June 2nd is recognized around the world as the chosen date of countless direct actions and protests in support of the sex workers’ rights movement. Since its inception nearly 45 years ago, International Whores Day reclaims a sometimes derogatory word… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act’
Trump’s Executive Order Seeks To Have FCC Regulate Platforms. Here’s Why It Won’t Happen
This is one of a series of blog posts about President Trump’s May 28 Executive Order. Other posts are here and here. The inaptly named Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship seeks to insert the federal government into private Internet… Read More ›
Dangers of Trump’s Executive Order Explained
This is one of a series of blog posts about President Trump’s May 28 Executive Order. Links to other posts are below. The inaptly named Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship (EO) is a mess on many levels: it’s likely… Read More ›
Trump Executive Order Misreads Key Law Promoting Free Expression Online and Violates the First Amendment
This post based its initial analysis on a draft Executive Order. It has been updated to reflect the final order, available here. President Trump’s Executive Order targeting social media companies is an assault on free expression online and a transparent… Read More ›
The EARN IT Act Violates the Constitution
Since senators introduced the EARN IT Act (S. 3398) in early March, EFF has called attention to the many ways in which the bill would be a disaster for Internet users’ free speech and security. We’ve explained how the EARN… Read More ›
The EARN IT Bill Is the Government’s Plan to Scan Every Message Online
Imagine an Internet where the law required every message sent to be read by government-approved scanning software. Companies that handle such messages wouldn’t be allowed to securely encrypt them, or they’d lose legal protections that allow them to operate. Take… Read More ›
The Graham-Blumenthal Bill Is an Attack on Online Speech and Security
Members of Congress have mounted a major threat to your freedom of speech and privacy online. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) recently introduced a bill that would undermine key protections for Internet speech in U.S. law. It… Read More ›
The Graham-Blumenthal Bill: A New Path for DOJ to Finally Break Encryption
Members of Congress are about to introduce a bill that will undermine the law that undergirds free speech on the Internet. If passed, the bill known as the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act, will fulfill a… Read More ›
Congress Must Stop the Graham-Blumenthal Anti-Security Bill
There’s a new and serious threat to both free speech and security online. Under a draft bill that Bloomberg recently leaked, the Attorney General could unilaterally dictate how online platforms and services must operate. If those companies don’t follow the… Read More ›
Protecting the Legal Foundation of the Internet: 2019 in Review
When someone says something unlawful online, they should be the one held responsible for it, not the website or platform where they said it. Section 230—the most important law protecting free speech online—reflects that common-sense principle. This year, EFF defended… Read More ›