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Deeplinks Blog by Jason Kelley | November 16, 2023

To Best Serve Students, Schools Shouldn’t Try to Block Generative AI, or Use Faulty AI Detection Tools

Generative AI gained widespread attention earlier this year, but one group has had to reckon with it more quickly than most: educators. Teachers and school administrators have struggled with two big questions: should the use of generative AI be banned? And should a school implement new tools to detect when...

Deeplinks Blog by Cindy Cohn | November 16, 2023

Speaking Freely: Agustina Del Campo

Agustina Del Campo is the Director at the Center for Studies on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information (CELE) at the University of Palermo in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She holds a law degree from Universidad Catolica Argentina and an LL.M. in International Legal Studies from American University Washington College...

Deeplinks Blog by Alexis Hancock | November 14, 2023

Low Budget Should Not Mean High Risk: Kids' Tablet Came Preloaded with Sketchyware

[Update: 10/02/2024]: Google has taken the tablet distributor Dragon Touch, off of their list of Play Protect certified phones and tablets. We are glad to see this development and encourage continued diligence in updating this list to keep consumers safe and make informed decisions with Android...

Press Release | November 14, 2023

EFF Urges FTC to Address American Resellers of Malware on Android TV Set-Top Boxes

SAN FRANCISCO—The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) must act to halt sales by Amazon, AliExpress, and other resellers of Android television set-top boxes and mobile devices manufactured by AllWinner and RockChip that have been pre-infected with malware before ever reaching consumers, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged Tuesday in ...

Deeplinks Blog by Corynne McSherry, Cindy Cohn, Mario Trujillo, Thorin Klosowski | November 14, 2023

To Address Online Harms, We Must Consider Privacy First

In this report, we outline how many of the internet's ills have one thing in common: they're based on the business model of widespread corporate surveillance online. Dismantling this system would not only be a huge step forward to our digital privacy, it would raise the floor for serious discussions...

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Privacy First: A Better Way to Address Online Harms

State, federal, and international regulators are increasingly concerned about the harms they believe the internet and new technology are causing. The list is long, implicating child safety, journalism, access to healthcare data, digital justice, competition, artificial intelligence, and government surveillance, just to name a few. The stories behind them are...

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | November 13, 2023

Reauthorizing Mass Surveillance Shouldn’t be Tied to Funding the Government

Section 702 is the controversial and much-abused mass surveillance authority that expires in December unless Congress renews it. EFF and others have been working hard to get real reforms into the law and have opposed a renewal, and now, we’re hearing about a rushed attempt to tie renewal to funding...

Deeplinks Blog by Christopher Vines | November 10, 2023

S.T.O.P.: Putting a Check on Unchecked Local N.Y. Government Surveillance

Recently I got the chance to speak with longtime Electronic Frontier Alliance member Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.). They’ve got a new Advocacy Manager, Kat Phan, and exciting projects are coming down the pike! Kat took some time to share with EFF how things are looking for STOP,...

Deeplinks Blog by Paige Collings | November 10, 2023

Debunking the Myth of “Anonymous” Data

Today, almost everything about our lives is digitally recorded and stored somewhere. Each credit card purchase, personal medical diagnosis, and preference about music and books is recorded and then used to predict what we like and dislike, and—ultimately—who we are. This often happens without our knowledge or consent. Personal information...

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | November 9, 2023

It’s Time to Oppose the New San Francisco Policing Ballot Measure

There will be a ballot initiative in San Francisco on surveillance and policing that, if approved, would greatly erode our privacy rights, endanger marginalized communities, and roll back the incredible progress the city has made in creating democratic oversight of police’s use of surveillance technologies. The measure will be...

Deeplinks Blog by Jillian C. York | November 8, 2023

Speaking Freely: David Kaye

David Kaye is a clinical professor of law at the University of California, Irvine, the co-director of the university’s Fair Elections and Free Speech Center, and the independent board chair of the Global Network Initiative. He also served as the UN Special Rapporteur on Promotion and Protection of the Right...

Deeplinks Blog by Karen Gullo, Jillian C. York | November 8, 2023

Platforms Must Stop Unjustified Takedowns of Posts By and About Palestinians

Social media is a crucial means of communication in times of conflict—it’s where communities connect to share updates, find help, locate loved ones, and reach out to express grief, pain, and solidarity. Unjustified takedowns during crises like the war in Gaza deprives people of their right to freedom of expression...

Deeplinks Blog by Alexei Miagkov, Daly Barnett | November 7, 2023

Introducing Badger Swarm: New Project Helps Privacy Badger Block Ever More Trackers

Today we are introducing Badger Swarm, a new tool for Privacy Badger that runs distributed Badger Sett scans in the cloud. Badger Swarm helps us continue updating and growing Privacy Badger’s tracker knowledge, as well as continue adding new ways of catching trackers. Thanks to continually expanding Badger Swarm-powered training...

Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | November 7, 2023

This Month, The EU Parliament Can Take Action To Stop The Attack On Encryption

Update 11/14/2023: The LIBE committee adopted the compromise amendments by a large majority. Once the committee's version of the law becomes the official position of the European Parliament, attention will shift to the Council of the EU. Along with our allies, EFF will continue to advocate that the...

Deeplinks Blog by George Wong, Veridiana Alimonti | November 7, 2023

Observation Mission Stresses Key Elements of Ola Bini's Case for Upholding Digital Rights

Despite an Ecuadorian court’s unanimous acquittal of security expert Ola Bini in January this year due to complete lack of evidence, Ecuador’s attorney general's office has moved to appeal the decision, perpetuating several years of unjust attacks on Bini’s rights. In the context of the Internet Governance Forum...

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To Best Serve Students, Schools Shouldn’t Try to Block Generative AI, or Use Faulty AI Detection Tools

Speaking Freely: Agustina Del Campo

Low Budget Should Not Mean High Risk: Kids' Tablet Came Preloaded with Sketchyware

EFF Urges FTC to Address American Resellers of Malware on Android TV Set-Top Boxes

To Address Online Harms, We Must Consider Privacy First

Privacy First: A Better Way to Address Online Harms

Reauthorizing Mass Surveillance Shouldn’t be Tied to Funding the Government

S.T.O.P.: Putting a Check on Unchecked Local N.Y. Government Surveillance

Debunking the Myth of “Anonymous” Data

It’s Time to Oppose the New San Francisco Policing Ballot Measure

Speaking Freely: David Kaye

Platforms Must Stop Unjustified Takedowns of Posts By and About Palestinians

Introducing Badger Swarm: New Project Helps Privacy Badger Block Ever More Trackers

This Month, The EU Parliament Can Take Action To Stop The Attack On Encryption

Observation Mission Stresses Key Elements of Ola Bini's Case for Upholding Digital Rights

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