DOJ officials from cybercrime division and FBI were part of team that sought to significantly narrow one of the most important laws for free speech online.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
First Trump DOJ Assembled “Tiger Team” To Rewrite Key Law Protecting Online Speech
Update: The Department of Justice released additional documents in this case in April. You can read them here. The entire set of documents released...
We've just added more than 180 new items to the Atlas of Surveillance, our police tech database, including new data on body-worn cameras and automated license plate readers in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas.
Atlas of Surveillance
Documenting Police Tech in Our Communities with Open Source Research
The Department of Government Efficiency is ransacking multiple federal agencies, without oversight or safeguards, and EFF is glad to join the brigade of lawsuits to protect this critical information.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF Sues DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to Halt Ransacking of Federal Data
EFF and a coalition of privacy defenders have filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DO...
The UK is telling its citizens “that it is willing to put their security at risk from all manner of bad actors like hackers and thieves because it cannot tolerate the ability to have a private conversation online,” EFF’s Andrew Crocker told @The Verge.
The Verge
The UK’s war on encryption affects all of us
‘If you build a door, other people will try to get in.’
Federal law says DOGE has no authority to send data requests to companies like Meta, EFF’s Andrew Crocker told @The Verge. "It would have to have the assistance of a law enforcement agency like the FBI.” But end-to-end-encryption is still the best protection.
The Verge
Federal workers say they increasingly distrust platforms like Facebook
Chaos in Washington, DC, is forcing some to move to new platforms.
Join the session “Criminalization of Tor use in the Ola Bini case?” at #RightsCon25 in Taipei from February 24-27, 2025. Experts from EFF, Tor Project and Access Now will share key lessons for the Global South. Don't miss it! #DigitalRights #TorProject
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Registro - Sesión "¿Criminalización de Tor en el caso Ola Bini?"
BREAKING: We are suing DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to stop the brazen and illegal data sharing of federal employee data with the “government efficiency” group.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF Sues DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to Halt Ransacking of Federal Data
EFF and a coalition of privacy defenders have filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DO...
Salma al-Shehab has been released after 4 years of unjust imprisonment for speaking out online. Her “crime”? Supporting prisoners of conscience and women human rights defenders. The EFF has called for her freedom since 2022, alongside a global coalition. #FreeSalma
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Global Coalition Calls on UK Foreign Secretary to Secure the Release of Salma al-Shehab
15 October 2022 Dear Foreign Secretary, On behalf of the below signed organisations, we would like to congratulate your appointment as Secretary of...
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New Sticker Alert 🚨 Never stop encrypting all the things. EFF and Lady Lock will see you at @CactusCon this weekend. image
When it comes to “bossware” installed by employers to spy on workers, ​​“even figuring out what is on your computer can be a huge step to figuring out how you want to deal with it,” EFF’s @npub186u8...3pgj told the @npub1wepe...xvdk. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/10/work-surveillance-employee-monitoring-bossware/