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Domestic abuse survivors shouldn’t have to change their phone numbers to get out of family phone plans. Congress agreed, and passed the Safe Connections Act to make it so.

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VICTORY! Congress Sends the Safe Connections Act to the President’s

In the 21st century, it is difficult to lead a life without a cell phone. It is also difficult to change your number—you’ve given it to all your friends, family, doctors, children’s schools, and so

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EFF-Austin's Kevin Welch was interviewed for this segment about ALPRs and the dangers they pose to privacy and civil liberties.

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License to scan: Plate readers found across Texas are mostly unregulated kvue.com/article/news/i

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S.T.O.P.—Surveillance Technology Oversight Project

@STOPSpyingNY

Nov 20

Join S.T.O.P. for our Tech and Society Salon on December 7th at 6pm. We will discuss which devices are monitoring your residence and how law enforcement obtain and use this home surveillance. Register with the link below! stopspying.kindful.com/e/tech-society

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The European Union's new Digital Markets Act (DMA) aims to ensure better competition among online platforms and achieve fairness online. Check out what we think about the new EU rules against big tech.

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The EU Digital Markets Act Places New Obligations on “Gatekeeper”

The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) is a proposal for bringing competition and fairness back to online platform markets. It just cleared a major hurdle on the way to becoming law in the EU

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The CFC pledge period ends on January 14, 2023! If you're a U.S. government employee, donate today to help us fight for a more free internet.

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U.S. Federal Employees Can Take A Stand for Digital Freedoms

It’s that time of the year again when the weather starts to cool down and the leaves start to turn all different shades and colors. More importantly, it is also time for U.S. federal employees to

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The Safe Connections Act is a common sense bill that would make it easier to keep your cell phone number when you leave an abusive relationship. Thankfully, Congress agrees.

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VICTORY! Congress Sends the Safe Connections Act to the President’s

In the 21st century, it is difficult to lead a life without a cell phone. It is also difficult to change your number—you’ve given it to all your friends, family, doctors, children’s schools, and so

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Musk’s reign at Twitter has increased risks to users—especially those in crisis zones around the world who flocked to Twitter for expression during unrest—by unraveling guardrails against misinformation, harassment, and censorship.

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Twitter's Monetizable Users, Not Human Rights, Matter Most Under

Billionaire Elon Musk says Twitter can be an “incredibly valuable service to the world,” a global forum where ideas and debates flourish. Yet, much of what he has done since taking over the company

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Victory! It's always been extremely hard to get out of your wireless phone service plan, but now, it will be a little easier for people who need it the most.

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Schatz Legislation To Help Domestic Violence Survivors Cut Ties With Abusers, Separate From Shared...

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Safe Connections Act. The bill, authored...

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An EFF lawsuit has disclosed records showing that the government tracked and encouraged changes to Section 230.

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Documents Show DOJ’s Multi-Pronged Effort to Undermine Section 230

In the summer of 2020, the Department of Justice was closely monitoring the public and congressional debate about a key law protecting internet users’ speech at the same time that it pushed to

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Nos adentramos en el fediverso. En este post,

@legind

de la EFF profundiza un poco en la privacidad y seguridad de Mastodon:

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¿Es Mastodon privado y seguro? Echemos un vistazo

Este post forma parte de una serie sobre Mastodon y el fediverso. También tenemos un artículo sobre por qué el fediverso será grande, si no lo estropeamosy hay más en camino. Puedes seguir a la EFF

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EFF strongly supported this bill, and we're thrilled to see it become law! Many thanks to

@SenBrianSchatz

and all the other sponsors for their incredible work to get this done.

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The Safe Connections Act Would Make It Easier to Escape Domestic

We all know that, in the 21st century, it is difficult to lead a life without a cell phone. It is also difficult to change your number—the one all your friends, family, doctors, children’s schools,

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The SAFE Connections Act will make it easier for survivors of domestic abuse to separate from their wireless service plans, which are often ways that their abusers continue to get information about them.

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Schatz Legislation To Help Domestic Violence Survivors Cut Ties With Abusers, Separate From Shared...

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Safe Connections Act. The bill, authored...

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Victory! It's always been extremely hard to get out of your wireless phone service plan, but now, it will be a little easier for people who need it the most.

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Schatz Legislation To Help Domestic Violence Survivors Cut Ties With Abusers, Separate From Shared...

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Safe Connections Act. The bill, authored...

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The Kids Online Safety Act is a dangerous bill that presents censorship and surveillance as a solution to some legitimate, and some not-so-legitimate, issues facing young internet users today. Congress must not pass it.

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KOSA Would Let the Government Control What Young People See Online

The latest version of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is focused on removing online information that people need to see—people of all ages. Letting governments—state or federal—decide what

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Attention Boston: Turn out for Boston's surveillance technology hearing this Monday with Electronic Frontier Alliance member

@digital4th

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Digital Fourth / RT4 - Boston

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Turn Out & Testify, for Boston's surveillance technologies hearing, this coming Monday at 10am: boston.gov/public-notices! If you don't like the racist #gangdatabase, #ShotSpotter, #drones, #stingrays, #ALPR or #BRIC, now's the time to let your City Councilors know!

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The Atlas of Surveillance just hit a huge milestone: 10,000 data points on law enforcement tech! This celebration is bittersweet, as it shows the power of crowdsourcing, but also sadly reflects the growth of surveillance used by police agencies.

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EFF's Atlas of Surveillance Database Now Documents 10,000+ Police

This week, EFF's Atlas of Surveillance project hit a bittersweet milestone. With this project, we are creating a searchable and mappable repository of which law enforcement agencies in the U.S. use

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Nov 20

If you're looking to learn more about Linux, join Electronic Frontier Alliance member Phoenix Linux Users Group at one of their upcoming events phxlinux.org

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Nov 20

No copyright proposal—or copyright-adjacent one—has a place in “must-pass” legislation. Must-pass legislation is a bill that is vital to the running of the country. Copyright does not belong there.

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Stop the Copyright Creep

In 2020, two copyright-related proposals became law despite the uproar against them. The first was the unconstitutional CASE Act. The second was a felony streaming proposal that had never been seen

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Nov 20

The Electronic Frontier Alliance toolkit will have you tweeting better than the guy who owns the site.

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Engaging Social Media for Advocacy

Social networks, like Twitter and Facebook, are great platforms for getting your message out into the world, cultivating a like-minded community, staying on top of breaking news and issues, and

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Nov 20

You can now find EFF in the fediverse… but what even is that? Here's our breakdown on this new approach to social media:

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Leaving Twitter's Walled Garden

A wave of people have announced that they're leaving Twitter to check out something called Mastodon, and that leaves many wondering, what is Mastodon anyway? More importantly, what is the “fediverse”

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Nov 20

New to Mastodon or thinking of joining? Here's an overview of privacy and security questions for this new way of doing social media.

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Is Mastodon Private and Secure? Let’s Take a Look

This post is part of a series on Mastodon and the fediverse. We also have a post on why the fediverse will be great—if we don't screw it up, and more are on the way.With so many users migrating to

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Nov 19

Instead of using super-powered age-verification to determine who gets the most privacy, and then using that same determination to restrict access to huge amounts of content, Congress should focus on creating strict privacy safeguards for everyone.

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KOSA Would Let the Government Control What Young People See Online

The latest version of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is focused on removing online information that people need to see—people of all ages. Letting governments—state or federal—decide what

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Nov 19

Who do our police departments work for? It’s often Surveillance Tech Companies.

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The Rise of the Police-Advertiser

In August, the Tulsa police department held a press conference about how its new Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs), a controversial piece of surveillance technology, was the policing equivalent

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If you're hearing a lot about the fediverse these days, you should know: Mastodon is not the whole fediverse and the fediverse is not simply a Twitter replacement. The fediverse is an entire ecosystem, built on something called ActivityPub. Learn more:

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Leaving Twitter's Walled Garden

A wave of people have announced that they're leaving Twitter to check out something called Mastodon, and that leaves many wondering, what is Mastodon anyway? More importantly, what is the “fediverse”

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Still craving social media? We’re on ✅ Facebook at Facebook.com/EFF ✅ Mastodon at mastodon.social/@eff ✅ Instagram at instagram.com/efforg ✅ YouTube at youtube.com/efforg ✅ Twitch at twitch.tv/efflive/ ✅ LinkedIn at

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Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) | LinkedIn

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) | 20,113 followers on LinkedIn. Ensuring that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all people of the world. | The Electronic Frontier Founda...

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In 2020, two copyright bills were snuck into law. Tell Congress to keep the copyright creep out of this year’s must-pass legislation.

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Stop the Copyright Creep

In 2020, two copyright bills were added to the end-of-the-year spending package. That bill was what’s known as “must-pass” legislation—i.e. something that is considered vitally important and must...

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Nos adentramos en el fediverso. En este post,

@legind

de la EFF profundiza un poco en la privacidad y seguridad de Mastodon:

eff.org

¿Es Mastodon privado y seguro? Echemos un vistazo

Este post forma parte de una serie sobre Mastodon y el fediverso. También tenemos un artículo sobre por qué el fediverso será grande, si no lo estropeamosy hay más en camino. Puedes seguir a la EFF

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Nov 19

EFF believes in privacy and free expression for all. We also believe in keeping coffee warm in the morning ☕

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EFF Tumbler

Show your support for EFF while keeping your beverage the perfect temperature with this vacuum insulated tumbler. The clear push-on lid helps prevent spills. High quality 18/8 grade Stainless Steel...

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Nov 19

Social media platforms have a lot of problems. With the "fediverse" there's a chance to do things differently.

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The Fediverse Could Be Awesome (if we don’t screw it up)

This post is part of a series on Mastodon and the fediverse. We also have a post on security and privacy on Mastodon, and more are on the way.Something remarkable is happening. For the past two

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EU residents shouldn’t have their private messages scanned. Let’s say no to #ChatControl.

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EU Lawmakers Must Reject This Proposal To Scan Private Chats

Having a private conversation is a basic human right. Like the rest of our rights, we shouldn’t lose it when we go online. But a new proposal by the European Union could throw our privacy rights out

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Mastodon no es simplemente un clon de Twitter. Posee características propias y, con ellas vienen desafíos únicos en materia de privacidad y seguridad.

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¿Es Mastodon privado y seguro? Echemos un vistazo

Este post forma parte de una serie sobre Mastodon y el fediverso. También tenemos un artículo sobre por qué el fediverso será grande, si no lo estropeamosy hay más en camino. Puedes seguir a la EFF

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We're taking a deep dive into the fediverse. In this post, EFF's

@legind

digs into Mastodon's privacy and security:

eff.org

Is Mastodon Private and Secure? Let’s Take a Look

This post is part of a series on Mastodon and the fediverse. We also have a post on why the fediverse will be great—if we don't screw it up, and more are on the way.With so many users migrating to

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And don’t forget our podcast, How to Fix the Internet. Follow us on your favorite player to hear episodes when they are released. A new season is coming soon!

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How to Fix the Internet: Podcast

It seems like everywhere we turn we see dystopian stories about technology’s impact on our lives and our futures — from tracking-based surveillance capitalism to street level government surveillance

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Still craving social media? We’re on ✅ Facebook at Facebook.com/EFF ✅ Mastodon at mastodon.social/@eff ✅ Instagram at instagram.com/efforg ✅ YouTube at youtube.com/efforg ✅ Twitch at twitch.tv/efflive/ ✅ LinkedIn at

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Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) | LinkedIn

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) | 20,113 followers on LinkedIn. Ensuring that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all people of the world. | The Electronic Frontier Founda...

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A rich guy with a bruised ego shouldn’t have the power to disrupt your life online. Building an interoperable social media could cut them out of the equation.

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The Fediverse Could Be Awesome (if we don’t screw it up)

This post is part of a series on Mastodon and the fediverse. We also have a post on security and privacy on Mastodon, and more are on the way.Something remarkable is happening. For the past two

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What is the fediverse anyway? We’re continuing our series on the topic with an overview of how this new interoperable social media works.

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Leaving Twitter's Walled Garden

A wave of people have announced that they're leaving Twitter to check out something called Mastodon, and that leaves many wondering, what is Mastodon anyway? More importantly, what is the “fediverse”

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Nov 18

“What they really needed to do was probably double their trust and safety teams, for a start,” EFF’s

@cmcsherr

told

@KQEDNews

about Twitter. “To actually do it well requires humans making nuanced decisions."

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With Mass Social Media Layoffs, Researchers Warn of Rise in Hate Speech | KQED

Social media platforms have had a hard time neutralizing the threat of hate speech before it leads to real world violence. Researchers are warning that mass layoffs, especially at Twitter and Meta,...

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Today is Egyptian blogger, activist, technologist, and 2022 EFF Award winner Alaa's 41st birthday, another birthday spent behind bars. We call on the Egyptian government to release him immediately to his family. Learn more about Alaa's case: