When most people arrive at most age verification checkpoints, they won’t know whether the face scan minimized the privacy risks. Many people will forego the restricted content. Government must stop encouraging face scans as a way to comply with age verification mandates.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Face Scans to Estimate Our Age: Harmful and Creepy AF
Government must stop restricting website access with laws requiring age verification.Some advocates of these censorship schemes argue we can nerd o...
EFF’s transition memo to the new Administration and the 119th Congress is our blueprint for how to make the internet better for users.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF Sends Transition Memo on Digital Policy Priorities to New Administration and Congress
Standing up for technology users in 2025 and beyond requires careful thinking about government surveillance, consumer privacy, artificial intellige...
We must recognize the danger that age verification laws have beyond pornography. They could clear the way for politicians to deem harmful any content they disagree with, such as LGBTQ+ content or content about abortion.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
The Impact of Age Verification Measures Goes Beyond Porn Sites
As age verification bills pass across the world under the guise of “keeping children safe online,” governments are increasingly giving themselv...
When confronted with age estimation face scans, many people will refrain from accessing restricted websites, even if they have a legal right to use them. Government should restrain this hazardous technology, not normalize it via age verification mandates.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Face Scans to Estimate Our Age: Harmful and Creepy AF
Government must stop restricting website access with laws requiring age verification.Some advocates of these censorship schemes argue we can nerd o...
As more U.S. states and countries pass age verification laws, it is crucial to recognize the broader implications these measures have on privacy, free speech, and access to information.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
The Impact of Age Verification Measures Goes Beyond Porn Sites
As age verification bills pass across the world under the guise of “keeping children safe online,” governments are increasingly giving themselv...
A federal court has declared that warrantless searches of US person’s communications collected for national security purposes is unconstitutional. Now it’s our job to make sure Congress knows that when they renew this law in a little over a year.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
VICTORY! Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of 702 Data Unconstitutional
In a landmark ruling, a federal district court held that backdoor searches of databases full of Americans’ private communications collected under...
VICTORY! After over a decade, a federal court has declared that warrantless backdoor searches of US person’s communications collected under Section 702 of FISA is unconstitutional.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
VICTORY! Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of 702 Data Unconstitutional
In a landmark ruling, a federal district court held that backdoor searches of databases full of Americans’ private communications collected under...
“If companies like PowerSchool practiced a privacy-first approach…only collecting and storing what they absolutely need to provide the services they promise, many data breaches would be far less harmful,” EFF’s @npub1l3xy...v4qu told K12 Dive. https://www.k12dive.com/news/powerschool-data-breach-lawsuits-negligence/737900/
Examining government actions around content moderation is a good idea. But this week’s executive order on free speech lacks what is needed for an inquiry that would be in the public interest.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Protecting “Free Speech” Can’t Just Be About Targeting Political Opponents
The White House executive order “restoring freedom of speech and ending federal censorship,” published Monday, misses the mark on truly protect...
"Geospy providing this service to law enforcement at scale could present a serious threat to the public,” EFF’s @npub1z2zl...5t0s told @404 Media, especially if police use it “to gather intelligence on people not engaged in suspected criminal activity.”
404 Media
The Powerful AI Tool That Cops (or Stalkers) Can Use to Geolocate Photos in Seconds
For months members of the public have been using GeoSpy, a tool trained on millions of images that can find the location a photo was taken based on...