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Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | February 25, 2021

EFF Joins Dozens of Organizations Urging More Government Transparency

EFF has joined 42 other organizations, including the ACLU, the Knight Institute, and the National Security Archive calling for the new Biden administration to fulfill its promise to “bring transparency and truth back to government.” Specifically, these organizations are asking the administration and the federal government at large to...

Deeplinks Blog by Alexis Hancock | February 24, 2021

Coded Resistance: Freedom Fighting and Communication

It’s nearing the end of Black History Month, and that history is inherently tied to strife, resistance, and organizing related to government surveillance and oppression. Even though programs like COINTELPRO are more well-known now, the other side of these kinds of stories are the ways the Black community has fought...

Event | March 6, 2021

The End Of Student Privacy? Remote Proctoring's Invasiveness and Bias

S.T.O.P. and Yale Privacy Lab- local organizations in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event:The End Of Student Privacy? Remote Proctoring's Invasiveness and BiasFrom the Organizers :This interdisciplinary discussion will examine how remote proctoring software promotes bias, undermines privacy, and creates barriers to...

Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | February 23, 2021

Student Surveillance Vendor Proctorio Files SLAPP Lawsuit to Silence A Critic

During the pandemic, a dangerous business has prospered: invading students’ privacy with proctoring software and apps. In the last year, we’ve seen universities compel students to download apps that collect their face images, driver’s license data, and network information. Students who want to move forward with their education...

Event | March 6, 2021

EFF at BSidesSF 2021

EFF is proud to be a part of the first-ever virtual BSidesSF, a conference dedicated to advancing the body of Information Security knowledge.This year's BSidesSF is focused on the theme of recharging. In following that spirit, the event will feature highlights from past events and even some new sessions....

Event | February 23, 2021

The CASE Act: What's Next?

EFF Senior Staff Attorney Mitch Stoltz will speak on a panel hosted by the San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association (SFIPLA) about the implementation and impact of the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2020 (CASE Act). This new legislation means Internet users could face up to...

Event | March 11, 2021

On the Need for Shared European Digital Public Spaces

EFF's Director of Strategy, Danny O'Brien, joins others working on European digital public spaces, about our work with the public Internet in a short presentation, followed at 19:30 CET by a panel discussion with Alexander Baratsits of the Cultural Broadcasting Archive, Prof. Dr. Barbara Thomaß of the Institute...

Deeplinks Blog by Katharine Trendacosta | February 19, 2021

How Do Copyright Rules Affect Internet Creators? And What Can They Do About It?

This event has ended. Click here to watch a recording of the event.If you make and share things online, professionally or for fun, you’ve been affected by copyright law. You may use a service that depends on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) in order to survive. You may...

Deeplinks Blog by Katharine Trendacosta | February 19, 2021

Cops Using Music to Try to Stop Being Filmed Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg

Someone tries to livestream their encounters with the police, only to find that the police started playing music. In the case of a February 5 meeting between an activist and the Beverly Hills Police Department, the song of choice was Sublime’s “Santeria.” The police may not got no crystal...

Press Release | February 19, 2021

Racial and Immigrant Justice Groups Sue Government for Records of COVID-19 Data Surveillance

San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is representing four racial and immigrant justice groups— Just Futures Law, MediaJustice, Mijente Support Committee, and the Immigrant Defense Project—suing the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services under the Freedom of Information Act...

Event | February 26, 2021

Copyright for Internet Creators Town Hall

This event has ended. Click here to watch a recording of the event.If you make and share things online, professionally or for fun, you've been affected by copyright law. Whether you're a YouTube creator, a fanfiction writer, or just interested in watching or sharing "transformative" works (or pretty much...

Deeplinks Blog by Naomi Gilens, Sophia Cope | February 17, 2021

EFF to First Circuit: Schools Should Not Be Policing Students’ Weekend Snapchat Posts

This blog post was co-written by EFF intern Haley Amster.EFF filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit urging the court to hold that under the First Amendment public schools may not punish students for their off-campus speech, including posting to social...

Deeplinks Blog by Hayley Tsukayama | February 16, 2021

Speak Up for Real Privacy in Virginia

Last week, we raised the alarm about an empty privacy bill moving fast through the Virginia legislature. The bill, SB 1392, is supported by Microsoft and Amazon, and would set a dangerous standard for state privacy bills. Take ActionVirginia: Speak Up for Real PrivacyThe bill has passed through...

Deeplinks Blog by Alex Moss | February 16, 2021

EFF to Patent Office: No New Design Patents

Design is incredibly important to how people use and choose products, but design patents are not. They provide exclusive rights only to ornamental product features, which by definition are not useful or artistic; for those that are, utility patent and copyright protection exist instead. As we’ve said before, we...

Deeplinks Blog by Katitza Rodriguez, Danny O'Brien | February 16, 2021

Turkey’s Free Speech Clampdown Hits Twitter, Clubhouse -- But Most of All, The Turkish People

EFF has been tracking the Turkish government’s crackdown on tech platforms and its continuing efforts to force them to comply with draconian rules on content control and access to users’ data. As of now, the Turkish government has now managed to coerce Facebook, YouTube, and ...

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EFF Joins Dozens of Organizations Urging More Government Transparency

Coded Resistance: Freedom Fighting and Communication

The End Of Student Privacy? Remote Proctoring's Invasiveness and Bias

Student Surveillance Vendor Proctorio Files SLAPP Lawsuit to Silence A Critic

EFF at BSidesSF 2021

The CASE Act: What's Next?

On the Need for Shared European Digital Public Spaces

How Do Copyright Rules Affect Internet Creators? And What Can They Do About It?

Cops Using Music to Try to Stop Being Filmed Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg

Racial and Immigrant Justice Groups Sue Government for Records of COVID-19 Data Surveillance

Copyright for Internet Creators Town Hall

EFF to First Circuit: Schools Should Not Be Policing Students’ Weekend Snapchat Posts

Speak Up for Real Privacy in Virginia

EFF to Patent Office: No New Design Patents

Turkey’s Free Speech Clampdown Hits Twitter, Clubhouse -- But Most of All, The Turkish People

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