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The Path to Victory on Net Neutrality in the House of Representatives and How...

The United States Senate has voted to overturn the FCC and restore net neutrality protections, the fate of that measure currently rests in the House of Representatives. While many will think that the...

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EFF Presents Mur Lafferty's Science Fiction Story About Our Fair Use Petition...

Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA 1201) makes it illegal to get around any sort of lock that controls access to copyrighted material. Getting exemptions to that prohibitions is...

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Stupid Patent of the Month: Facebook Joins the Online Dating Arms Race

Earlier this month, Facebook announced that it will wedge its way into an already-crowded corner of online commerce. The social networking site plans to use its giant storehouse of personal data to...

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Should AI Always Identify Itself? It’s more complicated than you might...

The Google Duplex demos released two weeks ago—audio recordings of the company’s new AI system scheduling a hair appointment and the other of the system calling a restaurant—are at once...

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FBI Admits It Inflated Number of Supposedly Unhackable Devices

We’ve learned that the FBI has been misinforming Congress and the public as part of its call for backdoor access to encrypted devices. For months, the Bureau has claimed that encryption prevented it...

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Vote EFF on CREDO's May Ballot

Right now you can help EFF receive a portion of a $150,000+ donation pool without even opening your wallet. EFF is one of the three nonprofits featured in CREDO's giving group this month, so if you...

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Victory For The First Amendment: Court Rules That Government Officials Who...

New York, New York—President Donald Trump's blocking of people on Twitter because they criticize him violates the First Amendment, a federal judge in New York ruled today in a resounding victory for...

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Egyptian Blogger and Activist Wael Abbas Detained

When we wrote of award-winning journalist Wael Abbas being silenced by social media platforms in February, we never suspected that those suspensions would reach beyond the internet to help silence him...

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Press Conference Tuesday: EFF and Open Internet Advocates Will Urge...

Sacramento, California—On Tuesday, May 29, at 11:30 am, EFF Legislative Counsel Ernesto Falcon will urge state senators to pass a bill that would protect net neutrality in California.read more...

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Today: Tell the California Senate to Defend Net Neutrality and Pass S.B. 822

Update 05/30/2018: On May 30, the California Senate voted 23-12 to pass S.B. 822. Now it must be passed by the California Assembly to be on its way to the governor's desk. read more...

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Amazon, Stop Powering Government Surveillance

EFF has joined the ACLU and a coalition of civil liberties organizations demanding that Amazon stop powering a government surveillance infrastructure. Last week, we signed onto a letter to Amazon...

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Email Privacy Act Comes Back, Hopefully to Stay

The Email Privacy Act is back. We hope it can stay. read more...

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How To Turn PGP Back On As Safely As Possible

Previously, EFF recommended to PGP users that, because of new attacks revealed by researchers from Münster University of Applied Sciences, Ruhr University Bochum, and NXP Semiconductors, they should...

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EFF and Other Groups Fight State Department Collection of Social Media...

EFF and 54 civil liberties organizations joined comments this week written by the Brennan Center for Justice and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) standing up against the U.S....

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Author Trademarks the Word 'Cocky,' Earns the Ire of Romance Writers Everywhere

It’s a bad idea to come after romance authors’ favorite double entendres. Unfortunately, Faleena Hopkins, holder of a trademark on the word “cocky” and a shaky understanding of trademark law,...

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EFF Presents Cory Doctorow's Science Fiction Story About Our Jailbreaking...

Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA 1201) makes it illegal to get around any sort of lock that controls access to copyrighted material. Getting exemptions to that prohibitions is...

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Facebook, Instagram Lack Transparency on Government-Ordered Content Removal...

San Francisco, California—Facing increased demands from governments to remove user content, purportedly in the name of combating hate speech and extremism, a handful of social media and app store...

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A Constitutional Conundrum That’s Not Going Away—Unequal Access...

Among the many privacy challenges posed by social media, one has flown largely under the radar: balancing defendants’ due process rights to access exculpatory information against the crucial privacy...

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How the WIPO Broadcasting Treaty Will Lock Up Online Video

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is no longer the only game in town when it comes to international copyright negotiations. Today, trade negotiations such as the North American Free...

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EFF and 23 Civil Liberties Organizations Demand Transparency on NSA Domestic...

This week, 24 civil liberties organizations, including EFF and the ACLU, urged Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats to report—as required by law—statistics that could help clear up just...

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