Press Room | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Jul 8, 2011 · The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today asked the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling undermining Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination and find that constitutional safeguards prevent police from forcing people to provide or use passcodes for their cell phones so officers can access the tremendous amount of private...
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal …
Jan 17, 2025 · EFF Sends Transition Memo on Digital Policy Priorities to New Administration and Congress Standing up for technology users in 2025 and beyond requires careful thinking about government surveillance, consumer privacy, artificial intelligence, and …
Electronic Frontier Foundation | Defending your rights in the …
To help incoming federal policymakers think through these key issues, the EFF has shared a transition memo with the Trump Administration and the 119th U.S. Congress. Discover more. Join our email list for EFF news, events, campaigns, and ways to support digital freedom.
Senate Vote Could Give Helping Hand To Patent Trolls
Update 11/19/24: The Senate Judiciary Committee is still scheduled to vote on the PREVAIL Act on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. Please express your continued opposition through our action center, linked below. A patent on crowdfunding. A patent on tracking packages. A patent on photo contests. A patent...
EFF Helps News Organizations Push Back Against Legal Bullying …
Feb 8, 2024 · EFF filed a lawsuit today on behalf of prominent Saudi human rights activist Loujain AlHathloul against spying software maker DarkMatter Group and three of its former executives for illegally hacking her iPhone to secretly track her communications and whereabouts.
The Breachies 2024: The Worst, Weirdest, Most Impactful Data …
Dec 19, 2024 · EFF and others oppose these plans because they threaten both speech and privacy. As we said in 2023, verification mandates would inevitably lead to more data breaches, potentially exposing government IDs as well as information about the sites that a user visits.
EFF Is Ready for What's Next | EFFector 36.14
Nov 13, 2024 · It's the one-stop-shop to keeping up with the latest in the fight for online freedoms. This time we cover our expectations and preparations for the next U.S. presidential administration, surveillance towers at the U.S.-Mexico border, and EFF's new report on …
Deeplinks Blog | Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF Sends Transition Memo on Digital Policy Priorities to New Administration and Congress Standing up for technology users in 2025 and beyond requires careful thinking about government surveillance, consumer privacy, artificial intelligence, and encryption, among other topics.
The U.S. Supreme Court Continues its Foray into Free Speech and …
Dec 24, 2024 · The court also made it clear that laws that do not target the editorial process, such as competition laws, would not be subject to the same rigorous First Amendment standards, a position EFF has consistently urged.
EFF Continued to Champion Users’ Online Speech and Fought …
Dec 24, 2024 · Earlier this week, EFF joined the ACLU and 59 partner organizations to send a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer urging the Senate to reject the STOP CSAM Act. This bill threatens encrypted communications and free speech online, and would actively harm LGBTQ+ people, people seeking reproductive care,...