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EFF’s Policy on LLM-Assisted Contributions to Our Open-Source Projects
3+ hour, 13+ min ago (764+ words) We recently introduced a policy governing large language model (LLM) assisted contributions to EFF's open-source projects. At EFF, we strive to produce high quality software tools, rather than simply generating more lines of code in less time. We now explicitly require…...
Privacy’s Defender: Fighting Digital Surveillance for over Thirty Years | Cindy Cohn's Keynote at SCALE 23x
3+ hour, 42+ min ago (318+ words) March 7, 2026 - 10:00am to 11:00am PSTPasadena Convention Center | Pasadena, CAAs always, EFF is excited to be back in Pasadena, CA for'SCALE 23x! EFF's Executive Director, Cindy Cohn is presenting the opening keynote for SCALE 23x on Saturday, March 7 at 10:00 am PT. Be sure to catch…...
EFF to Wisconsin Legislature: VPN Bans Are Still a Terrible Idea
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (183+ words) Wisconsin's S.B. 130 / A.B. 105 is a spectacularly bad idea. It's an age-verification bill that effectively bans VPN access to certain websites for Wisconsinites and censors lawful speech. We wrote about it last November in our blog "Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs'And They Have…...
EFFecting Change: Privacy's Defender
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (186+ words) Join EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn in conversation with 404 Media Cofounder Jason Koebler to discuss Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance, Cindy's personal story of standing up to the Justice Department, taking on the NSA, and tangling with…...
Discord Voluntarily Pushes Mandatory Age Verification Despite Recent Data Breach
1+ week, 6+ hour 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
1+ week, 2+ day 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
1+ week, 2+ day 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
1+ week, 3+ day 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
1+ week, 3+ day 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
1+ week, 3+ day 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....