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Deeplinks Blog by Jason Kelley | July 9, 2020

Join EFF's 30th Anniversary Livestream and Party Like It's 1990!

[This event is over, but you can watch a recorded version on Twitch, Facebook, YouTube, or Twitter.] On Friday, July 10, 1990, the Electronic Frontier Foundation was officially born. It's safe to say that on that day, co-founders Mitch Kapor, John Perry Barlow, and John Gilmore...

Deeplinks Blog by Adam Schwartz, Andrew Crocker, Kit Walsh | July 9, 2020

Maine Broadband Privacy Law Passes Early First Amendment Test

When you send an email or browse the web, your Internet Service Provider (ISP) may track what sites you visit and when, as well as any unencrypted information you read or send. So Maine requires ISPs to get their customers’ opt-in consent before using or disclosing this and other...

Deeplinks Blog by Christoph Schmon | July 9, 2020

Our EU Policy Principles: Platform Liability

As the European Union is gearing up for a major reform of the current backbone of the EU’s Internet regulation—the e-Commerce Directive will be replaced by the Digital Services Act (DSA)—there are choices to be made. Rather than following in the footsteps of recent disastrous Internet legislation (such as...

Deeplinks Blog by Eva Galperin | July 6, 2020

Coalition Against Stalkerware Expands Membership

Privacy and security are both team sports, and no one person or organization completely changes the landscape alone. This is why coalition-building is often at the heart of activism. In 2019, EFF was one of the ten organizations that founded the Coalition Against Stalkerware, a group of security...

Deeplinks Blog by Svea Windwehr, Christoph Schmon | July 6, 2020

EFF Joins Coalition Calling On the EU to Introduce Interoperability Rules

Today, EFF sent a joint letter to European Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager, highlighting the enormous potential of interoperability to help achieve the EU’s goals for Europe’s digital future. EFF joins a strong coalition of organizations representing European civil society organizations, entrepreneurs, and SMEs. We are calling on...

Deeplinks Blog by Jennifer Lynch | July 2, 2020

EFF Files Amicus Brief Arguing Geofence Warrants Violate the Fourth Amendment

Should the police be able to force Google to turn over identifying information on every phone within a certain geographic area—potentially hundreds or thousands of devices—just because a crime occurred there? We don’t think so. As we argued in an amicus brief filed recently in People v. Dawes, a...

Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | July 2, 2020

The New EARN IT Bill Still Threatens Encryption and Free Speech

The day before a committee debate and vote on the EARN IT Act, the bill’s sponsors replaced their bill with an amended version. Here’s their new idea: instead of giving a 19-person federal commission, dominated by law enforcement, the power to regulate the Internet, the bill now effectively gives...

Deeplinks Blog by Alexis Hancock | July 2, 2020

Google's AMP, the Canonical Web, and the Importance of Web Standards

Have you ever clicked on a link after googling something, only to find that Google didn’t take you to the actual webpage but to some weird Google-fied version of it? Instead of the web address being the source of the article, it still says “google” in the address bar on...

Deeplinks Blog by Jason Kelley | July 2, 2020

Amazon’s Ring Enables the Over-Policing Efforts of Some of America’s Deadliest Law Enforcement Agencies

Ring, Amazon’s “smart” doorbell camera company, recently began sharing statistics on how many video requests police departments submit to users, and the numbers are staggering. In the first quarter of 2020 alone, police requested videos over 5000 times, using their partnerships with the company to email users directly and ask...

Deeplinks Blog by Cory Doctorow | July 1, 2020

"Don't Believe Proven Liars": The Absolute Minimum Standard of Prudence in Merger Scrutiny

"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." -President George W Bush Anti-monopoly enforcement has seen a significant shift since the 1970s. Where...

Deeplinks Blog by rainey Reitman, Kurt Opsahl | July 1, 2020

Wikileaks-Hosted "Most Wanted Leaks" Reflects the Transparency Priorities of Public Contributors

The government recently released a superseding indictment[1] against Wikileaks editor in chief Julian Assange, currently imprisoned and awaiting extradition in the United Kingdom. As we’ve written before, this prosecution poses a clear threat to journalism, and, whether or not Assange considers himself a journalist, the indictment ...

Deeplinks Blog by Sophia Cope, Saira Hussain | June 30, 2020

EFF to Court: Social Media Users Have Privacy and Free Speech Interests in Their Public Information

Special thanks to legal intern Rachel Sommers, who was the lead author of this post. Visa applicants to the United States are required to disclose personal information including their work, travel, and family histories. And as of May 2019, they are required to register their social media...

Deeplinks Blog by Bennett Cyphers, Karen Gullo | June 30, 2020

Inside the Invasive, Secretive “Bossware” Tracking Workers

COVID-19 has pushed millions of people to work from home, and a flock of companies offering software for tracking workers has swooped in to pitch their products to employers across the country. The services often sound relatively innocuous. Some vendors bill their tools as “automatic time tracking” or “workplace analytics”...

Deeplinks Blog by Alex Moss | June 30, 2020

EFF Successfully Defends Users’ Right to Challenge Patents and Still Recover Legal Fees

When individuals and companies are wrongly accused of patent infringement, they should be encouraged to stand up and defend themselves. When they win, the public does too. While the patent owner loses revenue, the rest of society gets greater access to knowledge, product choice, and space for innovation. This is...

Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | June 30, 2020

Tell Your Senator: Vote No on the EARN IT Act

This month, Americans are out in the streets, demanding police accountability. But rather than consider reform proposals, a key Senate committee is focused on giving unprecedented powers to law enforcement—including the ability to break into our private messages by creating encryption backdoors. This Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled...

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Join EFF's 30th Anniversary Livestream and Party Like It's 1990!

Maine Broadband Privacy Law Passes Early First Amendment Test

Our EU Policy Principles: Platform Liability

Coalition Against Stalkerware Expands Membership

EFF Joins Coalition Calling On the EU to Introduce Interoperability Rules

EFF Files Amicus Brief Arguing Geofence Warrants Violate the Fourth Amendment

The New EARN IT Bill Still Threatens Encryption and Free Speech

Google's AMP, the Canonical Web, and the Importance of Web Standards

Amazon’s Ring Enables the Over-Policing Efforts of Some of America’s Deadliest Law Enforcement Agencies

"Don't Believe Proven Liars": The Absolute Minimum Standard of Prudence in Merger Scrutiny

Wikileaks-Hosted "Most Wanted Leaks" Reflects the Transparency Priorities of Public Contributors

EFF to Court: Social Media Users Have Privacy and Free Speech Interests in Their Public Information

Inside the Invasive, Secretive “Bossware” Tracking Workers

EFF Successfully Defends Users’ Right to Challenge Patents and Still Recover Legal Fees

Tell Your Senator: Vote No on the EARN IT Act

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