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Event | April 4, 2025

Systems of Dehumanization: The Digital Frontlines of the War on Bodily Autonomy @ CypherCon

Be sure to catch EFF's talk at CypherCon on Friday, April 4 at 3:00 PM.Systems of Dehumanization: The Digital Frontlines of the War on Bodily AutonomyIn this presentation I’ll be surveying the years of research I’ve done on the digital surveillance and technology impacts on various movements for bodily autonomy,...

Event | April 4, 2025

Ask the EFF @ CypherCon

Be sure to catch our Ask the EFF panel at CypherCon on Friday, April 4 at 1:00 PM.Ask the EFFWe're excited to answer your burning questions on pressing digital rights issues! Our expert panelists will offer brief updates on EFF's work defending your digital rights, before opening the floor...

Event | April 26, 2025

Tracking the Worlds Dumbest Cyber-Mercenaries @ BSidesSF

Be sure to catch EFF's talk at BSides San Francisco on Saturday, April 26 at 3:00 PM.Tracking the World's Dumbest Cyber-MercenariesFor the last 6 years we have been tracking the activities of the cyber-mercenaries Dark Caracal. In this time we have observed them make a number of hilarious mistakes...

Event | April 26, 2025

EFF at BSides San Francisco

EFF is excited to be back for BSides San Francisco! We'll be in the expo area, where you can stop by the EFF booth to chat with our team and learn about the latest developments in fighting for privacy and security online. You can even pick up a special...

Event | August 15, 2025

EFF at HOPE_16

As always, EFF is excited to be back in New York for HOPE! We'll be at HOPE_16 with a table in the expo hall, where you can learn more about the latest in EFF's fight to protect your right to privacy and free expression online. There, you can even...

Deeplinks Blog by Jillian C. York, Paige Collings | March 17, 2025

EFF Joins 7amleh Campaign to #ReconnectGaza

In times of conflict, the internet becomes more than just a tool—it is a lifeline, connecting those caught in chaos with the outside world. It carries voices that might otherwise be silenced, bearing witness to suffering and survival. Without internet access, communities become isolated, and the flow of critical information...

Deeplinks Blog by Dave Maass, Aaron Mackey, Beryl Lipton, Hannah Diaz | March 16, 2025

The Foilies 2025

Every year during Sunshine Week (March 16-22). the Electronic Frontier Foundation, MuckRock and AAN Publishers team up to publish The Foilies. This annual report—now a decade old—names and shames the most repugnant, absurd, and incompetent responses to public records requests under FOIA and state transparency laws.

Deeplinks Blog by Beryl Lipton, José Martinez | March 15, 2025

“Guardrails” Won’t Protect Nashville Residents From AI-Enabled Camera Networks

Nashville’s Metropolitan Council is one vote away from passing an ordinance that’s being branded as “guardrails” against the privacy problems that come with giving the police a connected camera system like Axon’s Fusus. But Nashville locals are right to be skeptical of just how much protection from mass surveillance products...

Deeplinks Blog by Rory Mir | March 13, 2025

EFF to NSF: AI Action Plan Must Put People First

People have a right to engage with culture and express themselves unburdened by private cartels. Policymakers should focus on narrowly crafted policies to preserve these rights, and keep rulemaking constrained to tested solutions addressing actual harms.

Deeplinks Blog by Allison Morris | March 13, 2025

EFF Thanks Fastly for Donated Tools to Help Keep Our Website Secure

EFF’s most important platform for welcoming everyone to join us in our fight for a better digital future is our website, eff.org. We thank Fastly for their generous in-kind contribution of services helping keep EFF’s website online.Eff.org was first registered in 1990, just three months after the organization...

Event | April 9, 2025

Tracking and Documenting Surveillance at the U.S.-Mexico Border

EFF has built up a robust focus on digital civil liberties at the U.S.-Mexico border, including challenging the warrantless and suspicionless searches of electronic devices and the massive increase in surveillance infrastructure throughout the region. Our team has gathered firsthand knowledge of local tech concerns through...

Deeplinks Blog by Melissa Srago | March 13, 2025

EFFecting Change: Is There Hope for Social Media?

Please join EFF for the next segment of EFFecting Change, our livestream series covering digital privacy and free speech. Join our panel featuring EFF Civil Liberties Director David Greene, EFF Director for International Freedom of Expression Jillian York, Mastodon's Felix Hlatky, Bluesky's Emily Liu, and Spill's Kenya Parham as they...

Event | April 3, 2025

Livestream: Life and Migration Under Surveillance at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Deeplinks Blog by Paige Collings | March 13, 2025

EFF Joins AllOut’s Campaign Calling for Meta to Stop Hate Speech Against LGBTQ+ Community

In January, Meta made targeted changes to its hateful conduct policy that would allow dehumanizing statements to be made about certain vulnerable groups. More specifically, Meta’s hateful conduct policy now contains the following text:People sometimes use sex- or gender-exclusive language when discussing access to spaces often limited by sex...

Deeplinks Blog by Cindy Cohn, Corynne McSherry | March 12, 2025

In Memoriam: Mark Klein, AT&T Whistleblower Who Revealed NSA Mass Spying

EFF is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Mark Klein, a bona fide hero who risked civil liability and criminal prosecution to help expose a massive spying program that violated the rights of millions of Americans.Mark didn’t set out to change the world. For 22 years, he was...

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Systems of Dehumanization: The Digital Frontlines of the War on Bodily Autonomy @ CypherCon

Ask the EFF @ CypherCon

Tracking the Worlds Dumbest Cyber-Mercenaries @ BSidesSF

EFF at BSides San Francisco

EFF at HOPE_16

EFF Joins 7amleh Campaign to #ReconnectGaza

The Foilies 2025

“Guardrails” Won’t Protect Nashville Residents From AI-Enabled Camera Networks

EFF to NSF: AI Action Plan Must Put People First

EFF Thanks Fastly for Donated Tools to Help Keep Our Website Secure

Tracking and Documenting Surveillance at the U.S.-Mexico Border

EFFecting Change: Is There Hope for Social Media?

Livestream: Life and Migration Under Surveillance at the U.S.-Mexico Border

EFF Joins AllOut’s Campaign Calling for Meta to Stop Hate Speech Against LGBTQ+ Community

In Memoriam: Mark Klein, AT&T Whistleblower Who Revealed NSA Mass Spying

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