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Deeplinks Blog by Corynne McSherry | May 18, 2015

Finally! Victory for Free Speech in Garcia v. Google

Fifteen months after it issued an extraordinary order requiring Google to take down a controversial video, based entirely on a specious copyright claim, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has seen the light and rescinded that order.
Quick background: The video in question, called "Innocence of Muslims," is...

Deeplinks Blog by Lee Tien | May 18, 2015

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair to Constituents: I Don't Care What You Think

Update: A recent poll conducted in North Carolina finds that nearly two-thirds of respondents think the Patriot Act should not be reauthorized in its current form.
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed HR 2048, the USA Freedom Act last week. The bill is an attempt by lawmakers...

Deeplinks Blog by David Greene | May 15, 2015

Court Finds That Section 230 Shields Website From Child Trafficking Claims

UPDATE: In March 2016, relying in large part on Section 230, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of plaintiffs' lawsuit.
A federal judge in Massachusetts dismissed a lawsuit brought against the classified ads website Backpage.com over posting ads for the...

Deeplinks Blog by Kendra Albert | May 15, 2015

EFF and Gamers to Copyright Office: Multiplayer Matters (of course)

Imagine you could only play Call of Duty against someone sitting next to you, or were limited to only playing the single-player campaign of Starcraft II or against the AI in Civilization V. Those games wouldn’t be nearly as fun – some of them wouldn’t be the same game! But...

Deeplinks Blog by Dave Maass | May 15, 2015

California Lawmakers Propose Task Force to Review Computer Crime Laws—Guess Who’s Not Invited to the Table

Whenever lawmakers congregate to discuss computer crime, you can reliably predict that the debate will gravitate toward expanding police powers, leaving the realistic concerns of everyday Internet users by the wayside. After all, fearmongering around the film War Games helped fuel the passage of the Computer Fraud and...

Deeplinks Blog by Maira Sutton | May 14, 2015

Senate Reverses Course and Advances TPP Fast Track Bill

The U.S. Senate advanced the Fast Track bill today in a rushed vote following a slew of concessions made to swing Democrats who had voted to block it earlier this week. The setback on Tuesday could have forced proponents of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Transatlantic...

Deeplinks Blog by Aaron Jue | May 14, 2015

EFF Testifies on Exemptions to DMCA Section 1201

EFF will go to bat for users' rights at this month's hearings on exemptions to Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Section 1201's overreaching restriction on circumventing "access control" or "digital rights management" (DRM) technologies comes in direct conflict with lawful activities like conducting security research, repairing...

Deeplinks Blog by Mitch Stoltz | May 13, 2015

SOPA, anyone? Entertainment Lobby Uses Hearing on Domain Names to Revive Awful Censorship Idea

For many years, major U.S. entertainment companies have been trying to gain the power to make websites disappear from the Internet at their say-so. The Internet blacklist bills SOPA and PIPA were part of that strategy, along with the Department of Homeland Security’s project of seizing websites that someone accused...

Deeplinks Blog by Dia Kayyali | May 13, 2015

The Time to Shut the NSA's Backdoors is Now—Not in Two Years

As we’ve noted, our support for the current version of USA Freedom that is moving through the Senate and the House is conditional on amendments that improve the bill. While we hope to see such amendments, we also know that they may not be possible, since Judiciary Committee leaders...

Deeplinks Blog by Jamie Williams | May 13, 2015

EFF Urges Oregon Supreme Court To Review Troubling Computer Crime Decision

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: violating a computer use restriction is not a crime. That’s why today EFF filed an amicus brief urging the Oregon Supreme Court to review a troubling opinion by the Oregon Court of Appeals in State v....

Deeplinks Blog by Mark Jaycox | May 13, 2015

In Landslide Vote, House Overwhelmingly Passes USA Freedom Act without Amendments

Is this the year Congress passes a bill to limit NSA spying? The House of Representatives certainly hopes so. But just how strong that reform will be remains to be seen.
Minutes ago, the House of Representatives passed the USA Freedom Act overwhelmingly with 338 yes votes and 88...

Deeplinks Blog by rainey Reitman | May 12, 2015

Rules Committee Sends USA Freedom Act to the House for a Vote, But Blocks Any and All Amendments on the Floor

The House Rules Committee isn’t interested in any amendments, privacy-protective or otherwise, to the NSA reform package.

After years of wrangling over bill text and amendments, the USA Freedom Act passed out of the Rules Committee with a lengthy hearing today. Next the bill will...

Deeplinks Blog by Maira Sutton | May 12, 2015

Major Win as U.S. Senate Blocks TPP Fast Track Bill

Opponents of sprawling and secretive international agreements won a significant victory today when U.S. Senators voted to block the advancement of its Fast Track trade bill. The legislation would have allowed massive undemocratic trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the...

Deeplinks Blog by Dia Kayyali | May 12, 2015

Countdown to the Expiration of Section 215 of the Patriot Act

UPDATE (5/17/15): Last week, NSA defenders introduced a new bill to try to extend mass surveillance under the Patriot Act. We've created a new embeddable banner to stop this bill. Please insert this new code onto the homepage of your website after the <body> tag and before the </body> tag,...

Deeplinks Blog by Mark Rumold | May 12, 2015

The NSA’s Call Record Program, a 9/11 Hijacker, and the Failure of Bulk Collection

Before 9/11, there was an individual by the name of Khalid al-Mihdhar, who came to be one of the principal hijackers. He was being tracked by the intelligence agencies in the Far East. They lost track of him. At the same time, the intelligence agencies had identified an al-Qaeda safehouse...

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Finally! Victory for Free Speech in Garcia v. Google

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair to Constituents: I Don't Care What You Think

Court Finds That Section 230 Shields Website From Child Trafficking Claims

EFF and Gamers to Copyright Office: Multiplayer Matters (of course)

California Lawmakers Propose Task Force to Review Computer Crime Laws—Guess Who’s Not Invited to the Table

Senate Reverses Course and Advances TPP Fast Track Bill

EFF Testifies on Exemptions to DMCA Section 1201

SOPA, anyone? Entertainment Lobby Uses Hearing on Domain Names to Revive Awful Censorship Idea

The Time to Shut the NSA's Backdoors is Now—Not in Two Years

EFF Urges Oregon Supreme Court To Review Troubling Computer Crime Decision

In Landslide Vote, House Overwhelmingly Passes USA Freedom Act without Amendments

Rules Committee Sends USA Freedom Act to the House for a Vote, But Blocks Any and All Amendments on the Floor

Major Win as U.S. Senate Blocks TPP Fast Track Bill

Countdown to the Expiration of Section 215 of the Patriot Act

The NSA’s Call Record Program, a 9/11 Hijacker, and the Failure of Bulk Collection

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