Utah and California are the first states to step up to regulate how police use AI to write their reports. Who will be next?
Electronic Frontier Foundation
AI Police Reports: Year In Review
In 2024, EFF wrote our initial blog about what could go wrong when police let AI write police reports. Since then, the technology has proliferated ...
Data breaches affect everyone, and in 2025 we saw plenty of them, ranging from the novel to the predictable.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
The Breachies 2025: The Worst, Weirdest, Most Impactful Data Breaches of the Year
Another year has come and gone, and with it, thousands of data breaches that affect millions of people. The question these days is less, Is my info...
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Privacy Badger
There’s never been a better time to learn what’s at stake and how to protect yourself from invasive age verification mandates. Head over to
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Age Verification and Age Gating: Resource Hub
Age verification (or age-gating) laws generally require online services to check, estimate, or verify all users’ ages—often through invasive to...
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If you’re confused about the difference between “age verification,” “age estimation,” “age assurance,” and “age gate” — you’re not alone. Let’s help you make sense of it all.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Age Verification, Estimation, Assurance, Oh My! A Guide to the Terminology
Age verification, age assurance, age estimation, age gating—they get thrown around interchangeably, but they technically mean different things. A...
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Stand Together to Protect Democracy
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It’s time for Big Media and its friends to drop their quest for dangerous new site-blocking laws. But every time they bring it up, we’ll rally internet users of all stripes to fight it.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Site Blocking Laws Will Always Be a Bad Idea: 2025 in Review
This year, we fought back against the return of a terrible idea that hasn’t improved with age: site blocking laws. More than a decade ago, Congre...
If you want to start taking steps to enhance your digital security, it can be hard to know where to start. Here are some simple concepts and tips.
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Start from the beginning with a selection of simple steps. Surveillance impacts all of us, no matter where we live or what we do. While some of us...
The flying cameras on drones are bad enough, but they’re becoming even more powerful surveillance tools. Communities should work to enforce standards around their adoption and use.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Drone as First Responder Programs: 2025 in Review
Drone as first responder (DFR) adoption really took off in 2025, normalizing this invasive technology while incorporating AI and automated directio...
We’ve seen multiple attempts to undermine encryption around the world, some more successful than others.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Defending Encryption in the U.S. and Abroad: 2025 in Review
Defending encryption has long been a bedrock of our work. Privacy in conversations or storing data is impossible without encryption. And this year ...