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Deeplinks Blog by Thorin Klosowski, Bill Budington, Rindala Alajaji, Christian Romero, Lena Cohen, Hayley Tsukayama, Cooper Quintin | December 17, 2025

The Breachies 2025: The Worst, Weirdest, Most Impactful Data Breaches of the Year

Another year has come and gone, and with it, thousands of data breaches that affect millions of people. The question these days is less, Is my information in a data breach this year? and more How many data breaches had my information in them this year?

Deeplinks Blog by Christian Romero | December 16, 2025

🪪 Age Verification Is Coming for the Internet | EFFector 37.18

The final EFFector of 2025 is here! Just in time to keep you up-to-date on the latests happenings in the fight for privacy and free speech online.In this latest issue, we're sharing how to spot sneaky ALPR cameras at the U.S. border, covering a host of new ...

Deeplinks Blog by Hayley Tsukayama | December 15, 2025

Trends to Watch in the California Legislature

If you’re a Californian, there are a few new state laws that you should know will be going into effect in the new year. EFF has worked hard in Sacramento this session to advance bills that protect privacy, fight surveillance, and promote transparency.California’s legislature runs in a two-year cycle, meaning...

Deeplinks Blog by Paige Collings | December 15, 2025

EFF, Open Rights Group, Big Brother Watch, and Index on Censorship Call on UK Government to Reform or Repeal Online Safety Act

Ahead of today's Parliamentary petition debate on the Online Safety Act, EFF joined Open Rights Group, Big Brother Watch, and Index on Censorship in sending a briefing to UK politicians urging them to listen to their constituents and repeal the legislation.

Deeplinks Blog by Paige Collings | December 13, 2025

EFF and 12 Organizations Urge UK Politicians to Drop Digital ID Scheme Ahead of Parliamentary Petition Debate

Ahead of the UK Parliament convening to debate a petition signed by almost 2.9 million people calling for an end to the government’s plans to roll out a national digital ID, EFF and 12 other civil society organizations wrote to politicians in the country urging them to reject the Labour...

Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | December 11, 2025

Thousands Tell the Patent Office: Don’t Hide Bad Patents From Review

A massive wave of public comments just told the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO): don’t shut the public out of patent review.EFF submitted its own formal comment opposing the USPTO’s proposed rules, and more than 4,000 supporters added their voices—an extraordinary response for a technical, fast-moving rulemaking. We comprised...

Deeplinks Blog by Lisa Femia | December 11, 2025

Why Isn’t Online Age Verification Just Like Showing Your ID In Person?

This blog also appears in our Age Verification Resource Hub: our one-stop shop for users seeking to understand what age-gating laws actually do, what’s at stake, how to protect yourself, and why EFF opposes all forms of age verification mandates. Head to EFF.org/Age to explore our resources and...

Deeplinks Blog by Molly Buckley | December 10, 2025

Age Verification Is Coming For the Internet. We Built You a Resource Hub to Fight Back.

Age verification laws are proliferating fast across the United States and around the world, creating a dangerous and confusing tangle of rules about what we’re all allowed to see and do online. That's why today, we're launching EFF.org/Age, a one-stop shop for users seeking to understand what these laws actually...

Deeplinks Blog by Katharine Trendacosta | December 10, 2025

The Best Big Media Merger Is No Merger at All

The state of streaming is... bad. It’s very bad. The first step in wanting to watch anything is a web search: “Where can I stream X?” Then you have to scroll past an AI summary with no answers, and then scroll past the sponsored links. After that, you find out...

Deeplinks Blog by Daniel de Zeeuw | December 9, 2025

EFF Benefit Poker Tournament at DEF CON 33

In the brand new Planet Hollywood Poker Room, 48 digital rights supporters played No-Limit Texas Hold’Em in the 4th Annual EFF Benefit Poker Tournament at DEF CON, raising $18,395 for EFF.

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Deeplinks Blog by Rindala Alajaji | December 8, 2025

10 (Not So) Hidden Dangers of Age Verification

It’s nearly the end of 2025, and half of the US and the UK now require you to upload your ID or scan your face to watch “sexual content.” A handful of states and Australia now have various requirements to verify your age before you can...

Deeplinks Blog by Christoph Schmon, Karen Gullo | December 4, 2025

EU's New Digital Package Proposal Promises Red Tape Cuts but Guts GDPR Privacy Rights

The European Commission (EC) is considering a “Digital Omnibus” package that would substantially rewrite EU privacy law, particularly the landmark General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It’s not a done deal, and it shouldn’t be.The GDPR is the most comprehensive model for privacy legislation around the world. While it is far...

Deeplinks Blog by Beryl Lipton | December 3, 2025

Axon Tests Face Recognition on Body-Worn Cameras

Axon Enterprise Inc. is working with a Canadian police department to test the addition of face recognition technology (FRT) to its body-worn cameras (BWCs). This is an alarming development in government surveillance that should put communities everywhere on alert. As many as 50 officers from the Edmonton Police...

Deeplinks Blog by Christoph Schmon, Thorin Klosowski | December 3, 2025

After Years of Controversy, the EU’s Chat Control Nears Its Final Hurdle: What to Know

After a years-long battle, the European Commission’s “Chat Control” plan, which would mandate mass scanning and other encryption-breaking measures, at last codifies agreement on a position within the Council of the EU, representing EU States. The good news is that the most controversial part, the forced requirement to scan encrypted...

Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | December 2, 2025

EFF Tells Patent Office: Don’t Cut the Public Out of Patent Review

EFF has submitted its formal comment to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) opposing a set of proposed rules that would sharply restrict the public’s ability to challenge wrongly granted patents. These rules would make inter partes review (IPR)—the main tool Congress created to fix improperly granted...

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The Breachies 2025: The Worst, Weirdest, Most Impactful Data Breaches of the Year

🪪 Age Verification Is Coming for the Internet | EFFector 37.18

Trends to Watch in the California Legislature

EFF, Open Rights Group, Big Brother Watch, and Index on Censorship Call on UK Government to Reform or Repeal Online Safety Act

EFF and 12 Organizations Urge UK Politicians to Drop Digital ID Scheme Ahead of Parliamentary Petition Debate

Thousands Tell the Patent Office: Don’t Hide Bad Patents From Review

Why Isn’t Online Age Verification Just Like Showing Your ID In Person?

Age Verification Is Coming For the Internet. We Built You a Resource Hub to Fight Back.

The Best Big Media Merger Is No Merger at All

EFF Benefit Poker Tournament at DEF CON 33

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10 (Not So) Hidden Dangers of Age Verification

EU's New Digital Package Proposal Promises Red Tape Cuts but Guts GDPR Privacy Rights

Axon Tests Face Recognition on Body-Worn Cameras

After Years of Controversy, the EU’s Chat Control Nears Its Final Hurdle: What to Know

EFF Tells Patent Office: Don’t Cut the Public Out of Patent Review

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