Today EFF and Public Knowledge are releasing a whitepaper titled Which Internet registries offer the best protection for domain owners? Top-level domains are the letters after the dot, like .com, .uk, .biz, or .mobi. Since 2003, hundreds of new top-level… Read More ›
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RCEP Discussions on Ecommerce: Gathering Steam in Hyderabad
Sixteen countries from Asia-Pacific are meeting in Hyderabad for the 19th round of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) which takes place in India from 18-28 July, 2017. EFF is participating to advocate for improved transparency and openness in the… Read More ›
Tell Congress: We Want Trade Transparency Reform Now!
The failed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was a lesson in what happens when trade agreements are negotiated in secret. Powerful corporations can lobby for dangerous, restrictive measures, and the public can’t effectively bring balance to the process. Now, some members of… Read More ›
Librarians Call on W3C to Rethink its Support for DRM
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) has called on the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to reconsider its decision to incorporate digital locks into official HTML standards. Last week, W3C announced its decision to publish Encrypted Media… Read More ›
Do Last Week's European Copyright Votes Show Publishers Have Captured European Politics?
Three European Parliament Committees met during the week of July 10, to give their input on the European Commission’s proposal for a new Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market. We previewed those meetings last week, expressing our hope… Read More ›
EFF to Minnesota Supreme Court: Sheriff Must Release Emails Documenting Biometric Technology Use
A Minnesota sheriff’s office must release emails showing how it uses biometric technology so that the community can understand how invasive it is, EFF argued in a brief filed in the Minnesota Supreme Court on Friday. The case, Webster v…. Read More ›
Australian PM Calls for End-to-End Encryption Ban, Says the Laws of Mathematics Don't Apply Down Under
“The laws of mathematics are very commendable but the only law that applies in Australia is the law of Australia”, said Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull today. He has been rightly mocked for this nonsense claim, that foreshadows moves to… Read More ›
Payment Processors Are Profiling Heavy Metal Fans as Terrorists
If you happen to be a fan of the heavy metal band Isis (an unfortunate name, to be sure), you may have trouble ordering its merchandise online. Last year, Paypal suspended a fan who ordered an Isis t-shirt, presumably on… Read More ›
Net Neutrality Won't Save Us if DRM is Baked Into the Web
Yesterday’s record-smashing Net Neutrality day of action showed that the Internet’s users care about an open playing field and don’t want a handful of companies to decide what we can and can’t do online. Today, we should also think about… Read More ›
Industry Efforts to Censor Pro-Terrorism Online Content Pose Risks to Free Speech
In recent months, social media platforms—under pressure from a number of governments—have adopted new policies and practices to remove content that promotes terrorism. As the Guardian reported, these policies are typically carried out by low-paid contractors (or, in the case… Read More ›