EFFecting Change is EFF's livestream series that takes you on a deep dive into the privacy and free speech issues shaping the future of technology. In EFFecting Change's 2024 season, we invited panelists from all over the globe to answer your questions about reproductive justice in the digital age, the U.S. Supreme Court's hearings on technology, and protecting your privacy while protesting. Check out the 2025 EFFecting Change lineup to join new conversations with the experts!
Want to know more? See our upcoming livestreams below or sign up for updates about the EFFecting Change series at eff.org/ECUpdates. If you have a friend or colleague that might be interested, please join the fight for your digital rights by forwarding this link: eff.org/EFFectingChange.
EFFecting Change in 2025
Is There Hope for Social Media?
March 20 at 12:00 PM PT
Users are frustrated with legacy social media companies. Unpredictable censorship, hostility, and dodgy information collide on platforms that seem designed to exploit your emotions for ad revenue. Yet social media also sparked positive social movements, fostered creativity, and connected people in ways that were once unimaginable. Is it possible to effectively build the kinds of communities we want online while avoiding the pitfalls that have driven people away?
Join our panel as they explore the future of free expression online and why social media might still be worth saving. Register Here
Pride in Digital Freedom
June 12 at 4:00 PM PT
This Pride season, our panelists look at the role that emerging laws and platform policies play in the digital privacy and free expression rights of the LGBT+ community, and how this echoes the experience of marginalized people across the world. Details coming soon!
EFF Turns 35!
July 10 at 3:00 PM PT
Since 1990, EFF's lawyers, activists, analysts, and technologists have used everything in their toolkit to ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all people of the world. They've seen it all and in this special EFF 35th Anniversary livestream, we'll explore what's next for technology users. Details coming soon!
EFF Awards Honoring Those Who Are EFFecting Change
September 12 at 12:00 PM PT
For over 30 years, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has presented awards recognizing key leaders and organizations advancing innovation and championing digital rights. The EFF Awards celebrate the accomplishments of people working toward a better future for technology users, both in the public eye and behind the scenes.
EFF is pleased to welcome all members of the digital rights community, supporters, and friends to this annual award ceremony and livestream. Details coming soon!
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November 6 at 10:00 AM PT
Generative AI is like a Rorschach test for anxieties about technology–be they privacy, replacement of workers, bias and discrimination, surveillance, or intellectual property. Our panelists discuss how to address complex questions and risks in AI while protecting civil liberties and human rights online. Details coming soon!
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Digital Rights and the New Administration
Streamed on January 16, 2025
What direction will your digital rights take under Trump and the 119th Congress? Find out about the topics EFF is watching and the effect they might have on you. Join our panel of experts as they discuss surveillance, age verification, and consumer privacy. Learn how you can advocate for your digital rights and the resources available to you with our panel featuring EFF Senior Investigative Researcher Beryl Lipton, EFF Senior Staff Technologist Bill Budington, EFF Legislative Director Lee Tien, and EFF Senior Policy Analyst Joe Mullin.
How to Protest with Privacy in Mind
Streamed on October 17, 2024
Do you know what to do if you’re subjected to a search or arrest at a protest? Join EFF for a livestream discussion about how to protect your electronic devices and digital assets before, during, and after a demonstration. Learn how you can avoid confiscation or forced deletion of media, and keep your movements and associations private with our panel featuring EFF Senior Staff Technologist Cooper Quintin, EFF Security and Privacy Activist Thorin Klosowski, EFF Director of Cybersecurity Eva Galperin, and Greenpeace International Information Security Capacity Manager Gillo Cutrupi.
Reproductive Justice in the Digital Age
Streamed on August 28, 2024
Summer 2024 marked the two-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision overturning Roe vs Wade. Join EFF for a livestream discussion about restrictions to reproductive healthcare and the choices people seeking an abortion must face in the digital age where everything is connected, and surveillance is rampant. Learn what’s happening across the United States and how you can get involved with our panel featuring EFF Staff Technologist Daly Barnett, EFF Associate Director of Legislative Activism Hayley Tsukayama, EFF Staff Attorney Jennifer Pinsof, Director of Research and Policy at the Surveillance Resistance Lab Cynthia Conti-Cook, and community organizer Adri Perez.
The U.S. Supreme Court Takes on the Internet
Streamed on July 18, 2024
In the first segment of EFF's livestream series, we dive into the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent opinions on technology and civil liberties. Get an expert's look at the court cases making the biggest waves for tech users with our panel featuring EFF Civil Liberties Director David Greene, Techdirt founder Mike Masnick, and Daphne Keller from the Stanford Center for Internet and Society.
