Author Archives
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EFF to Court: California Law Does Not Bar Content Moderation on Social Media
Moderated platforms often struggle to draw workable lines between content that is permitted, and content that’s not. Every online forum for user speech struggles with this problem, not just the dominant social media platforms. Laws protecting companies’ ability to moderate… Read More ›
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DOJ’s New CFAA Policy is a Good Start But Does Not Go Far Enough to Protect Security Researchers
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), the notoriously vague anti-hacking law, is long overdue for major reform. Among many problems, the CFAA has been used to target security researchers whose work uncovering software vulnerabilities frequently irritates corporations (and U.S…. Read More ›
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Two of Peru's Top ISPs Improve Transparency Practices, While Two Competitors Lag Behind, New Hiperderecho's Report Shows
Peru’s top two telecom operators Movistar (Telefónica) and Claro (América Móvil) continued to earn high marks for being transparent about government requests for user data, while competitors Bitel (Viettel) and Entel slightly improved practices promoting human rights, but in general… Read More ›
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Platform Liability Trends Around the Globe: From Safe Harbors to Increased Responsibility
This is the first installment in a four-part blog series surveying global intermediary liability laws. The vast majority of internet users around the world interact with online intermediaries—including internet service providers (ISPs), search engines, and social media platforms—on a regular… Read More ›
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We Finally Have a Federal Fiber Broadband Plan
There is a lot to appreciate in the recently published “Notice of Funding Opportunity” (NOFO) by the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA). It is arguably the first federal government proposal that seeks to promote infrastructure policies focused… Read More ›
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New Surveillance Transparency Report Documents an Urgent Need for Change
The U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) has released its Annual Statistical Transparency Report disclosing the use of national security surveillance laws for the year 2021—and to no one’s surprise it documents the wide-ranging overreach of intelligence agencies and the continued misuse… Read More ›
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EFF to Supreme Court: Put Texas Social Media Law Back on Hold
Users Should Be Able to Choose Among Platforms With Different Moderation Policies WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to halt enforcement of Texas’ constitutionally questionable social media law, which allows the state to dictate… Read More ›
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Podcast Episode: An AI Hammer in Search of a Nail
It often feels like machine learning experts are running around with a hammer, looking at everything as a potential nail – they have a system that does cool things and is fun to work on, and they go in search… Read More ›
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British Citizen Alaa Abd El Fattah Demands An End to Mistreatment in Egyptian Prison
Egyptian blogger, coder, and free speech activist Alaa Abd El Fattah is on day 45 of a hunger strike in protest of his mistreatment in an Egyptian prison. Alaa was sentenced, without due process, late last year, after spending two… Read More ›
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EFF, Al Sur Launch Guide to Raise Awareness About Deficiencies in Cross-Border Surveillance Treaty and Strategies to Mitigate Human Rights Risks
Download the report Latin American countries have a choice to make in the coming months—whether to accede to a new set of rules for coordinating and cooperating with each other and nations around the world on criminal investigations. Opened for… Read More ›