The government and law enforcement should not be scanning your photos with face recognition technology. But right now, at least half of Americans are likely in government face recognition databases—often thanks to secretive agreements between state and federal government agencies—without… Read More ›
EFF has just learned that our dear friend Special Counsel Jim Tyre—one of the biggest and best Internet advocates you may never have heard of—has passed away. UPDATE:The funeral will be on Sunday at 12:00 noon, Hillside Memorial Park and… Read More ›
There’s a very rare opportunity available right now for an engineering director to join EFF’s leadership team, and we’re asking our community to help us find the perfect candidate. We’re doing an open hire for our Technology Projects Director role…. Read More ›
Protecting human rights comes in many forms. Some human rights defenders are lawyers, defending clients against violations of their basic humanity. Some are journalists, exposing corruption and the secret injustices that might otherwise hide behind power. Some are activists, working… Read More ›
Donate before 2020 and help the Electronic Frontier Foundation unlock eight challenge grants that increase in size from $200 to $20,000. Every supporter counts! We love the post-apocalyptic cyberpunk aesthetic around these parts, but we don’t have to live that way…. Read More ›
EFF and 26 other organizations just sent a letter to the Internet Society (ISOC) urging it to stop the sale of the Public Interest Registry (PIR)—the organization that manages the .ORG top-level domain—to private equity firm Ethos Capital. Our message… Read More ›
Public.Resource.Org has one simple mission: to improve public access to government documents, including our laws. Public Resource believes—and EFF agrees—that everyone should be able to read, analyze, and share the laws that govern us, without having to pay a gatekeeper… Read More ›
Today, EFF is publishing a new white paper, “Caught in the Net: The Impact of ‘Extremist’ Speech Regulations on Human Rights Content.” The paper is a joint effort of EFF, Syrian Archive, and Witness and was written in response to the Christchurch… Read More ›
EFF Is Looking for a Great Writer to Help Us Fight Surveillance I just woke up, and I’m drafting a memo for a Congressional staffer, explaining the ways that a new censorship bill will be dangerous for free speech and… Read More ›
Are you passionate about emerging Internet and technology policy issues? Come work with EFF this summer as a Google Public Policy Fellow! This 10-week fellowship gives undergraduate and graduate students a paid opportunity to work alongside EFF’s International team on… Read More ›