This week, EFF joined over 5,600 individuals in a letter (PDF) pressing the Senate for meaningful patent reform—reform that goes beyond the…
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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…
The Freedom of Information Act is not the only law the public can use to obtain records from the government.…
Government Claims EFF’s Lawsuits Don’t Cover Ongoing Surveillance – Raising Fears Key Documents May Have Been DestroyedSan Francisco – The…
California State Sen. Monning (D-Carmel) has introduced legislation intended to protect Californians’ privacy rights behind the wheel. We have not yet…
Are you a student who’s passionate about Internet and technology policy? Come work with EFF this summer as a Google…
Two Hearings This Week: Appeal of Andrew “weev” Auernheimer CFAA Conviction in Philadelphia; License Plate Reader Records Case in Los…
Over the last year, thousands of pages of sensitive documents outlining the government’s intelligence practices have landed on our desktops.…
Sunshine Week is often a time for transparency advocates to collectively lament about government secrecy and institutional resistance to accountability.…
The House Judiciary Committee heard testimony Thursday on a law that underpins the Internet as we know it today: the…
Many problems with the patent system—from the explosion in patent trolling to the wasteful smartphone wars—can be traced to the…
If you’re as much a transparency geek as we are, then you want the whole world to feel the radiation…
Monday marks the second day of “Sunshine Week”—a week to focus on the importance of open government and how to…
Sunshine Week starts today. What better way to kick it off than sharing this astute quote from phone phreak Phil…
Russia’s government has escalated its use of its Internet censorship law to target news sites, bloggers, and politicians under the…
EFF Represents Computer Scientists in Explaining Why “It Is Not Just Metadata”San Francisco – Representing a large group of top…
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released its annual “Enemies of the Internet” index this week—a ranking first launched in 2006 intended…
Senator Dianne Feinstein—who traditionally is a stalwart defender of the intelligence community—came out swinging against them this week. While on…
Getty Images—among the world’s largest providers of stock and editorial photos—has announced a major change to the way it is…