On Charlie Rose last night, President Obama gave his most detailed defense of the NSA surveillance programs since a FISA court order demanding that Verizon hand over phone records information on all its US customers leaked to the Guardian two weeks ago. In a key portion of the interview,...

In a letter sent today to the United States Congress, an international coalition of non-profit organizations called upon the U.S. government to protect the privacy and freedoms of not only its citizens, but of people everywhere. As news of the alarmingly broad reach and scope of...

It's time to rethink copyright law, say the U.S. Register of Copyrights and the chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee. Hearings, speeches, and lots of quiet maneuvering have begun to shape "the next...

With a White House directive supporting it and legislation pending at the federal and state levels, the fight to expand open access to taxpayer-funded research is rapidly gaining momentum. But it's not over yet. Major journal publishers are working hard to stop—or at least dilute—open access. That's...

Spies Without Borders III
This is the third article of our Spies Without Borders series. It has been co-authored by Tamir Israel, Staff Lawyer at CIPPIC, Katitza Rodriguez, EFF International Rights Director and Mark...

This post has been updated and adapted to reflect the developing situation in Sacramento. Thanks to Californians Aware and the First Amendment Coalition for staying on it.
Update 2: AB 76 was passed by the legislature Friday evening, unbeknownst to many journalists and open-government advocates...

"It's time to end the delay, not extend it."
EFF yesterday filed an opposition to the government's request last week for an indefinite "abeyance" in Jewel v. NSA, our lawsuit filed in 2008 to try to stop the NSA spying that is currently pending in federal...