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Deeplinks Blog by Christian Romero | November 19, 2024

Now's The Time to Start (or Renew) a Pledge for EFF Through the CFC

The Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) pledge period is underway and runs through January 15, 2024! If you're a U.S. federal employee or retiree, be sure to show your support for EFF by using our CFC ID 10437.Not sure how to make a pledge? No problem--it’s easy! First, head over to...

Deeplinks Blog by David Greene | November 19, 2024

Speaking Freely: Marjorie Heins

Marjorie Heins is a writer, former civil rights/civil liberties attorney, and past director of the Free Expression Policy Project (FEPP) and the American Civil Liberties Union's Arts Censorship Project. She is the author of "Priests of Our Democracy: The Supreme Court, Academic Freedom, and the Anti-Communist Purge," which won the...

Deeplinks Blog by Jillian C. York | November 18, 2024

On Alaa Abd El Fattah’s 43rd Birthday, the Fight For His Release Continues

Today marks prominent British-Egyptian coder, blogger, activist, and political prisoner Alaa Abd El Fattah’s 43rd birthday—his eleventh behind bars. Alaa should have been released on September 29, but Egyptian authorities have continued his imprisonment in contravention of the country’s own Criminal Procedure Code

Deeplinks Blog by Christian Romero | November 14, 2024

"Why Is It So Expensive To Repair My Devices?"

Now, of course, we’ve all dropped a cell phone, picked it up, and realized that we’ve absolutely destroyed its screen. Right? Or is it just me...? Either way, you’ve probably seen how expensive it can be to repair a device, whether it be a cell phone, laptop, or even a...

Deeplinks Blog by Christian Romero | November 13, 2024

EFF Is Ready for What's Next | EFFector 36.14

Don't be scared of your backlog of digital rights news, instead, check out EFF's EFFector newsletter! It's the one-stop-shop to keeping up with the latest in the fight for online freedoms. This time we cover our expectations and preparations for the next U.S. presidential administration, surveillance towers at...

Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | November 13, 2024

Tell Congress To Stop These Last-Minute Bills That Help Patent Trolls

The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (S. 2140), or PERA, would undo vital limits on computer technology patents that the Supreme Court established in the landmark 2014 Alice v. CLS Bank decision. Alice barred patent applicants from obtaining patents simply by adding generic computer language to abstract ideas.

Deeplinks Blog by David Greene | November 12, 2024

Speaking Freely: Tanka Aryal

Tanka Aryal is the President of Digital Rights Nepal. He is an attorney practicing at the Supreme Court of Nepal. He has long worked to promote digital rights, the right to information, freedom of expression, civic space, accountability, and internet freedom nationally for the last 15 years. Mr. Aryal holds...

Deeplinks Blog by Bill Budington | November 8, 2024

Creators of This Police Location Tracking Tool Aren't Vetting Buyers. Here's How To Protect Yourself

Now more than ever, attorneys general in states hostile to reproductive choice will be emboldened to use every tool at their disposal to incriminate those exerting their bodily autonomy. Locate X is a powerful tool they can use to do this. So here are some timely tips to help protect...

Deeplinks Blog by Hayley Tsukayama | November 8, 2024

Celebrating the Life of Aaron Swartz: Aaron Swartz Day 2024

Aaron Swartz was a digital rights champion who believed deeply in keeping the internet open. His life was cut short in 2013, after federal prosecutors charged him under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) for systematically downloading academic journal articles from the online database JSTOR. Facing the...

Deeplinks Blog by Sophia Cope | November 8, 2024

EFF to Second Circuit: Electronic Device Searches at the Border Require a Warrant

EFF, along with ACLU and the New York Civil Liberties Union, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit urging the court to require a warrant for border searches of electronic devices, an argument EFF has been making in the courts...

Deeplinks Blog by Aaron Mackey | November 7, 2024

EFF to Court: Reject X’s Effort to Revive a Speech-Chilling Lawsuit Against a Nonprofit

This post was co-written by EFF legal intern Gowri Nayar.X’s lawsuit against the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate is intended to stifle criticism and punish the organization for its reports criticizing the platform’s content moderation practices, and a previous ruling dismissing the lawsuit should be affirmed, EFF and multiple...

Deeplinks Blog by Allison Morris | November 6, 2024

EFF is Trying Something New: Careful, Thoughtful Advertising

As it becomes increasingly impossible to disentangle our digital lives from anything else in our world, companies and governments are finding new ways to surveil us in public, hoover up our data, crack down on free expression, and listen in on our private, encrypted conversations. EFF is rising to meet...

Deeplinks Blog by Cindy Cohn | November 6, 2024

The 2024 U.S. Election is Over. EFF is Ready for What's Next.

The dust of the U.S. election is settling, and we want you to know that EFF is ready for whatever’s next. Our mission to ensure that technology serves you—rather than silencing, tracking, or oppressing you—does not change. Some of what’s to come will be in uncharted territory. But we have...

Deeplinks Blog by Beryl Lipton | November 5, 2024

AI in Criminal Justice Is the Trend Attorneys Need to Know About

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into our criminal justice system is one of the most worrying developments across policing and the courts, and EFF has been tracking it for years. EFF recently contributed a chapter on AI’s use by law enforcement to the American Bar Association’s annual publication, ...

Deeplinks Blog by Aaron Mackey | November 5, 2024

EFF Lawsuit Discloses Documents Detailing Government’s Social Media Surveillance of Immigrants

Despite rebranding a federal program that surveils the social media activities of immigrants and foreign visitors to a more benign name, the government agreed to spend more than $100 million to continue monitoring people’s online activities, records disclosed to EFF show.Thousands of pages of government procurement records and related correspondence...

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Now's The Time to Start (or Renew) a Pledge for EFF Through the CFC

Speaking Freely: Marjorie Heins

On Alaa Abd El Fattah’s 43rd Birthday, the Fight For His Release Continues

"Why Is It So Expensive To Repair My Devices?"

EFF Is Ready for What's Next | EFFector 36.14

Tell Congress To Stop These Last-Minute Bills That Help Patent Trolls

Speaking Freely: Tanka Aryal

Creators of This Police Location Tracking Tool Aren't Vetting Buyers. Here's How To Protect Yourself

Celebrating the Life of Aaron Swartz: Aaron Swartz Day 2024

EFF to Second Circuit: Electronic Device Searches at the Border Require a Warrant

EFF to Court: Reject X’s Effort to Revive a Speech-Chilling Lawsuit Against a Nonprofit

EFF is Trying Something New: Careful, Thoughtful Advertising

The 2024 U.S. Election is Over. EFF is Ready for What's Next.

AI in Criminal Justice Is the Trend Attorneys Need to Know About

EFF Lawsuit Discloses Documents Detailing Government’s Social Media Surveillance of Immigrants

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