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The amended Article 45.2 codifies into law a debunked approach on web security.

eIDAS 2.0 Sets Dangerous Precedent for Web Security

The Council of the European Union this week adopted new language for regulations governing internet systems that may put the security of your browser at greater risk.The new language affects the EU’s

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Show your support for online freedom and stay warm with this EFF Hoodie!

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Our 30th anniversary design! EFF has your back, rough seas and monsters be damned. Your hoodie features glow-in-the-dark details on the back and sleeve. Sleek, athletic fit zip-up hoodies look great...

UK government sticks to its guns over end-to-end encryption controls

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"If it passes, the censorious, anti-encryption Online Safety Bill won’t just affect the UK—it will be a blueprint for repression around the world,” EFF’s Erica Portnoy told

@TechMonitorAI

techmonitor.ai

The UK government says it is working with businesses on provisions in the Online Safety Bill which could put limits on end-to-end encryption.

Fundamentally network usage fees are a ploy by the largest ISPs to extract monopolistic rents, kill competition, and further entrench their monopolistic power. We urge the EU to reject the adoption of network usage fees in 2023.

Network Usage Fees Will Harm European Consumers and Businesses

Network usage fees, the idea that certain types of companies should pay internet service providers (ISPs) for the ability to deliver their content to consumers, both hurts consumers and breaks the

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When shell companies use public courts to enforce patent demands, judges can and should enforce their disclosure rules.

Victory! Judge’s Critical Investigation of Patent Troll Companies Can

In recent months, Delaware-based U.S. District Court Judge Colm Connolly started an inquiry into some patent trolling companies that have filed dozens of lawsuits in his court. Last month, lawyers

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Apple listened, and did the right thing. Thanks to everyone who helped us in this fight—this is a huge win, and a turning point for privacy.

A picture from a year ago, when EFF flew a plane over Apple's Headquarters with a banner reading: Apple: Don't scan our phones! Eff.org/apple

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Explore how digital rights are human rights this Human Rights Day (Dec 10) with Electronic Frontier Alliance member

@EthicsInTech

Ethics in Technology: Human Rights Day!

Ethics in Technology, a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event:Ethics in Technology: Human Rights Day!From the Organizers:On Human Rights Day, December

When online intermediaries face liability based on mere presence of offensive content, they engage in self-censorship that hurts all internet users.

The Supreme Court Must Protect Internet Users’ Rights to Access

Lawsuits claiming that online services aid terrorist organizations just by hosting their content or having users who espouse the organizations’ views potentially could censor a vast amount of

And we must go further: ad tracking, profiling, and targeting violates privacy, warps technology development, and has discriminatory impacts on users. Online behavioral advertising should be banned outright.

Ban Online Behavioral Advertising

Tech companies earn staggering profits by targeting ads to us based on our online behavior. This incentivizes all online actors to collect as much of our behavioral information as possible, and then

Opt-in consent to collect, retain, or use a person's data is at the core of the GDPR, and of our recommendations for any consumer data privacy legislation.

EFF's Recommendations for Consumer Data Privacy Laws

Strong privacy legislation in the United States is possible, necessary, and long overdue. EFF emphasizes the following concrete recommendations for proposed legislation regarding consumer data

No company--Meta included--should be able to side-step consent with Terms of Service trickery, and users should be able to affirmatively decide whether or not their information is used for ad targeting.

wsj.com

WSJ News Exclusive | Meta’s Targeted Ad Model Faces Restrictions in Europe

EU privacy regulators say Facebook and Instagram shouldn’t use their terms of service to require users to accept ads based on their digital activity.

Take a listen to the new

@priv8podcast

! Host

@DerekSilva

welcomes

Executive Director Cindy Cohn. Join us for a great conversation on free speech, the encryption debate, why privacy matters, and ways to fix the Internet. 🎧 Check it out! 👉 bit.ly/3W00mal

Defend Privacy and Free Speech

EFF can only punch above its weight like this because we have 30,000+ members standing with us. Thank you for being part of this fight for digital rights - we’re winning.

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Donate to the Electronic Frontier Foundation and support the mission to defend civil liberties and human rights online. You can help EFF’s attorneys, activists, and technologists protect privacy,...

And finally, Apple has backed away from its privacy-invasive scanning plans and and announced that it will make real encryption available for iCloud backups.

VICTORY! Apple Commits to Encrypting iCloud, Drops Phone-Scanning

Today Apple announced it will provide fully encrypted iCloud backups, meeting a longstanding demand by EFF and other privacy-focused organizations. We applaud Apple for listening to experts, child

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The Federal Circuit accepted EFF’s amicus brief in the Nimitz Technologies patent case, and denied Nimitz’s petition to stop a judge’s investigation into patent trolls that have sued more than 60 companies.

This Judge’s Investigation Of Patent Trolls Must Be Allowed to Move

If you get sued, you should be able to figure out who sued you. Remarkably, though, people and companies who are accused of patent infringement in federal court often have no idea who is truly behind

The Safe Connections Act has been signed into law, making it easier for survivors of domestic violence to separate their phone line from a family plan while keeping their own phone number.

VICTORY! The Safe Connections Act is Now Law

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

We kept the JCPA “link tax” bill out of must-pass U.S. military legislation. Next stop: keeping it out of the year-end omnibus.

act.eff.org

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...

In a stunning about-face, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to ban killer robots after hearing from a broad coalition in opposition.

VICTORY! San Francisco Bans Killer Robots…For Now

In a stunning 8-to-3 vote yesterday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors banned the SFPD from using deadly force with remote-controlled robots. The Board also sent the killer robot policy back to

This week, EFF fought uphill battles and ultimately WON what many thought were un-winnable fights:

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We're grateful to

for supporting EFF in their annual charity drive. Community support makes our work possible all year long.

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This is a big step forward for user privacy.

VICTORY! Apple Commits to Encrypting iCloud, Drops Phone-Scanning

Today Apple announced it will provide fully encrypted iCloud backups, meeting a longstanding demand by EFF and other privacy-focused organizations. We applaud Apple for listening to experts, child

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Our annual report features reflections from several EFF staff members about some of our most significant efforts, as well as financial information for the fiscal year ending June 2019.

Internet est une ressource essentielle pour des milliards de personnes dans le monde. Nous avons besoin que les fournisseurs d'infrastructure restent concentrés soutenir un Internet robuste. Rejoignez-nous et plus de 50 alliés pour protéger la couche :

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Protégez la couche

A year ago, EFF supporters spoke up to Apple and said: Don't scan our phones. Today, privacy won.

VICTORY! Apple Commits to Encrypting iCloud, Drops Phone-Scanning

Today Apple announced it will provide fully encrypted iCloud backups, meeting a longstanding demand by EFF and other privacy-focused organizations. We applaud Apple for listening to experts, child

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VICTORY! Today, President Biden

@POTUS

signed the Safe Connections Act into law, Public Law No: 117-223.

VICTORY! The Safe Connections Act is Now Law

Thanks to everyone who spoke up, the link tax is not in the military budget. Let's make sure it doesn't creep into any other end-of-year legislation!

act.eff.org

Stop the Copyright Creep

San Francisco terminates explosive killer cop bots

"This is a big step forward for a style of common sense governance where we know that security theater does not actually make San Francisco safer," EFF’s

@MGuariglia

told

@TheRegister

theregister.com

I'll be back, or perhaps not

Apple advances user security with powerful new data protections

Encryption is one of the most important tools we have for maintaining privacy and security online. We applaud Apple for listening to experts, child advocates, and users who want to protect their most sensitive data.

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iMessage Contact Key Verification, Security Keys, and Advanced Data Protection for iCloud provide users important new tools to protect data.

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Looking to learn more about automatic license plate readers? Join Electronic Frontier Alliance member

@lucyparsonslabs

for this online event on Dec 14

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Join us on 12/14 from 5-6:30pm CT for an Automated License Plate Reader 101 panel. We will have folks from @blknshassembly @conmijente @eff & @ajpeddakotla dropping knowledge. Register to join at bit.ly/alpr101

We did it! We killed killer robots in San Francisco...for now. If the Supervisors’ Rules Committee considers revising the ban, the community will be back in opposition to robot deployment of deadly force.

VICTORY! San Francisco Bans Killer Robots…For Now

In a stunning 8-to-3 vote yesterday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors banned the SFPD from using deadly force with remote-controlled robots. The Board also sent the killer robot policy back to

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Legal reform to enhance global text and data mining research

Text and data mining research using automated tools is essential to the #RightToResearch – but outdated and unfair copyright rules can stand in the way. A group of academics from around the world have suggested a better way forward:

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Outdated copyright laws around the world hinder research

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EFF staff members standing in front of EFF's office building.

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A lower court’s broad interpretation of the Anti-Terrorism Act threatens to broadly censor internet users’ speech on a variety of online services.

The Supreme Court Must Protect Internet Users’ Rights to Access

Lawsuits claiming that online services aid terrorist organizations just by hosting their content or having users who espouse the organizations’ views potentially could censor a vast amount of

How US police use counterterrorism money to buy spy tech

Buying & using police surveillance tech should be heavily scrutinized because such tools can seriously threaten civil liberties, EFF’s

@_blip_

told

@TechReview

- yet transparency is poor “because agencies do not want to be held accountable.”

technologyreview.com

A new report shows that federal aid from FEMA is often used to buy surveillance equipment, without the public knowing much about it

Our annual report features reflections from several EFF staff members about some of our most significant efforts, as well as financial information for the fiscal year ending June 2019.

האינטרנט הוא משאב חיוני למיליארדי בני אדם ברחבי העולם. אנו זקוקים לכך שספקי התשתית ימשיכו להתמקד במשימת הליבה שלהם: תמיכה באינטרנט מוצק וגמיש. הצטרפו אלינו ואל למעלה מ-50 ארגונים תומכים כדי להגן על ארסנל הכלים הטכנולוגי:

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טיוטה סופית, נא לא לערוך

Interpreting the Anti-Terrorism Act broadly would have dangerous implications for the First Amendment rights of internet users and the platforms hosting their speech.

The Supreme Court Must Protect Internet Users’ Rights to Access

Lawsuits claiming that online services aid terrorist organizations just by hosting their content or having users who espouse the organizations’ views potentially could censor a vast amount of

Police fund surveillance equipment in ways that circumvent transparency and prioritize their relationships with private companies over the community’s wants and needs. Read here about how police funding of equipment is part of the problem:

How Police Fund Surveillance Technology is Part of the Problem

Law enforcement agencies at the federal, state, and local level are spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year on surveillance technology in order to track, locate, watch, and listen to people

About $28b has been channeled from

@DHSgov

to local police for drones, ShotSpotter, cell-site simulators, automated license plate readers, and similar surveillance tools that collect data on people who, for the most part, are not of any criminal interest. eff.org/issues/street-.