This week, 2/24 - 2/28, is our #StopCensoringAbortion Week of Action! Let’s flood the feeds of every social media platform that we can. Share your stories about abortion-related content removal or show your support for #StopCensoringAbortion.
To make yourself less valuable to Meta, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver recommends EFF's Privacy Badger extension and Surveillance Self-Defense guide to disable mobile ad tracking on your phone:
Georgia: Interested in security education trainings? Know an organizer in need of one? EFA member EF-Georgia is having an online meetup Tuesday to plan local trainings.
EFF’s Cindy Cohn joined Osano’s Arlo Gilbert on the Privacy Insider Podcast to discuss the rapidly evolving landscape of digital rights, privacy, and government policies impacting technology like encryption and AI.
Big Tech is censoring abortion content! 🚨 Social media platforms are removing vital info on reproductive health. Have you been censored? Report it here: . #StopCensoringAbortion
EFF’s @npub1l3xy...v4qu joined @npub1v9d2...aguq to discuss basic tools and ideas for keeping our information a little safer online - Surveillance Self-Defense, as we call it.
During our analysis of RedNote, we found that the app requests some very sensitive permissions, including location information, even when the app is not running in the foreground. This permission is not requested by other similar apps such as TikTok, Facebook, or Instagram. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/crimson-memo-analyzing-privacy-impact-xianghongshu-aka-red-note
Access to abortion information is being suppressed online, so we’re collecting stories of digital censorship to hold platforms accountable. Share your experience and help us fight back. Learn more at www.eff.org/uncensored. #StopCensoringAbortion. image
Infringements on privacy are commonplace across the world, and Europe is no exception. In this blog, find out about how we implement a privacy first approach to fighting online harms in Europe.
Citizen Lab released a report that highlights three serious security issues in the RedNote app, including that the app retrieves uploaded user content in a way that allows anyone else on your network, at your ISP, or organizations like the NSA, to see everything you look at and upload to RedNote. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/crimson-memo-analyzing-privacy-impact-xianghongshu-aka-red-note