Want to spend your days fighting for digital rights and building a grassroots movement across the U.S.? You’re in luck! EFF is hiring. We’re expanding the grassroots advocacy team at EFF. Part of our larger activism team dedicated to defending… Read More ›
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EFF Launches Community Security Training Series
EFF is pleased to announce a series of community security trainings in partnership with the San Francisco Public Library. High-profile data breaches and hard-fought battles against unlawful mass surveillance programs underscore that the public needs practical information about online security…. Read More ›
Expert Panel Explores Tech Policy at the White House
On March 2, EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn sat down with Alexander Macgillivray and Nicole Wong, both former U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officers (CTO) under President Obama as well as former legal counsel for Google and Twitter. The panel explored… Read More ›
Federal Court Rules Against Public.Resource.Org, Says Public Safety Laws Can Be Locked Behind Paywalls
Everyone should be able to read the law, discuss it, and share it with others, without having to pay a toll or sign a contract. Seems obvious, right? Unfortunately, a federal district court has said otherwise, ruling that private organizations… Read More ›
We Want a Copyright Office that Serves the Public
The Copyright Office, and those who lead it, should serve the public as a whole, not just major media and entertainment companies. That’s what we told the leadership of the House Judiciary Committee this week. If Congress restructures the Copyright… Read More ›
Vote for EFF on CREDO's January Ballot
EFF is one of the three non-profits featured in CREDO’s giving pool this month. If you’re a CREDO customer or member of its action network, vote for EFF before the end of the month to help direct as much as… Read More ›
EFF to Santa Clara County: Improve Police Body Camera Rules
EFF sent a letter to the Santa Clara County Board suggesting ways to improve the proposed policy of that county’s Sheriff for use of body-worn cameras (BWCs). We did so with our allies the ACLU of California and the Bay… Read More ›
EFF to BART: Adopt Spy Tech Control Law
EFF urged the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board to adopt a new law that would ensure community control of whether to adopt new surveillance technologies. All too often, police executives unilaterally decide to adopt powerful new spying tools that… Read More ›
The New and Improved Privacy Badger 2.0 Is Here
EFF is excited to announce that today we are releasing Privacy Badger 2.0 for Chrome, Firefox, and Opera. Privacy Badger is a browser extension that automatically blocks hidden third-party trackers that would otherwise follow you around the web and spy… Read More ›
Open Access Week 2016
Today is the first day of Open Access Week. We’re joining SPARC and dozens of other organizations all week to discuss the importance of open access. Open access is the practice of making research and other materials freely available online,… Read More ›