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• EFF Statement on Glenn Greenwald Charges

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on January 21, 2020 • ( 0 )

  EFF is dismayed to learn of the decision by Brazilian prosecutors to charge journalist Glenn Greenwald under the country’s computer crime law. EFF has long warned that cybersecurity laws in the Americas have been written and interpreted so broadly as… Read More ›

• Hearing Wednesday: EFF Urges Court To Rule That Blogger’s Opinion of Open Source Licensing Agreement is Protected by the First Amendment

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on January 21, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Patch Maker Sued For Defamation To Shut Down Critic San Francisco, California—On Wednesday, January 22, at 9 am, EFF Staff Attorney Jamie Williams will tell a federal appeals court that a lower court correctly dismissed a defamation lawsuit against a… Read More ›

• Tor's Bug Smash Fund: Progress So Far

  By torblog on January 21, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Tor’s Bug Smash Fund: Progress So Far al January 21, 2020 At the beginning of August 2019, we asked you to help us build our very first Bug Smash Fund. This fund will ensure that the Tor Project has a… Read More ›

• A Tool That Removes Copyrighted Works Is Not a Substitute for Fair Use

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on January 20, 2020 • ( 0 )

  YouTube, which has become essential for video creators to build an audience, has a new tool that’s supposed to help users respond to its copyright filter. Is it something that makes fair use a priority? No, it’s a way to… Read More ›

• It’s Copyright Week 2020: Stand Up for Copyright Laws That Actually Serve Us All

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on January 20, 2020 • ( 0 )

  We’re taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of copyright law and policy, addressing what’s at stake… Read More ›

• In the Face of Rising White Supremacist Violence, Police Continue to Investigate Victims and Activists

  By theintercept on January 20, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  It’s been 10 months since someone set an office building on fire at Highlander Research and Education Center, a storied civil rights institution perched in the mountains of northeastern Tennessee, but the investigation into the fire seems to have gone… Read More ›

• Facebook Warrant Targeting Student Journalists in Puerto Rico Prompts Fears of Political Surveillance

  By theintercept on January 19, 2020 • ( 0 )

  As seven University of Puerto Rico students prepare to face trial in February for participating in a nonviolent protest more than two years ago, documents released to their defense attorneys reveal that Facebook granted the island’s Justice Department access to… Read More ›

• Bolsonaro, Under Fire, Dismisses His Culture Minister For Giving a Nazi Speech, But It Is Still Representative of Brazil’s Governing Ethos

  By theintercept on January 18, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, under severe pressure from multiple corners, on Friday fired his Culture Minister, Roberto Alvim, for recording and publishing what can only be described — with no hyperbole — as a Nazi speech about Brazilian art. Indeed, the… Read More ›

• The Playbook for Poisoning the Earth

  By theintercept on January 18, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  In September 2009, over 3,000 bee enthusiasts from around the world descended on the city of Montpellier in southern France for Apimondia — a festive beekeeper conference filled with scientific lectures, hobbyist demonstrations, and commercial beekeepers hawking honey. But that year,… Read More ›

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