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Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | April 19, 2024

Congress: Don't Let Anyone Own The Law

We should all have the freedom to read, share, and comment on the laws we must live by. But yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee voted 19-4 to move forward the PRO Codes Act (H.R. 1631), a bill that would limit those rights in a critical area. Now that this bill...

Deeplinks Blog by Daly Barnett | April 18, 2024

Two Years Post-Roe: A Better Understanding of Digital Threats

It’s been a long two years since the Dobbs decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Between May 2022 when the Supreme Court accidentally leaked the draft memo and the following June when the case was decided, there was a mad scramble to figure out what the impacts would be. Besides...

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | April 18, 2024

Fourth Amendment is Not For Sale Act Passed the House, Now it Should Pass the Senate

The Fourth Amendment is Not For Sale Act, H.R.4639, originally introduced in the Senate by Senator Ron Wyden in 2021, has now made the important and historic step of passing the U.S. House of Representatives. In an era when it often seems like Congress cannot pass much-needed privacy...

NetChoice Must-Carry Litigation

The Supreme Court is considering the validity of two state laws that allows the government to dictate what speech and viewpoints online social media service must publish. The laws enacted by Texas and Florida violate the First Amendment and will lead to greater censorship of users' speech and the loss...

Event | April 18, 2024

"Antitrust and Competition" with the University of Chicago Booth School of Business

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (not EFF) will host this event. EFF's Corynne McSherry will be speaking.Antitrust, Regulation and the Diffusion of InnovationFrom the Organizers:The first day of our two-day 2024 Antitrust Conference—Antitrust, Regulation and the Diffusion of Innovation—will...

Deeplinks Blog by Christian Romero | April 17, 2024

About Face (Recognition) | EFFector 36.5

There are a lot of updates in the fight for our freedoms online, from a last-minute reauthorization bill to expand Section 702 (tell your senators to vote NO on the bill here!), a new federal consumer data privacy law (we deserve better!), and a recent draft from the...

Event | May 9, 2024

EFF Members' Speakeasy: Seattle

Join EFF staff and local online rights supporters for a Speakeasy meetup! Raise a glass and discover EFF's latest work defending digital freedoms online. This event is a free, casual gathering to give you a chance to mingle with local EFF supporters and meet the lawyers, activists, and technologists behind...

Event | April 17, 2024

DSA as a global standard: the extra-territorial impacts of the DSA & EU Digital Foreign Policy

Join us for an insightful workshop hosted by EFF's International Policy Director, Christoph Schmon, in collaboration with the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), as part of the event "Establishing a Multi-stakeholder Approach to Effective Implementation & Enforcement: The EU Digital Services Act."The Digital Services Act (DSA) has emerged as...

Deeplinks Blog by Thorin Klosowski | April 16, 2024

How Political Campaigns Use Your Data to Target You

Data about potential voters—who they are, where they are, and how to reach them—is an extremely valuable commodity during an election year. And while the right to a secret ballot is a cornerstone of the democratic process, your personal information is gathered, used, and sold along the way. It's not...

Deeplinks Blog by Jillian C. York | April 16, 2024

Speaking Freely: Lynn Hamadallah

Lynn Hamadallah is a Syrian-Palestinian-French Psychologist based in London. An outspoken voice for the Palestinian cause, Lynn is interested in the ways in which narratives, spoken and unspoken, shape identity. Having lived in five countries and spent a lot of time traveling, she takes a global perspective on freedom of...

Deeplinks Blog by Mario Trujillo | April 16, 2024

Americans Deserve More Than the Current American Privacy Rights Act

EFF is concerned that a new federal bill would freeze consumer data privacy protections in place, by preempting existing state laws and preventing states from creating stronger protections in the future. Federal law should be the floor on which states can build, not a ceiling.

Deeplinks Blog by Chao Liu, Kit Walsh | April 16, 2024

Tell the FCC It Must Clarify Its Rules to Prevent Loopholes That Will Swallow Net Neutrality Whole

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released draft rules to reinstate net neutrality, with a vote on adopting the rules to come on the 25th of April. The FCC needs to close some loopholes in the draft rules before then. Proposed Rules on Throttling and Prioritization Allow for...

Event | April 23, 2024

EFF-Austin: Passkeys 101

EFF-Austin , a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event:Passkeys 101From the Organizers:Last year, Nate spoke about passwords. Later that same year, passkeys were released to the public - most notably via Android and iOS mobile devices - and were heralded...

Deeplinks Blog by Christopher Vines | April 12, 2024

S.T.O.P. is Working to ‘Ban The Scan’ in New York

Facial recognition is a threat to privacy, racial justice, free expression, and information security. EFF supports strict restrictions on face recognition use by private companies, and total bans on government use of the technology. Face recognition in all of its forms, including face scanning and real-time tracking, pose...

Deeplinks Blog by Hannah Zhao | April 12, 2024

EFF Submits Comments on FRT to Commission on Civil Rights

Our faces are often exposed and, unlike passwords or pin numbers, cannot be remade. Governments and businesses, often working in partnership, are increasingly using our faces to track our whereabouts, activities, and associations. This is why EFF recently submitted comments to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, which is preparing...

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