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  1. 30 minutes ago

    How can we start to fix social media? suggests: “Companies should immediately expand their consultations to be truly inclusive of a more diverse range of civil society.”

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  2. 1 hour ago

    Fake online events are a form of commentary that build resilience in the face of absurdity, criticize the powerful, and make people laugh—and like other parody and political satire, they are protected by the First Amendment.

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  3. 3 hours ago

    No collection of face biometrics by business without prior informed consent.

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  4. 4 hours ago

    Minneapolis: Join Electronic Frontier Alliance member and for a Community Feedback Session on police and other government agencies' use of face recognition technology.

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  5. 5 hours ago

    A 150-year-old scientific research method that can be done with pencil and paper shouldn’t be patentable…even if you add a “mobile computing device.”

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  6. 6 hours ago

    We must fight “digital redlining," where wealthy broadband users are get cheaper and faster Internet access and low-income broadband users are left behind with more expensive, slow access by the same provider.

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  7. 10 hours ago

    EFF will receive a special grant of $50,000 when our members reach a new 30th anniversary goal of 35,000 supporters! Every donor counts and, with your help, EFF is here to stay.

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  8. 20 hours ago

    Machine learning is a hotbed for racially biased decision making. Seemingly cute robots capable of calling police on supposedly "suspicious" people are no exception.

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  9. 21 hours ago

    Legislators and judges must ban so-called "consent searches" of our phones during traffic stops, sidewalk detentions, home searches, station house arrests, and other coercive police encounters.

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  10. 22 hours ago

    Predictive policing and biometric surveillance technologies disparately harm Black, immigrant, and other vulnerable communities.

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  11. 24 hours ago

    🍰“Drake, Live at the Cheesecake Factory.“ 🎷“Blow Your Saxophone at Hurricane Florence.” ⛰️“Stone Mountain Implosion.” Fake events likes these are a form of online speech, and are protected by the 1st Amendment—even if not everyone finds them funny.

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  12. Jan 23

    Unfortunately, patent holders have repeatedly tried to take advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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  13. Jan 23

    What’s clear from the reaction to this most recent privacy policy change is that WhatsApp shares much more information with Facebook than many users were aware, and has been doing it since 2016.

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  14. Jan 23

    It sounds unconstitutional because it is. The government should not be able to buy geolocation data gathered by the apps on your phone without a warrant.

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  15. Jan 23

    The biggest shifts in tech companies' policies haven't come "from government regulation or a CEO's change of heart, but rather from sustained pressure, both internal and external, as well as consultation with experts from civil society” says .

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  16. Jan 23

    Scammers are going to scam. Learn to look out for the signs of a phishy email or message with our tips here.

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  17. Jan 23

    So-called "consent searches" by police of our phones invade our digital privacy, disparately burden people of color, undermine judicial supervision of police searches, and rest on a pure legal fiction.

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  18. Jan 22

    "Since you've got nothing to hide, you don't mind unlocking your phone for me, do you?" Legislatures and courts must stop police from asking us this question.

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  19. Jan 22

    If you've thought "hacking someone is the way to help them learn about digital security", could we kindly point you to this piece we wrote about the role of fear in digital security trainings.

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  20. Jan 22

    Next week, follow along on Twitter for a conversation about algorithmic bias with ’s and the team behind the documentary. Have questions? Let us know by replying to the conversation, or tweeting at us with in your message!

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