Creativity & Innovation
Reclaim Invention
Copyright Law Versus Internet Culture
Throughout human history, culture has been made by people telling one another stories, building on what has come before, and making it their own. Every generation, every storyteller puts their own spin on old tales to reflect their own values and changing times.
This creative remixing happens today and...
Ninth Circuit Sends a Message to Platforms: Use a Moderator, Go to Trial
After almost two decades of litigation, you’d think the contours of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) safe harbors would be settled. But the cases just keep coming, and while the overall trend is pretty favorable, the latest ruling takes an unfortunate turn (PDF).
The...
Free Speech
Free Speech is Only as Strong as the Weakest Link
Online Censorship
Section 230
International
Shadow Regulation
Offline: Imprisoned Bloggers and Technologists
Digital Privacy at the U.S. Border: Protecting the Data On Your Devices and In the Cloud
Border Surveillance Technology
CBP Is Expanding Its Surveillance Tower Program at the U.S.-Mexico Border–And We're Mapping It
EFF Zine on Surveillance Tech at the Southern Border Shines Light on Ever-Growing Spy Network
SAN FRANCISCO—Sensor towers controlled by AI, drones launched from truck-bed catapults, vehicle-tracking devices disguised as traffic cones—all are part of an arsenal of technologies that comprise the expanding U.S surveillance strategy along the U.S.-Mexico border, revealed in a new EFF zine for advocates, journalists, academics, researchers, humanitarian aid workers, and...
From Camera Towers to Spy Blimps, Border Researchers Now Can Use 65+ Open-licensed Images of Surveillance Tech from EFF
The U.S.-Mexico border is one of the most politicized technological spaces in the country, with leaders in both political parties supporting massive spending on border security and the so-called "Virtual Wall." Yet we see little debate over the negative impacts for human rights or the civil liberties of those who...
Privacy
Digital Privacy at the U.S. Border: Protecting the Data On Your Devices and In the Cloud
Digital Rights Bytes
NSA Spying
Security
Encrypting the Web
Surveillance Self-Defense
Coders' Rights Project
Transparency
FISC Orders on Illegal Government Surveillance
EFF has sued the Department of Justice (DOJ), demanding answers about illegal email and telephone call surveillance at the National Security Agency (NSA).
The FISA Amendments Act (FAA) of 2008 gave the NSA expansive power to spy on Americans’ international email and telephone calls. However, last month, a government...
The Foilies 2018
Recognizing the Year’s Worst in Government TransparencyGovernment transparency laws like the Freedom of Information Act exist to enforce the public’s right to inspect records so we can all figure out what the heck is being done in our name and with our tax dollars. But when a public agency ignores,...
Automated License Plate Readers- ACLU of Southern California & EFF v. LAPD & LASD
EFF and the ACLU of Southern California each sent California Public Records Act requests to the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department seeking documents about each agency's use of Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) systems—sophisticated cameras mounted on squad cars and street poles that read...
