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• Federal Prosecutors Engaged in Unprecedented Push to Jail Protesters Before Trial

  By theintercept on October 30, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Shamar Betts never thought of himself as a radical. Last year, when he was 18 years old, he had a minimum-wage job at a camp for preschoolers in Urbana, Illinois, teaching them to play chess and explore nature. In a… Read More ›

• Congress Fails to Ask Tech CEOs the Hard Questions

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on October 29, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The Big Internet Companies Are Too Powerful, But Undermining Section 230 Won’t Help The Senate Commerce Committee met this week to question the heads of Facebook, Twitter, and Google about Section 230, the most important law protecting free speech online…. Read More ›

• Tell Us How You Want to Modify and Repair the Devices in Your Life

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on October 29, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Have you tried modifying, repairing, or diagnosing a product but bumped into encryption, a password requirement, or some other technological roadblock that got in the way? EFF wants your stories to help us fight for your right to get around… Read More ›

• It’s Time to Kick Patent Trolls Out of the International Trade Commission

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on October 29, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The International Trade Commission, or ITC, is a federal agency in Washington D.C. that investigates unfair trade practices. Unfortunately, in recent years, it has also become a magnet for some of the worst abusers of the U.S. patent system. Now,… Read More ›

• Antitrust Suit Against Google is a Watershed Moment

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on October 29, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The antitrust lawsuit against Google filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and eleven state attorneys general has the potential to be the most important competition case against a technology company since the DOJ’s 1998 suit against Microsoft. The complaint… Read More ›

• Make a Pledge for EFF Through CFC Today!

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on October 29, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The pledge period for the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) is underway and EFF needs your help! Last year, U.S. government employees raised over $19,000 for EFF through the CFC, helping us fight for privacy, free speech, and security on the… Read More ›

• EFF Files Amicus Brief Arguing That Law Enforcement Access to Wi-Fi Derived Location Data Violates the Fourth Amendment

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on October 28, 2020 • ( 0 )

  With increasing frequency, law enforcement is using unconstitutional digital dragnet searches to attempt to identify unknown suspects in criminal cases. In Commonwealth v. Dunkins, currently pending before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, EFF and the ACLU are challenging a new type… Read More ›

• The Last Smash and Grab at the Federal Communications Commission

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on October 27, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  AT&T and Verizon secured arguably one of the biggest regulatory benefits from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with the agency ending the last remnants of telecom competition law. In return for this massive gift from the federal government, they will… Read More ›

• Facebook’s Election-Week War on Accountability is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on October 27, 2020 • ( 0 )

  A legacy of the 2016 U.S. election is the controversy about the role played by paid, targeted political ads, particularly ads that contain disinformation or misinformation. Political scientists and psychologists disagree about how these ads work, and what effect they… Read More ›

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