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Introducing Encrypt It Already

End-to-end encryption protects what we say and what we store in a way that gives users—not companies or governments—control over data. These sorts of privacy-protective features should be the status quo across a range of products, from fitness wearables to notes apps, but instead it’s a rare feature limited to...
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EFF Statement on ICE and CBP Violence

In the past year, ICE and CBP have descended into utter lawlessness, repeatedly refusing to exercise or submit to the democratic accountability required by the Constitution and our system of laws. These violations must stop now.
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Search Engines, AI, And The Long Fight Over Fair Use

Long before generative AI, copyright holders warned that new technologies for reading and analyzing information would destroy creativity. Internet search engines, they argued, were infringement machines—tools that copied copyrighted works at scale without permission. As they had with earlier information technologies like the photocopier and the VCR, copyright owners sued.
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Copyright Kills Competition

Copyright owners increasingly claim more draconian copyright law and policy will fight back against big tech companies. In reality, copyright gives the most powerful companies even more control over creators and competitors. Today’s copyright policy concentrates power among a handful of corporate gatekeepers—at everyone else’s expense. We need a system...

Statutory Damages: The Fuel of Copyright-based Censorship

Imagine every post online came with a bounty of up to $150,000 paid to anyone who finds it violates opaque government rules—all out of the pocket of the platform. It's not a fantasy, it’s close to how U.S. copyright’s broken statutory damages regime actually works. Massive, unpredictable damages awards for...
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EFF Joins Internet Advocates Calling on the Iranian Government to Restore Full Internet Connectivity

EFF has joined architects, operators, and stewards of the global internet infrastructure in calling upon authorities in Iran to immediately restore full and unfiltered internet access. We further call upon the international technical community to remain vigilant in monitoring connectivity and to support efforts that ensure the internet remains open...
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EFF's 18th Annual Cyberlaw Trivia Night

On Thursday, June 4th, the Bay Area's best legal minds gather in support of online freedom as we celebrate our 18th Annual Cyberlaw Trivia Night!This event brings lawyers from Bay Area firms and tech companies together in the ultimate battle of mastery over privacy, free speech, and intellectual property law....

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