Students are starting to speak out about how mass surveillance affects life on campus. Two different open letters from students—at…
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There’s good news: the nationwide outcry against the Federal Communications Commission’s troublesome proposal for new Open Internet rules is clearly…
For the past two years, EFF has been pushing Congress to pass legislation to rein in patent trolls. Starting with…
EFF Survey Shows Improved Privacy and Transparency Policies of the Internet’s Biggest CompaniesSan Francisco – Technology companies are privy to…
Today the FCC is meeting to discuss new rules that could determine the future of network neutrality. There’s been a…
This blog post is co-authored by Heesob Nam, patent attorney, Intellectual Property activist, and a founder and board member of…
It’s official: the last holdout for the open web has fallen. Flanked on all sides by Google, Microsoft, Opera and…
Whether you’re filling out a mail-in ballot or planning to rock the polling station in person on election day (June…
People have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their private digital communications such as email, and therefore the Fourth Amendment…
It’s been hard to go a day without hearing news about the Chairman of the FCC, Tom Wheeler, and his…
During the aftermath of World War II, months before the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the…
In the 36-year existence of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the government has never disclosed classified FISA materials—the specific applications…
We’re still digesting today’s lengthy decision in the Oracle v. Google appeal, but we’re disappointed—and worried. The heart of the…
A group of United States Senators and Representatives is asking Internet advertising networks to create a blacklist of alleged “piracy…
This statement was updated at 2:35 PM PST 5/7/14. Earlier today, the House Judiciary Committee passed a revised version of…
As centers of learning, universities are places where the exploration and investigation of new and often controversial topics is encouraged,…
EFF has been fighting for years for the principle that if you bought it, you own it. The first sale…
One of the bitterest struggles against DRM is still taking place on the Web’s own home turf — at the…
EFF and the ACLU of Pennsylvania have joined forces to file an amicus brief in a long-running challenge to two…
Laws that make it illegal to interfere with digital rights management (DRM) technologies—also known as “anti-circumvention” laws—are already much too…