Use: The Supreme Court Reverses the Federal Circuit in Oracle v. Google

553,000,000 Reasons Not to Let Facebook Make Decisions About Your Privacy

First Circuit Upholds First Amendment Right to Secretly Audio Record the Police

Maine Should Take this Chance to Defund the Local Intelligence Fusion Center

Ethos Capital Is Grabbing Power Over Domain Names Again, Risking Censorship-For-Profit. Will ICANN Intervene?

Content Moderation Is A Losing Battle. Infrastructure Companies Should Refuse to Join the Fight

The FCC Wants Your Broadband Horror Stories: You Know What to Do

Tenth Circuit Misses Opportunity to Affirm the First Amendment Right to Record the Police

EFF to Court: Don’t Let Pseudo-IP Thwart Speech, Innovation, and Competition

Google Is Testing Its Controversial New Ad Targeting Tech in Millions of Browsers. Here’s What We Know.

Crowdfunding Legal Fees Is Not a Crime

Local Franchising, Big Cities, and Fiber Broadband

Stupid Patent of the Month: Telehealth Robots Say Goodbye

Even with Changes, the Revised PACT Act Will Lead to More Online Censorship

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