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Copyright is a Civil Liberties Nightmare

If you’ve got lawyers and a copyright, the law gives you tremendous power to silence speech you don’t like. Copyright’s statutory damages can be as high as $150,000 per work infringed, even if no actual harm is done. This makes it far too dangerous to rely on the limitations and...

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Executive Order to the State Department Sideswipes Freedom Tools, Threatens Censorship Resistance, Privacy, and Anonymity of Millions

We want to draw attention to one of the executive orders that directly impacts the freedom tools that people around the world rely on to safeguard their security, privacy, and anonymity. EFF understands how critical these tools are – protecting the ability to make and share anticensorship, privacy and anonymity-protecting...
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EFF to State AGs: Time to Investigate Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Discovering that you’re pregnant can trigger a mix of emotions—excitement, uncertainty, or even distress—depending on your circumstances. Whatever your feelings are, your next steps will likely involve disclosing that news, along with other deeply personal information, to a medical provider or counselor as you explore your options.Many people will choose...

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California Law Enforcement Misused State Databases More Than 7,000 Times in 2023

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LACSD) committed wholesale abuse of sensitive criminal justice databases in 2023, violating a specific rule against searching the data to run background checks for concealed carry firearm permits.The sheriff’s department’s 6,789 abuses made up a majority of the record 7,275 violations across California that...

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EFF al Tribunal Supremo de Michigan: Las órdenes de registro de teléfonos móviles deben cumplir estrictamente los requisitos de particularidad y causa probable de la Cuarta Enmienda

La semana pasada, la EFF, junto con la Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan, la ACLU y la ACLU de Michigan, presentaron un amicus curiae en el caso People v. Carson ante el Tribunal Supremo de Michigan, impugnando la constitucionalidad de la orden de registro del teléfono inteligente del Sr....

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