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Event | November 16, 2013

Universities Allied for Essential Medicines Conference

Activists Adi Kamdar and April Glaser will attend the 2013 Universities Allied for Essential Medicines Conference at Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio. Adi will speak about the successes and challenges of open access activism on a panel, and April will coordinate with students interested in working alongside EFF on...

Event | November 11, 2013

QCon SF

QCon, a leading international software developers conference, has hosted events attended by 12,000 people in 8 cities across the globe. At the 2013 San Francisco conference, EFF activist Parker Higgins will talk about the noBackend development strategy as a political movement.

Event | October 25, 2013

MozFest

At the 2013 Mozilla Festival, over 1,000 open web fans from around the world will gather to help forge the future of the web. EFF activist Parker Higgins will lead the introductory session to the "Look Who's Watching" privacy track with a discussion over the many approaches possible to addressing...

Event | November 21, 2013

Hacks and Hackers SF

At monthly Hacks and Hackers meetups, journalists and computer programmers get together to talk about how they can help each other out. This month, EFF activist Parker Higgins will be speaking about the importance of encryption for working journalists, and what tools are available.

Deeplinks Blog by Dave Maass, Jennifer Lynch | November 7, 2013

San Diego Gets in Your Face With New Mobile Identification System

The San Diego regional planning agency, SANDAG, has been quietly rolling out a new mobile face recognition system that will sharply change how police conduct simple stops on Americans. The system, which allows officers to use mobile devices to collect face images out in the field, already has...

Deeplinks Blog by Julie Samuels | November 7, 2013

Six Good Things About the Innovation Act: Part Six, Covered Business Method Review

The bipartisan Innovation Act is the best bill yet when it comes to fighting patent trolls. This post is the sixth of a series explaining the bill’s various provisions. While the Innovation Act won't fix every problem with the patent system, it includes a powerful set of proposed reforms...

Deeplinks Blog by Hanni Fakhoury | November 7, 2013

EFF Submits Sentencing Support Letter for Jeremy Hammond

In our ongoing efforts to rein in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), we submitted a support letter on behalf of Jeremy Hammond on Wednesday, asking for leniency from the New York federal judge who is about to sentence him for hacking into private intelligence contractor Stratfor.
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Deeplinks Blog by Maira Sutton | November 7, 2013

How Can the New York Times Endorse an Agreement the Public Can't Read?

The New York Times' editorial board has made a disappointing endorsement of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), even as the actual text of the agreement remains secret. That raises two distressing possibilities: either in an act of extraordinary subservience, the Times has endorsed an agreement that neither the public...

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Authors Guild v. Google, Part II: Fair Use Proceedings

Note: There are two parts for the case page for Authors Guild v. Google. Part I discusses the proposed class action settlement. This part II discusses the fair use proceedings that followed the court's rejection of the proposed settlement.BackgroundThe case began in 2005 when the Authors Guild sued Google...

Event | November 10, 2013

Speakeasy: Mesa with HeatSync Labs

The Electronic Frontier Foundation and HeatSync Labs are teaming up in Mesa! We invite you to visit your friendly neighborhood hackerspace and discover the latest developments in advancing digital freedom. Be sure to say hello to your hosts from EFF: International Director Danny O'Brien, Activist Trevor...

Deeplinks Blog by April Glaser | November 7, 2013

Apple Issues First Transparency Report, Includes "Warrant Canary"

On Tuesday, yet another one of the nine companies originally implicated in the PRISM program released its first transparency report. Apple joins the ranks of Google, Yahoo, and Facebook, among others that have issued reports that detail the number of requests the companies receive from governments for...

Press Release | November 7, 2013

EFF Files 22 Firsthand Accounts of How NSA Surveillance Chilled the Right to Association

San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has provided a federal judge with testimony from 22 separate advocacy organizations detailing how the National Security Agency's (NSA) mass telephone records collection program has impeded the groups' work, discouraged their members and reduced the numbers of people seeking their help via...

Deeplinks Blog by Parker Higgins | November 6, 2013

Aaron Swartz Hackathons This Weekend to Continue his Work

This weekend, people in at least 16 cities around the world will take part in hackathons in memory of Aaron Swartz, the free software developer, writer, and activist. Aaron took his own life earlier this year after nearly two years of unjust prosecution under the Computer Fraud...

Deeplinks Blog by Hugh D'Andrade, rainey Reitman | November 6, 2013

Rally Against Mass Surveillance: Inspiring Pics from the Historic Demonstration

On October 26th, thousands of people from all walks of life converged on Washington, DC in a demonstration against the NSA's mass surveillance.

Photo by Charlie Furman of Demand Progress

Among the crowd were dozens (hundreds? thousands?) of proud EFF members, including many showing...

Event | November 8, 2013

Aaron Swartz Hackathon

In San Francisco and 15 other cities around the world, people are gathering for hackathons to work on projects and causes that Aaron Swartz, the late programmer and activist, dedicated his life to. The San Francisco event begins at the Internet Archive on Friday evening and features speeches from...

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Universities Allied for Essential Medicines Conference

QCon SF

MozFest

Hacks and Hackers SF

San Diego Gets in Your Face With New Mobile Identification System

Six Good Things About the Innovation Act: Part Six, Covered Business Method Review

EFF Submits Sentencing Support Letter for Jeremy Hammond

How Can the New York Times Endorse an Agreement the Public Can't Read?

Authors Guild v. Google, Part II: Fair Use Proceedings

Speakeasy: Mesa with HeatSync Labs

Apple Issues First Transparency Report, Includes "Warrant Canary"

EFF Files 22 Firsthand Accounts of How NSA Surveillance Chilled the Right to Association

Aaron Swartz Hackathons This Weekend to Continue his Work

Rally Against Mass Surveillance: Inspiring Pics from the Historic Demonstration

Aaron Swartz Hackathon

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