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A Wave of Anti-Censorship Protests in Turkey
In towns across Turkey this Sunday, thousands of citizens took to the streets to protest proposed new Internet filters. Beginning in August, Turkey’s Information and Communication Technologies Authority, or BTK, has proposed a selection of opt-in filters that Internet subscribers could...

Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee Convention

EFF's Director for International Freedom of Expression, Jillian York is speaking on the Arab Spring, with particular focus on free expression at this year's ADC National Convention in Washington, D.C.
Information on registration and fees:
http://www.adc.org/convention/register.html
Where: Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
2660 Woodley Road,...

Personal Democracy Forum

Jillian York, EFF's Director for International Freedom of Expression, will speak on the intersection of access and free expression. Jillian first joins several other speakers all giving short talks in the Skirball Theater on June 6 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. You'll have another opportunity to hear Jillian at...

mesh conference 2011

EFF's new Director of International Freedom of Expression, Jillian York, participates on the Society panel at this year's mesh conference in Toronto. She will join a panel discussing digital activism and it's particular use in the Middle East and Africa as a tool against tyranny. Jillian's panel is May 25...

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Another Agency May Have Lied to Court in a FOIA Case

In an ongoing battle in the Southern District of New York about whether the government must disclose metadata when it releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act, it now appears Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) may have lied in a declaration it filed with the court. This comes on...

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Internet Freedom Discussed at the Council of Europe

When governments and companies assemble on an international level to discuss "Internet freedom," EFF's policy experts go on alert. All too frequently, government-level discussions about Internet freedom turn into opportunities to discuss tangential issues, many of which have negative implications on online freedom: laws and policies promoting censorship and surveillance...

The "PROTECT IP" Act: COICA Redux

Update: An official Senate version of the draft PROTECT IP Act has been released and is available here. This version changes the “interactive computer services” language mentioned in our post below to “information location tools,” a term that points back to section 512(d) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act....

Cyber-surveillance in Everyday Life: An International Workshop

EFF Senior Staff Attorney Lee Tien participatesin the Opening Plenary "Advocates’ perspectives on “burning issues” in cyber-surveillance" which takes place on Friday, May 13 at 9:30 a.m.
Where: Campbell Conference Facility
Munk School of Global Affairs
University of Toronto
http://www.digitallymediatedsurveillance.ca/2011-workshop/

Geek Gathering with Tunisian Activist Sami ben Gharbia

Join EFF on Friday May 20th for a very special Geek Reading with Sami Ben Gharbia. Sami is a Tunisian anti-censorship activist and blogger based in the Netherlands. He is the co-founder of nawaat.org, an award-winning collective blog about Tunisian news and politics. Sami serves as Advocacy Director for Global...

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