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Event | January 27, 2012

SHMOOCON 2012

ShmooCon is ALREADY SOLD OUT! But don't despair - ShmooCon will be streaming all content live. That means you'll still be able to catch EFF Senior Staff Attorney Marcia Hofmann's talk,as well as that of EFF Staff Attorney Hanni Fakhnoury.
Senior Staff Attorney Marcia Hofmann joins Jerome Radcliffe in...

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Deeplinks Blog by Jillian C. York | January 4, 2012

This Week in Censorship: Iran Further Retreats from the World, Belarus Reigns in E-Commerce, and Turkey Democratizes Site Filtering

Slowed Connections in Iran Spark Fears of Intranet Implementation
Late last week, the Iranian government descended deeper into authoritarianism, ordering the takedown of former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's website. Rafsanjani, who heads an advisory body to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had previously refused to remove content critical...

Deeplinks Blog by Kellie Brownell, rainey Reitman | January 4, 2012

Companies Compete on Free Expression

Businesses have long known that offering better service and cheaper prices can lure customers, but many of today’s Internet companies are now learning that a commitment to free expression can also be a distinct market advantage. Namecheap saw clear evidence of this last week with their anti-SOPA campaign, in which...

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Deeplinks Blog by Cindy Cohn, Dan Auerbach, Starchy Grant | January 3, 2012

EFF Raises Concerns About the New AOL Instant Messenger

The new preview version of AOL Instant Messenger raised privacy concerns for us when it was first introduced, first because it started storing more logs of communications and second, because it apparently scanned all private IMs for URLs and pre-fetched any URLs found in them. We met with AOL to...

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Deeplinks Blog by Jennifer Lynch, Mark Rumold | December 31, 2011

2011 in Review: Four Cases That Promoted Transparency in 2011

2011 was an important year for court decisions interpreting the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The Supreme Court issued two decisions that promoted government transparency and limited the scope of FOIA exemptions, while two district courts addressed how the government administers FOIA. All of those decisions will help shape FOIA...

Deeplinks Blog by Marcia Hofmann | December 30, 2011

2011 in Review: Hacking Law

As the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights on 2011 and discussing where we are in the fight for free expression, innovation, fair use, and privacy.
EFF has long been concerned about the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act...

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