As debate continues in the U.S. and Europe over how to regulate social media, a number of countries—such as India and Turkey—have imposed stringent rules that threaten free speech, while others, such as Indonesia, are considering them. Now, a new… Read More ›
Electronic Frontier Foundation 
Tell Congress: Support the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act
Everyday, your personal information is being harvested by your smart phone applications, sold to data brokers, and used by advertisers hoping to sell you things. But what safeguards prevent the government from shopping in that same data marketplace? Mobile data… Read More ›
Brazil's Bill Repealing National Security Law Has its Own Threats to Free Expression
The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies is on track to approve a law that threatens freedom of expression and the right to assemble and protest, with the stated aim of defending the democratic constitutional state. Bill 6764/02 repeals the Brazilian National… Read More ›
EFF at 30: Protecting Free Speech, with Senator Ron Wyden
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 ›
Apple’s AppTrackingTransparency is Upending Mobile Phone Tracking
Apple’s long-awaited privacy update for iOS is out, and it’s a solid step in the right direction. With the launch of iOS 14.5, hundreds of millions of iPhone users will now interact with Apple’s new AppTrackingTransparency feature. Allowing users to… Read More ›
Here Are 458 California Law Enforcement Agencies' Policy Documents All in One Place
Dylan Kubeny, a student at the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno, served as the primary data hunter and co-author on this project. At this moment in history, law enforcement agencies in the United States face a… Read More ›
Your Service Provider’s Terms of Service Shouldn’t Overrule Your Fourth Amendment Rights
Last week, EFF, ACLU, and ACLU of Minnesota filed an amicus brief in State v. Pauli, a case in the Minnesota Supreme Court, where we argue that cloud storage providers’ terms of service (TOS) can’t take away your Fourth Amendment… Read More ›
Canada’s Attempt to Regulate Sexual Content Online Ignores Technical and Historical Realities
Canadian Senate Bill S-203, AKA the “Protecting Young Persons from Exposure to Pornography Act,” is another woefully misguided proposal aimed at regulating sexual content online. To say the least, this bill fails to understand how the internet functions and would… Read More ›
EFF and ACLU Ask Supreme Court to Review Case Against Warrantless Searches of International Travelers’ Phones and Laptops
Border Officers Accessing Massive Amounts of Information from Electronic Devices Washington, D.C. —The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Massachusetts today filed a petition for a writ of certiorari, asking the Supreme Court… Read More ›
Tell Congress: Federal Money Shouldn’t Be Spent On Breaking Encryption
We don’t need government minders in our private conversations. That’s because private conversations, whether they happen offline or online, aren’t a public safety menace. They’re not an invitation to criminality, or terrorism, or a threat to children, no matter how… Read More ›