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EFF to Fifth Circuit: Age Verification Laws Will Hurt More Than They Help
Published: October 4, 2024 20:38
EFF, along with the ACLU and the ACLU of Mississippi, filed an amicus brief on Thursday asking a federal appellate court to continue to block Mississippi’s HB 1126—a bill that imposes age verification mandates on social media services across the internet.…
Digital Inclusion Week, Highlighting an EFA Members Digital Equity Work:
Published: October 4, 2024 20:09
In honor of Digital Inclusion Week, Oct 7-11th 2024, it’s an honor to uplift one of our Electronic Frontier Alliance (EFA) members who is doing great work when it comes to making sure technology benefits everyone by addressing the disparities of the…
Join the Movement for Public Broadband in PDX
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/join-movement-public-broadband-pdx-0
Published: October 4, 2024 19:01
Did you know the City of Portland, Oregon, already owns and operates a fiber-optic broadband network? It's called IRNE (Integrated Regional Network Enterprise), and despite having it in place Portlanders are forced to pay through the nose for internet…
Vote for EFF’s 'How to Fix the Internet’ podcast in the Signal Awards!
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/vote-effs-how-fix-internet-podcast-signal-awards
Published: October 2, 2024 21:11
We’re thrilled to announce that EFF’s “How to Fix the Internet” podcast is a finalist in the Signal Awards 3rd Annual Listener's Choice competition. Now we need your vote to put us over the top! signal-badge_finalist_voteforus.png …
Digital ID Isn't for Everybody, and That's Okay | EFFector 36.13
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/digital-id-isnt-everybody-and-thats-okay-effector-3613
Published: October 2, 2024 17:23
Need help staying up-to-date on the latest in the digital rights movement? You're in luck! In our latest newsletter, we outline the privacy protections needed for digital IDs, explain our call for the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down an unconstitutional…
How to Stop Advertisers From Tracking Your Teen Across the Internet
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/09/how-stop-advertisers-tracking-your-teen-across-internet
Published: October 1, 2024 18:23
This post was written by EFF fellow Miranda McClellan. Teens between the ages of 13 and 17 are being tracked across the internet using identifiers known as Advertising IDs. When children turn 13, they age out of the data protections provided by the…
EFF Awards Night: Celebrating Digital Rights Founders Advancing Free Speech and Access to Information Around the World
Published: September 30, 2024 17:27
Digital freedom and investigative reporting about technology have been at risk amid political and economic strife around the world. This year’s annual EFF Awards honored the achievements of people helping to ensure that the power of technology, the right…
New Email Scam Includes Pictures of Your House. Don’t Fall For It.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/09/new-email-scam-includes-pictures-your-house-dont-fall-it
Published: September 27, 2024 19:36
You may have arrived at this post because you received an email with an attached PDF from a purported hacker who is demanding payment or else they will send compromising information—such as pictures sexual in nature—to all your friends and family. You’re…
FTC Report Confirms: Commercial Surveillance is Out of Control
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/09/ftc-report-confirms-commercial-surveillance-out-control
Published: September 26, 2024 14:55
A new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report confirms what EFF has been warning about for years: tech giants are widely harvesting and sharing your personal information to fuel their online behavioral advertising businesses. This four-year investigation…
The UN General Assembly and the Fight Against the Cybercrime Treaty
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/un-general-assembly-and-fight-against-cybercrime-treaty
Published: September 26, 2024 10:49
Note on the update: The text has been revised to reflect the updated timeline for the UN General Assembly’s consideration of the convention, which is now expected at the end of this year. The update also emphasizes that states should reject the convention,…
Digital ID Isn't for Everybody, and That's Okay
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/09/digital-id-isnt-everybody-and-thats-okay
Published: September 25, 2024 22:57
How many times do you pull out your driver’s license a week? Maybe two to four times to purchase age restricted items, pick up prescriptions, or go to a bar. If you get a mobile driver’s license (mDL) or other forms of digital identification (ID) being…
Calls to Scrap Jordan's Cybercrime Law Echo Calls to Reject Cybercrime Treaty
Published: September 25, 2024 17:44
In a number of countries around the world, communities—and particularly those that are already vulnerable—are threatened by expansive cybercrime and surveillance legislation. One of those countries is Jordan, where a cybercrime law enacted in 2023 has been…
Patient Rights and Consumer Groups Join EFF In Opposing Two Extreme Patent Bills
Published: September 25, 2024 16:54
The U.S. Senate is set to vote this Thursday on two bills that could significantly empower patent trolls. The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) would bring back many of the abstract computer patents that have been barred for the past 10 years under…