What role does the University play in facilitating the establishment of the surveillance state? How does funding from military, defense, and corporate actors shape academic research, as well as legitimise state and business practices? How can technology researchers resist powerful actors co-opting their research for surveillance, expanded policing, and military...

EFF Austin, a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event:Medical Cybersecurity 2021: How Worried Should We be, and What Can We do?From The Organizers:Our speaker this month is Owen McNally. Owen is a researcher and technology analyst in Austin, Texas. He...

Restore the 4th MN- a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event:Protesting in the Age of Mass SurveillanceFrom the Organizers :Please join us for a panel discussion on what it means to protest in the age of mass surveillance....

EFF's Jillian York joins Ranking Digital Rights' Rebecca MacKinnon and Steve DelBianco of NetChoice for a conversation about free expression online hosted by The Policy Circle. The discussion will include:The fundamentals of free speech on social media and how big tech companies control these platforms Public policy reforms for big...

EFF's Jillian York will be discussing her new book, Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism, with Ben Tarnoff at a virtual event hosted by SF's own City Lights Bookstore. The event is free but advance registration is required.