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Deeplinks Blog by rainey Reitman | February 6, 2017

Documents About Financial Censorship Under Operation Choke Point Show Concern from Congress, Provide Few Answers

EFF recently received dozens of pages of documents in response to a FOIA request we submitted about Operation Choke Point, a Department of Justice project to pressure banks and financial institutions into cutting off service to certain businesses. Unfortunately, the response from the Department of Justice leaves many questions unanswered.
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Event

The Internet in the Trump Era

This past December in Guadalajara, the annual meeting of the Internet Global Forum IGF was held. The issues of Internet rights and privacy, and the effects of information technology and the Internet were debated and discussed. The election of President Trump has escalated fears of attacks on democratic communication rights...

Deeplinks Blog by Aileen Nguyen | February 6, 2017

Violating Terms of Use Isn’t a Crime, EFF Tells Court—Again

Have you ever violated a website’s terms of use, such as by using something other than your real name on a website that requires one, or by sharing your account password with a family member when doing so is prohibited? Probably. Have you ever clicked “I agree” without actually reading...

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Deeplinks Blog by Kate Tummarello | February 6, 2017

Digital Rights Issues on the Horizon at the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court already has a list of digital civil liberties issues to consider in the near future, and that list is likely to grow.
If confirmed, President Donald Trump’s nominee to fill the late Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat on the Supreme Court—Judge Neil Gorsuch of the U.S. Court...

Event | February 19, 2017

EFF at Intl Students for Liberty Conference

EFF's Shahid Buttar will participate in the tenth annual International Students for Liberty Conference, where he'll host a session exploring "Mass Surveillance: Defense, Offense, and Why Nothing Less than Democracy is at Stake." The conference will take place the weekend of February 17-19th at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington,...

Legal Case

TC Heartland v. Kraft Foods

TC Heartland v. Kraft Foods is a U.S. Supreme Court case that effectively asked the court to decide whether patent owners could sue in practically any corner of the country. The law as interpreted by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and under review by the Supreme Court,...

Deeplinks Blog by Kerry Sheehan, Mitch Stoltz | February 2, 2017

We Want a Copyright Office that Serves the Public

The Copyright Office, and those who lead it, should serve the public as a whole, not just major media and entertainment companies. That’s what we told the leadership of the House Judiciary Committee this week. If Congress restructures the Copyright Office, it has to put in safeguards against the agency...

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Deeplinks Blog by rainey Reitman | February 2, 2017

California Bills to Safeguard Privacy from the Federal Government Advance

New state bills that would create a database firewall between California and the federal government passed out of their respective Senate committees on Tuesday. Both are headed to the Appropriations Committee and then could soon see votes by the full California Senate. If passed, these critical bills would help prevent...

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