Cincinatti, Ohio - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a coalition of free speech advocates filed an amicus brief supporting thedirty.com's appeal of a defamation ruling that contradicts protections for website operators contained in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA). In the brief, filed in the US Court...
Since it was first reported by Utah CBS affiliate KUTV, the story of Jen Palmer’s travails with KlearGear, an online merchant of geeky “desk toys,” has been splashed across some of the most popular technology and Internet law blogs. It’s a terrifying story: Palmer’s husband placed an...
The documents released Monday by the Director of National Intelligence tell a story we've heard before: the government, through one-sided argument in a secret court, obtained unconstitutional orders to collect vast amounts of information about millions of innocent Americans.
Before, it was Americans' call records; the opinions released...
We owe you an update on patent reform. Things are moving quickly!
Here are the basics:
First, the Innovation Act continues to move forward. The most recent version, however, lacks an important provision that would expand an effective avenue to challenge a patent's validity at the...
EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn will participate in a panel on Privacy, Spying, Secret Evidence, and Standing in the Digital Age at the Annual Federal Practice CLE hosted by the Federal Bar Association of the Western District of Washington in Seattle.
Update: The initial letter incorrectly listed Dan Lang of Cisco as a signatory. Lang did not sign on. The initial letter has also been updated to include Pokeware founder Maryse Thomas. San Francisco - Fifty inventors, technologists and entrepreneurs joined Engine Advocacy and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today...
EFF’s case challenging the government’s mass telephone records collection program, First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles v. NSA, has received some new firepower in the form of five amicus briefs, including one from U.S. senators charged with overseeing the NSA’s activities. The briefs are all in support of ...
Tuesday, November 19th is the first day of the next round of secret meetings over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. We've long warned that the TPP would have a myriad of negative impacts on users' rights, and the newly leaked "Intellectual Property" chapter has confirmed our worst...
The copyright reform train is gathering steam, but whose hand is at the controls? Tomorrow, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on "The Rise of Innovative Business Models: Content Delivery Methods In The Digital Age." We expect witnesses from the major movie and TV studios...
After months of negotiations, Tom Wheeler—the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)—thinks it’s about time for consumers to be able to unlock their phones without fear of breaking the law. He made that much clear in a letter sent Thursday [pdf] to the president and CEO of CTIA,...
Self Care for Online Activists
Being behind a computer screen can save you from the physical consequences of being an activist: but want about the mental effects?
For San Francisco's TA3M this month, we'll be discussing stories, resources and practical advice from the last few years of online...
Cyber Security: Protection or Invasion?
Senior Staff Attorney Lee Tien will participate in a panel about cyber security at UC Berkeley. Delta Phi Epsilon, UC Berkeley's only co-ed professional Foreign Service and international relations fraternity, and the Institute of International Studies present an event exploring policy implications of cyber...
