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Deeplinks Blog by Samantha Baldwin, Alexis Hancock | February 19, 2026

EFF’s Policy on LLM-Assisted Contributions to Our Open-Source Projects

We recently introduced a policy governing large language model (LLM) assisted contributions to EFF's open-source projects. At EFF, we strive to produce high quality software tools, rather than simply generating more lines of code in less time. We now explicitly require that contributors understand the code they submit to...

Event | March 7, 2026

Privacy’s Defender: Fighting Digital Surveillance for over Thirty Years | Cindy Cohn's Keynote at SCALE 23x

As always, EFF is excited to be back in Pasadena, CA for SCALE 23x! EFF's Executive Director, Cindy Cohn is presenting the opening keynote for SCALE 23x on Saturday, March 7 at 10:00 am PT. Be sure to catch the keynote, "Privacy’s Defender: Fighting Digital Surveillance for over...

Deeplinks Blog by Rindala Alajaji | February 17, 2026

EFF to Wisconsin Legislature: VPN Bans Are Still a Terrible Idea

Wisconsin’s S.B. 130 / A.B. 105 is a spectacularly bad idea. It’s an age-verification bill that effectively bans VPN access to certain websites for Wisconsinites and censors lawful speech. We wrote about it last November in our blog “Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea...

Deeplinks Blog by Jennifer Pinsof | February 17, 2026

San Jose Can Protect Immigrants by Ending Flock Surveillance System

As ICE and other federal agencies continue their assault on civil liberties, local leaders are stepping up to protect their communities. This includes pushing back against automated license plate readers, or ALPRs, which are tools of mass surveillance that can be weaponized against immigrants, political dissidents and other targets.

Press Release | February 17, 2026

New Report Helps Journalists Dig Deeper Into Police Surveillance Technology

SAN FRANCISCO — A new report released today offers journalists tips on cutting through the sales hype about police surveillance technology and report accurately on costs, benefits, privacy, and accountability as these invasive and often ineffective tools come to communities across the nation. The “Selling Safety”...

Event | March 19, 2026

EFFecting Change: Privacy's Defender

Join EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn in conversation with 404 Media Cofounder Jason Koebler to discuss Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance, Cindy’s personal story of standing up to the Justice Department, taking on the NSA, and tangling with the FBI to protect our right to...

Deeplinks Blog by Mario Trujillo | February 13, 2026

Seven Billion Reasons for Facebook to Abandon its Face Recognition Plans

Meta’s analysis that it can avoid scrutiny by releasing a privacy invasive product during a time of political crisis is craven and morally bankrupt. It is also dead wrong.

Deeplinks Blog by Rindala Alajaji, Samantha Baldwin | February 12, 2026

Discord apuesta por la verificación de edad obligatoria a pesar de la reciente filtración de datos

Discord ha comenzado a implementar la verificación obligatoria de la edad y, como es comprensible, Internet se ha vuelto loco. Hemos escrito extensamente sobre por qué las obligaciones de verificación de la edad son una pesadilla en materia de censura y vigilancia. El cambio de Discord no hace más que...

Event | April 1, 2026

EFF at CypherCon

EFF is excited to attend CypherCon! We'll be at the conference with an info booth, so be sure to stop by and chat with some of our team and learn about the latest developments in defending digital freedom for all. You can even pick up a special gift as...

Deeplinks Blog by Christian Romero | February 11, 2026

🗣 Homeland Security Wants Names | EFFector 38.3

Criticize the government online? The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) might ask Google to cough up your name. By abusing an investigative tool called "administrative subpoenas," DHS has been demanding that tech companies hand over users' names, locations, and more. We're explaining how companies can stand up for users—and...

Deeplinks Blog by Beryl Lipton, Sarah Hamid | February 11, 2026

La tecnología de vigilancia «gratuita» sigue teniendo un coste elevado y peligroso

Los proveedores de tecnología de vigilancia, las agencias federales y los donantes privados acaudalados llevan mucho tiempo ayudando a las fuerzas del orden locales a acceder «gratuitamente» a equipos de vigilancia que eluden la supervisión local. El resultado es previsible: graves deficiencias en la rendición de cuentas y canales de...

Deeplinks Blog by Mario Trujillo | February 10, 2026

Carta abierta a las tecnológicas: protejan a sus usuarios de órdenes judiciales ilegales del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional

La EFF está pidiendo a empresas tecnológicas como Meta y Google que defiendan a sus usuarios resistiéndose a las citaciones administrativas ilegales del DHS para obtener datos de los usuarios.

Deeplinks Blog by Beryl Lipton | February 10, 2026

Nadie, ni siquiera nuestros amigos peludos, está a salvo de la pesadilla vigilante de Ring

El anuncio de Amazon Ring durante la Super Bowl ofreció una visión de nuestras calles que debería inquietar a todo el mundo sobre los objetivos de la empresa de desintegrar nuestra privacidad en público.En el anuncio, disfrazado de un sincero esfuerzo por reunir a los perros perdidos del país con...

Press Release | February 10, 2026

Coalition Urges California to Revoke Permits for Federal License Plate Reader Surveillance

SAN FRANCISCO – California must revoke permits allowing federal agencies such as Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to put automated license plate readers along border highways, a coalition led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Imperial Valley Equity &...

Deeplinks Blog by Jillian C. York | February 10, 2026

Speaking Freely: Yazan Badran

Yazan Badran is an assistant professor in international media and communication studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and a researcher at the Echo research group. His research focuses on the intersection between media, journalism and politics particularly in the MENA region and within its exilic and diasporic communities.

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EFF’s Policy on LLM-Assisted Contributions to Our Open-Source Projects

Privacy’s Defender: Fighting Digital Surveillance for over Thirty Years | Cindy Cohn's Keynote at SCALE 23x

EFF to Wisconsin Legislature: VPN Bans Are Still a Terrible Idea

San Jose Can Protect Immigrants by Ending Flock Surveillance System

New Report Helps Journalists Dig Deeper Into Police Surveillance Technology

EFFecting Change: Privacy's Defender

Seven Billion Reasons for Facebook to Abandon its Face Recognition Plans

Discord apuesta por la verificación de edad obligatoria a pesar de la reciente filtración de datos

EFF at CypherCon

🗣 Homeland Security Wants Names | EFFector 38.3

La tecnología de vigilancia «gratuita» sigue teniendo un coste elevado y peligroso

Carta abierta a las tecnológicas: protejan a sus usuarios de órdenes judiciales ilegales del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional

Nadie, ni siquiera nuestros amigos peludos, está a salvo de la pesadilla vigilante de Ring

Coalition Urges California to Revoke Permits for Federal License Plate Reader Surveillance

Speaking Freely: Yazan Badran

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