What Reddit Got Wrong
By Rory Mir / Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) After weeks of burning through users’ goodwill, Reddit is facing a moderator strike and an exodus of its most important users. It’s…
10 Years After Snowden: Some Things Are Better, Some We’re Still Fighting For
By Matthew Guariglia, Cindy Cohn and Andrew Crocker / Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) On May 20, 2013, a young government contractor with an EFF sticker on his laptop disembarked a…
Neighborhood Watch Out: Cops Are Incorporating Private Cameras Into Their Real-Time Surveillance Networks
Police surveillance threatens constitutionally protected activities
Now Reintroduced, The Kids Online Safety Act is Still A Huge Danger to Our Rights Online
KOSA’s burdens will affect adults, too, who will likely face hurdles to accessing legal content online as a result of the bill.
Your Messaging Service Should Not Be a DEA Informant
The bill, named the Cooper Davis Act, is likely to result in a host of inaccurate reports and in companies sweeping up innocent conversations, including discussions about past drug use…
The Broad, Vague RESTRICT Act Is a Dangerous Substitute for Comprehensive Data Privacy Legislation
By Jason Kelley and David Greene / Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) The recently introduced RESTRICT Act (S. 686, Sen. Warner and Sen. Thune) rightfully is causing a lot of concern.…
Government Hasn’t Justified a TikTok Ban
By Adam Schwartz and David Greene / Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Freedom of speech and association include the right to choose one’s communication technologies. Politicians shouldn’t be able to tell…
Dangerous “Kids Online Safety Act” Does Not Belong in Must-Pass Legislation
KOSA’s latest text still contains this glaring and unconstitutional flaw at its core.
Cops Are Asking To Kill People With Robots. What Could Go Wrong?
By Jerry Iannelli / The Appeal The U.S. military has been killing people with robots for decades now, and the nation’s local police now seem eager to get in on…
The Internet Is Not Facebook: Why Infrastructure Providers Should Stay Out of Content Policing
Service providers booting sites off the internet continues to raise important debates surrounding online freedom.
Scheer Intelligence: Is Elon Musk the Best or the Worst for Twitter?
Will Twitter recede to its Wild West days or will content moderation remain the same or perhaps worsen under Elon Musk?
EFF to File Amicus Brief in First US Case Challenging Dragnet Keyword Warrant
Dragnet warrants violate the constitutional protections for privacy and freedom of speech and protection.
The Kids Online Safety Act Is a Heavy-Handed Plan to Force Platforms to Spy on Young People
Data collection is a scourge for every internet user, regardless of age. The law requires platforms to ban the potentially infinite category of “other matters that pose a risk to…
Adam Schwartz: Governments Are Using Covid-19 to Usher in a New Era of Mass Surveillance
As states all over the world ramp up surveillance, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Adam Schwartz warns against sacrificing civil liberties for safety.
Danny O’Brien on the Latest Victim in the Crucifixion of Julian Assange
The mysterious arrest of a data privacy activist linked to the WikiLeaks founder raises vital questions about government surveillance.