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Supreme Court Dodges Key Question in Murthy v. Missouri and Dismisses Case for Failing to Connect The Government’s Communication to Specific Platform Moderation

We don’t know a lot more about when government jawboning social media companies—that is, attempting to pressure them to censor users’ speech— violates the First Amendment; but we do know that lawsuits based on such actions will be hard to win. In Murthy v. Missouri, the U.S. Supreme...

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EFF, International Partners Appeal to EU Delegates to Help Fix Flaws in Draft UN Cybercrime Treaty That Can Undermine EU's Data Protection Framework

With the final negotiating session to approve the UN Cybercrime Treaty just days away, EFF and 21 international civil society organizations today urgently called on delegates from EU states and the European Commission to push back on the draft convention's many flaws, which include an excessively broad scope that...

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Le projet de convention des Nations Unies sur la cybercriminalité étend dangereusement les pouvoirs de surveillance de l'État sans garanties solides en matière de confidentialité et de protection des données

This is the third post in a series highlighting flaws in the proposed UN Cybercrime Convention. Check out Part I, our detailed analysis on the criminalization of security research activities, and Part II, an analysis of the human rights safeguards.As we near...

EFF to Sixth Circuit: Government Officials Should Not Have Free Rein to Block Critics on Their Social Media Accounts When Used For Governmental Purposes

UPDATE: On August 21, 2024, the Sixth Circuit issued an opinion following the remand from the U.S. Supreme Court. In its opinion, the Sixth Circuit in turn remanded the case back to the district court to allow Lindke to conduct additional factual development (discovery) in light of the Supreme...

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