Digital identification can invade our privacy and aggravate existing social inequities. Designed wrong, it might be a big step towards national identification, in which every time we walk through a door or buy coffee, a record of the event is… Read More ›
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Texas AG Paxton's Retaliatory Investigation of Twitter Goes to Ninth Circuit
Governments around the world are pressuring websites and social media platforms to publish or censor particular speech with investigations, subpoenas, raids, and bans. Burdensome investigations are enough to coerce targets of this retaliation into following a government’s editorial line. In… Read More ›
The Bipartisan Broadband Bill: Good, But It Won’t End the Digital Divide
The U.S. Senate is on the cusp of approving an infrastructure package, which passed a critical first vote last night by 67-32. Negotiations on the final bill are ongoing, but late yesterday NBC News had the draft broadband provisions. There… Read More ›
It’s Time for Police to Stop Using ShotSpotter
Court documents recently reviewed by VICE have revealed that ShotSpotter, a company that makes and sells audio gunshot detection to cities and police departments, may not be as accurate or reliable as the company claims. In fact, the documents reveal… Read More ›
CIA Drove Spike in Media Leak Investigation Requests Under Trump
New data obtained by The Intercept adds considerable detail to what we already know about former President Donald Trump’s relentless campaign against whistleblowers and leakers in the intelligence community. The Trump administration referred far more media leaks for criminal investigation… Read More ›
Disentangling Disinformation: Not as Easy as it Looks
Body bags claiming that “disinformation kills” line the streets today in front of Facebook’s Washington, D.C. headquarters. A group of protesters, affiliated with “The Real Facebook Oversight Board” (an organization that is, confusingly, not affiliated with Facebook or its Oversight… Read More ›
Should Congress Close the FBI’s Backdoor for Spying on American Communications? Yes.
All of us deserve basic protection against government searches and seizures that the Constitution provides, including requiring law enforcement to get a warrant before it can access our communications. But currently, the FBI has a backdoor into our communications, a… Read More ›
EFF at 30: Freeing the Internet, with Net Neutrality Pioneer Gigi Sohn
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 ›
House’s Resolve to Curb Surveillance State Faces Biggest Test Since Trump Presidency
In a huge win for surveillance reformers, the House Rules Committee agreed on Wednesday morning to another full chamber vote on a bipartisan proposal that would limit the federal government’s warrantless searches of Americans’ private data. The vote, expected later in… Read More ›
How to Defend Yourself Against the Powerful New NSO Spyware Attacks Discovered Around the World
An international group of journalists this month detailed extensive new evidence that spyware made by Israeli company NSO Group was used against activists, business executives, journalists, and lawyers around the world. Even Apple’s iPhone, frequently lauded for its tight security,… Read More ›