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• Disentangling Disinformation: Not as Easy as it Looks

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on July 28, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Body bags claiming that “disinformation kills” line the streets today in front of Facebook’s Washington, D.C. headquarters. A group of protesters, affiliated with “The Real Facebook Oversight Board” (an organization that is, confusingly, not affiliated with Facebook or its Oversight… Read More ›

• Should Congress Close the FBI’s Backdoor for Spying on American Communications? Yes.

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on July 28, 2021 • ( 0 )

  All of us deserve basic protection against government searches and seizures that the Constitution provides, including requiring law enforcement to get a warrant before it can access our communications.  But currently, the FBI has a backdoor into our communications, a… Read More ›

• EFF at 30: Freeing the Internet, with Net Neutrality Pioneer Gigi Sohn

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on July 28, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  To commemorate the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s 30th anniversary, we present EFF30 Fireside Chats. This limited series of livestreamed conversations looks back at some of the biggest issues in internet history and their effects on the modern web. To celebrate 30 years… Read More ›

• House’s Resolve to Curb Surveillance State Faces Biggest Test Since Trump Presidency

  By theintercept on July 28, 2021 • ( 0 )

  In a huge win for surveillance reformers, the House Rules Committee agreed on Wednesday morning to another full chamber vote on a bipartisan proposal that would limit the federal government’s warrantless searches of Americans’ private data. The vote, expected later in… Read More ›

• How to Defend Yourself Against the Powerful New NSO Spyware Attacks Discovered Around the World

  By theintercept on July 27, 2021 • ( 0 )

  An international group of journalists this month detailed extensive new evidence that spyware made by Israeli company NSO Group was used against activists, business executives, journalists, and lawyers around the world. Even Apple’s iPhone, frequently lauded for its tight security,… Read More ›

• EFF Sues U.S. Postal Service For Records About Covert Social Media Spying Program

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on July 27, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Service Looked Through People’s Posts Prior to Street Protests Washington D.C.—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service and its inspection agency seeking records about a covert program to secretly… Read More ›

• Help Tor Smash Bugs: August 1-31!

  By torblog on July 27, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Help Tor Smash Bugs: August 1-31! Al Smith July 27, 2021 The Bug Smash Fund is back for its third year! In 2019, we launched Tor’s Bug Smash Fund to raise money that would support our developers finding and fixing… Read More ›

• “Meant to Intimidate”: Months After Police Raids, Kashmir Human Rights Groups Remain Dormant

  By theintercept on July 26, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  SRINAGAR — On the morning of October 28, 2020, rights activist Parveena Ahanger was startled by the sound of revving engines outside her home in Srinagar, the biggest city in Indian-administered Kashmir. She closed the Quran she was reading from and… Read More ›

• Facing Years in Prison for Drone Leak, Daniel Hale Makes His Case Against U.S. Assassination Program

  By theintercept on July 24, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  The missiles that killed Salim bin Ahmed Ali Jaber and Walid bin Ali Jaber came in the night. Salim was a respected imam in the village of Khashamir, in southeastern Yemen, who had made a name for himself denouncing the… Read More ›

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