A new quasi-court for copyright, with nationwide reach, began accepting cases this week. The “Copyright Claims Board” or “CCB,” housed within the Copyright Office in Washington DC, will rule on private copyright infringement lawsuits from around the country and award… Read More ›
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EFF’s Flagship Jewel v. NSA Dragnet Spying Case Rejected by the Supreme Court
We all deserve the right to have a private conversation online. That’s why EFF has taken on government surveillance for the past 30-plus years. One of our longest-running efforts has been to stop the National Security Agency’s (NSA) surveillance that… Read More ›
Massachusetts' Highest Court Upholds Cell Tower Dump Warrant
This blog post was drafted with help from former EFF Legal Intern Emma Hagemann. Massachusetts’ highest court has upheld the collection of mass cell tower data, despite recognizing that this data not only provides investigators with “highly personal and private”… Read More ›
EFF to Court: California Law Does Not Bar Content Moderation on Social Media
Moderated platforms often struggle to draw workable lines between content that is permitted, and content that’s not. Every online forum for user speech struggles with this problem, not just the dominant social media platforms. Laws protecting companies’ ability to moderate… Read More ›
EFF and Partners to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: Retaliatory Investigation of Twitter Chills First Amendment Rights
Censorship doesn’t always look like a black line across a document, or a clear order to remove a piece of content. Websites feel pressured without the government having to issue a clear directive that they host certain speakers or carry… Read More ›
Federal Court in Virginia Holds Geofence Warrant Violates Constitution
In the first order of its kind, a federal district court has held that a warrant used to identify all devices in the area of a bank robbery, including the defendant’s, “plainly violates the rights enshrined in [the Fourth] Amendment.”… Read More ›
EFF to Appeals: Apple’s Monopoly Doesn’t Make Users Safer
When users fork over money for an iPhone (average price: over $800), many expect to be able to play their favorite mobile game on it. They expect the apps they buy to work. Many users also expect to install apps… Read More ›
A Universal Gigabit Future Depends on Open Access Fiber
The future is online. Actually, the present is online, and the future more so. The COVID-19 pandemic, and the constant refrain about the “new normal” prove that not only is internet access vital to 21st century life; high-speed access is… Read More ›
EFF to Tenth Circuit: First Amendment Protects Public School Students’ Off-Campus Social Media Speech
EFF filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in support of public school students’ right to speak while off school grounds or after school hours, including on social media. We argued that Supreme… Read More ›
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Public School Students’ Off-Campus Speech Rights
In a win for freedom of speech, the U.S. Supreme Court held that public high school officials violated a student’s First Amendment rights when they suspended her from cheerleading for posting a vulgar Snapchat selfie over the weekend and off… Read More ›