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Discord Voluntarily Pushes Mandatory Age Verification Despite Recent Data Breach
5+ hour, 31+ min ago (497+ words) Discord has begun rolling out mandatory age verification and the internet is, understandably, freaking out. We've written extensively about why age verification mandates are a censorship and surveillance nightmare. Discord's shift only reinforces those concerns. Here's why: Discord literally won…...
Open Letter to Tech Companies: Protect Your Users From Lawless DHS Subpoenas
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (442+ words) We are calling on technology companies like Meta and Google to stand up for their users by resisting the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) lawless administrative subpoenas for user data." In the past year, DHS"has consistently targeted people engaged…...
Speaking Freely: Yazan Badran
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (1046+ words) Yazan Badran is an assistant professor in international media and communication studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and a researcher at the Echo research group. His research focuses on the intersection between media, journalism and politics particularly in the MENA…...
EFFecting Change: Get the Flock Out of Our City
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (215+ words) Flock contracts have quietly spread to cities across the country. But Flock ALPR (Automated License Plate Readers) erode civil liberties from the moment they're installed. While officials claim these cameras keep neighborhoods safe, the evidence tells a different story. The…...
EFFecting Change Site Banner 2.19.26
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (15+ words) EFFecting Change Site Banner 2.19.26 Check out our 4-star rating on Charity Navigator....
The Internet Still Works: Yelp Protects Consumer Reviews
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (931+ words) Aaron Schur is General Counsel at Yelp. He joined the company in 2010 as one of its first lawyers and has led its litigation strategy for more than a decade, helping secure court decisions that strengthened legal protections for consumer speech....
The Internet Still Works: Wikipedia Defends Its Editors
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (1130+ words) Jacob Rogers is Associate General Counsel at the Wikimedia Foundation. He leads the team that deals with legal complaints against Wikimedia content and its editors. Rogers also works to preserve the legal protections, including Section 230, that make a community-governed encyclopedia…...
RIP Dave Farber, EFF Board Member and Friend
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (394+ words) We are sad to report the passing of longtime EFF Board member, Dave Farber. Dave was 91 and lived in Tokyo from age 83, where he was the Distinguished Professor at Keio University and Co-Director of the Keio Cyber Civilization Research Center…...
Privacy's Defender: Book Launch Party
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (259+ words) On Thursday, March 12th, celebrate the launch of Privacy's Defender by EFF's Executive Director Cindy Cohn. The highly anticipated book asks the fundamental question: Can we still have private conversations if we live our lives online? Join the festivities for a…...
Yes to the “ICE Out of Our Faces Act”
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (601+ words) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have descended into utter lawlessness, most recently in Minnesota. The violence is shocking. So are the intrusions on digital rights and civil liberties. For example, immigration agents are routinely…...