New Release: Tor Browser 8.0a9 boklm June 27, 2018 Tor Browser 8.0a9 is now available from the Tor Browser Project page and also from our distribution directory. This release features important security updates to Firefox. Tor Browser 8.0a9 is the… Read More ›
Archive for June 2018
Trump Has Appointed Some Major Corporate Cronies, but This FTC Stooge Might Beat Them All
Andrew Smith, the newly installed head of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission represented an astonishing array of miscreant companies, both large and small, during his four-year tenure at the corporate law firm Covington & Burling, according… Read More ›
Competition, Civil Liberties, and the Internet Giants
The power of the Internet historically arose from its edges: innovation, growth, and freedom came from its users and their contributions, rather than from some centrally controlled core of overseers. But today, for an increasing number of users, there is… Read More ›
Thomson Reuters Defends Its Work for ICE, Providing “Identification and Location of Aliens”
The reporters at Reuters have been providing crucial, unfliching coverage of the cruel treatment of would-be immigrants under policies pushed by President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, the news agency’s parent company, Thomson Reuters, has been supplying U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with data from… Read More ›
UN Report Sets Forth Strong Recommendations for Companies to Protect Free Expression
“YouTube keeps deleting evidence of Syrian chemical weapon attacks” “Azerbaijani faces terrorist propaganda charge in Georgia for anti-Armenian Facebook post” “Medium Just Took Down A Post It Says Doxed ICE Employees” These are just a sampling of recent headlines relating… Read More ›
Stephanie Lenz and Universal Music Publishing Group Settle ‘Dancing Baby’ Case
SAN FRANCISCO – Stephanie Lenz and Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) today announced they have amicably resolved Lenz v. Universal, the widely followed litigation sometimes referred to as the “Dancing Baby” case. Lenz filed her complaint in 2007, after UMPG… Read More ›
An Extremely Consequential Supreme Court Decision Slipped Under the Radar
Amid high-profile Supreme Court rulings like the lifeline given to the practice of gerrymandering, the endorsement of Trump’s Muslim travel ban, the gutting of public sector unions, and the defense of bakers who don’t want to serve gay people, the case of… Read More ›
After More Than a Decade of Litigation, the Dancing Baby Has Done His Part to Strengthen Fair Use for Everyone
Litigation can always take twists and turns, but when EFF filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group in 2007 on behalf of Stephanie Lenz, few would have anticipated it would be ten years until the case was finally resolved. But… Read More ›
DNA Testing Might Help Reunite Families Separated by Trump. But It Could Create a Privacy Nightmare.
In the face of the Trump administration’s neglect and indifference toward the reunification of the thousands of immigrant families it has forcibly separated, some lawmakers, activists, and celebrities have called for the use of DNA testing, along with other biometrics,… Read More ›
New Release: Tor 0.3.4.3-alpha
New Release: Tor 0.3.4.3-alpha nickm June 26, 2018 Hi! There’s a new alpha release available for download. If you build Tor from source, you can download the source code for 0.3.4.3-alpha from the usual place on the website. Packages should… Read More ›