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Interested to learn about user rights issues in complex proposals including the Digital Services Act, the Digital Markets Act, and more? Be sure to RSVP to our Spring Members' Speakeasy! If you're a member, check your email!
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Fiber infrastructure is at the heart of 21st century broadband access, and the Biden Administration's infrastructure program does an excellent job recognizing the importance of getting everyone access to it.
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Lee el nuevo informe de sobre cómo las políticas de las empresas de telecomunicaciones de Perú cuidan, o no, la privacidad de los usuarios. Los operadores menores aún cojean al transparentar las demandas de datos del usuario por el gobierno
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Check out 's new report on how Peru's telecom companies' policies protect, or not, user privacy. Transparency about government demands for user data is still a major gap for smaller operators.
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The DOJ’s new CFAA policy is a good first step, but simply does not go far enough to prevent security researchers from being prosecuted for work that makes apps and the internet safer for everyone.
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Spread the love for digital freedoms by snagging a few RFID-Blocking Wallets for a loved one! We have a variety of styles and right now you can get two wallets or passports for the price of one.
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A letter to the UK foreign secretary urges her to take action to help Alaa Abd El Fattah, sentenced last year for sharing a Facebook post about human rights abuses in Egyptian prisons
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Now #BudapestConvention's State Parties can seek new cross-border surveillance powers based on its new Protocol. Check our guide, in collaboration with , on why countries should think twice before ratifying the new treaty #coecyber2AP 1/
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Join us for the first installment of our four-part series, Platform Liability Trends Around the Globe, as we offer guidance through the jungle that is global intermediary liability regulation
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La y te explican cuales son las principales debilidades y riesgos del nuevo Protocolo al #ConvenioDeBudapest. Informate y presiona a tu gobierno para se lo piense dos veces antes de ratificarlo. Acá está nuestro documento: eff.org/r.zbuz
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. serves on the Executive Committee for the ACM Conference on Equity and Access in Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Optimization, and co-founded and co-organized the initiative as well as . Learn more on How to Fix the Internet:
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Inject some optimism into your dystopian tech future. Listen to EFF's podcast How to Fix the Internet, new episodes every Tuesday. With support from :
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The spring EFF Members' Speakeasy is almost here! EFF's and Christoph Schmon will cover the latest in European Union proposals that could change how millions of people use the internet, followed by your Q&A. Check your email for the invitation!
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🚨We're very concerned about the fate of British blogger, coder & free speech activist Alaa Abd El Fattah who is on day 45 of a hunger strike in an Egyptian prison.
We've joined civil society groups incl. , & in calling for his release. #FreeAlaa 👇🏽
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It's time for companies to rethink their data collection and sharing practices, says EFF's : “Our best bet for carrying out systemic change now is to call on companies that are gathering this data to simply stop collecting it and to stop sharing it"
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The Biden Administration has charted a national fiber broadband plan with its $45 billion infrastructure program. If fully implemented by the states, it will vastly improve access for millions of Americans by delivering 21st-century ready broadband.
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Biometric information is incredibly sensitive and tied immutably to our identities. EFF is proud to co-sponsor S.B. 1189, by Sen. to give you more control over how it's collected and used. Tell you lawmakers you support this bill:
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EFF Members, be on the lookout! We just sent an invite for our spring Members' Speakeasy. Didn't get the email? Reach out to us at events@eff.org.
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La y te explican cuales son las principales debilidades y riesgos del nuevo Protocolo al #ConvenioDeBudapest. Informate y presiona a tu gobierno para se lo piense dos veces antes de ratificarlo. Acá está nuestro documento: eff.org/r.zbuz
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Disney doesn't have a special copyright term, but Disney was instrumental in extending US copyright terms to life plus 70 years. That's far too long, harming culture and education.
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When the FBI uses a foreign intelligence surveillance program to spy on up to 3,000,000 Americans without a warrant–that’s no longer “backdoor” access or “incidental” collection. That's the front door and it needs to be bolted shut.
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Transparency in what our police do is in the public interest. That's why we supported in requiring the Baltimore Police to track and report on fees it charges and waives for public records, which they must now do:
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Sometimes it only takes a tweak to turn machine learning processes that might harm into those that can help. This week's guest, Rediet Abebe, has great examples, like identifying students who may drop out, versus identifying behaviors that can lead to it:
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Now #BudapestConvention's State Parties can seek new cross-border surveillance powers based on its new Protocol. Check our guide, in collaboration with , on why countries should think twice before ratifying the new treaty #coecyber2AP 1/
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Texas’ constitutionally questionable social media law, which lets the state dictate what platforms must publish, should not be enforced unless and until it is ruled constitutional. The Supreme Court should reinstate an order blocking it.
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The new Protocol to the #BudapestConvention raises serious concerns from the perspective of transnational repression. has prepared an excellent primer (focused on Latin American context, but reviewing the basics of the Protocol) here: necessaryandproportionate.org/files/protocol
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Monday: Join EFA member for a much needed surveillance self-defense workshop. Local Minnesota activists highly encouraged to attend!
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ICYMI: EFF’s Jen Lynch argues that widespread use of facial recognition technology by the government, especially to identify people secretly when they’re out in public, will fundamentally change our society for the worse.
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Now #BudapestConvention's State Parties can seek new cross-border surveillance powers based on its new Protocol. Check our guide, in collaboration with , on why countries should think twice before ratifying the new treaty #coecyber2AP 1/
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EFF is here to support digital rights and freedoms, whether it be on the streets or online. Become a member today to help.
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1. The has a new “chat control” proposal that involves scanning private messages. It’s bad for privacy, bad for security, and we believe the public will reject it.
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The ad identifier is a string of letters and numbers that uniquely identifies your phone, tablet, or other smart device. It exists for one purpose: to help companies track you. Here's how to turn it off:
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Hoy lanza su más reciente investigación sobre el Convenio de Budapest sobre la Ciberdelincuencia en América Latina. Lee más.
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Facial recognition surveillance is a threat to civil liberties.
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