Last week we wrote about initial news reports that Microsoft had searched and disclosed the contents of a blogger’s Hotmail…
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Geneva—The Electronic Frontier Foundation is pleased with the UN Human Rights Committee’s concluding observations from the United States’ review on…
As Turkey prepares for elections on Sunday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continues to double down on Internet censorship.…
Rumors of the extent of Ethiopia’s digital surveillance and censorship state have echoed around the information security community for years.…
Join EFF on April 4th for 404 Day, a nation-wide day of action to call attention to the long-standing problem…
Following his pledge to “wipe out” Twitter last week, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ordered ISPs to block the…
There was a moralistic, unnecessary, and wholly unscientific new restriction enacted on funding for the National Institute of Health as…
Today we learned that the Obama administration and the House Intelligence Committee are both proposing welcome and seemingly significant changes…
Most of the problems with the patent system stem from the flood of low quality patents granted by the Patent…
If you’re looking for proof that new cultural works speak to and are embedded within a vast array of pre-existing…
When it comes to trade policy, we’ve learned over and over that leaks are no substitute for transparency. Leaks can…
EFF has long argued that law enforcement agencies must get a warrant when they ask Internet companies for the content…
It’s another troubling example in a frustrating trend: despite repeated and pointed calls for answers, the NSA is still relying…
Today, President Obama is meeting with prominent American tech companies to discuss the ongoing NSA spying controversy. This comes just…
In a single year, the public learned more information about the NSA and its global surveillance dragnet than we learned…
“Twitter and so on, we will root them out. The international community can say this or that – I don’t…
This week, EFF joined over 5,600 individuals in a letter (PDF) pressing the Senate for meaningful patent reform—reform that goes beyond the…
Sunshine Week may be just seven days in March, but fighting for government transparency is a year-round mission for the…
Over 25 leading technology companies have joined a public letter urging Senator Ron Wyden, the newly appointed Chairman of the…
Government Claims EFF’s Lawsuits Don’t Cover Ongoing Surveillance – Raising Fears Key Documents May Have Been DestroyedSan Francisco – The…