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12 Aug 2019, 8:33 am
” The event will feature an introduction by Jane Harman, President and CEO of the Wilson Center, followed by a panel discussion including Jessica Bayer, co-director of the International Policy Institute’s Cybersecurity Initiative; Nina Jankowitz, Wilson Center Global Fellow; Ginny Badanes, director of strategic projects for the Cybersecurity & Democracy program at Microsoft; Katie Harbath, Global Elections Director at Facebook; and David Greene, Civil Liberties Director at the… [read post]
6 Aug 2019, 12:45 pm
Globally Recognized Technologist Still Facing Charges in Drawn-Out ProsecutionSan Francisco – A team from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has returned from a fact-finding mission in Quito for the case of Ola Bini—a globally renowned Swedish programmer who is facing tenuous computer-crime charges in Ecuador. [read post]
5 Aug 2019, 1:33 am
Gelfgatt, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed an amicus brief in support of a defendant whose right to protect himself from self-incrimination was being threatened by an order to decrypt his computer, however, the Court ruled it was not a violation of the defendant’s rights. [read post]
30 Jul 2019, 4:00 am
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) announced on May 20th that it had launched TOSsed Out, a new iteration of EFF’s continuing work in tracking and documenting the ways that Terms of Service (TOS) and other speech moderating rules are unevenly applied to people by online services. [read post]
25 Jul 2019, 12:00 am
After sharing a brief history of the Internet Archive's mission, Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation Cindy Cohn took the stage as MC for the evening. [read post]
20 Jul 2019, 4:30 am
UK Safer Internet Centre response [pdf] English PEN and Scottish PEN joint response [pdf] Electronic Frontier Foundation and New America’s Open Technology Institute Response Society for Computers and Law response Internet Watch Foundation responds to Online Harms White Paper: Let’s do the right thing online for victims of child sexual abuse Media industry bodies The News Media Association Response [pdf] The Society of Editors (the full response does… [read post]
16 Jul 2019, 1:30 pm
., lawyers for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the ACLU will ask a federal judge to decide that the constitutional rights of 11 travelers were violated by the suspicionless, warrantless searches of their electronic devices at the border by the U.S. government. [read post]
16 Jul 2019, 9:55 am
Lawsuit Seeks Court Order Prohibiting Sale of Customer Location DataSAN FRANCISCO — The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht LLP filed a class action lawsuit today on behalf of AT&T customers in California to stop the telecom giant and two data location aggregators from allowing numerous entities—including bounty hunters, car dealerships, landlords, and stalkers—to access wireless customers’ real-time… [read post]
7 Jul 2019, 4:23 pm
Open Knowledge Foundation Blog had a post “EU must work harder to tackle disinformation”. [read post]
5 Jul 2019, 11:55 am
Lawmakers Carrying Water For Tech Companies Opposed to Strong Privacy ProtectionsSan Francisco—On Monday, June 8, at 11 am, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the ACLU, Common Sense Media, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, and Consumer Reports will hold a conference call to brief reporters about five bills designed to weaken consumer privacy protections that are set for hearing in the California Senate.Members of the media can RSVP to Stephanie Ong,… [read post]
24 Jun 2019, 11:16 am
EFF to Urge Lawmakers to Ensure Law Enforcement Complies with State LawSacramento – On Wednesday, June 26, at 10 am, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will urge the Joint Legislative Audit Committee to approve an audit on the use of automated license plate readers (ALPR) by state law enforcement. [read post]
21 Jun 2019, 11:51 am
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has been opposing A.B. 1366, legislation by Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez, which would renew a law that effectively shields a huge part of the telecommunications industry from state and local regulation. [read post]
20 Jun 2019, 5:09 pm
You may recall that in February, a federal district court in Fresno denied a petition I filed with the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Northern California, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation to attempt to shed light on the Department of Justice's attempt to force Facebook to break the encryption on its Messenger app for encrypted voice calls so that Facebook could carry out a wiretap order the DOJ had obtained. [read post]
19 Jun 2019, 12:45 pm
The Electronic Frontier Foundation said it was a “clear and easy-to-administer rule” and one that “has been a foundation of the modern internet. [read post]
19 Jun 2019, 10:50 am
Many did not respond—including the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Google—perhaps because of the sensitive moment in the history of patent eligibility law in which we find ourselves right now. [read post]
18 Jun 2019, 10:27 am
EFF and Craig Newmark's team at craigconnects have created an infographic about Section 230 of the controversial Communications Decency Act (CDA) of 1996. [read post]
12 Jun 2019, 4:54 pm
Ruling Blocking DOJ Should Be Unsealed To Keep Public Informed About Anti-Encryption TacticsSan Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation asked a federal appeals court today to make public a ruling that reportedly forbade the Justice Department from forcing Facebook to break the encryption of a communications service for users.Media widely reported last fall that a federal court in Fresno, California denied the government’s effort to compromise the security… [read post]
12 Jun 2019, 4:43 pm
EFF Report – “While social media platforms are increasingly giving users the opportunity to appeal decisions to censor their posts, very few platforms comprehensively commit to notifying users that their content has been removed in the first place, raising questions about their accountability and transparency, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) said today in a new report. [read post]
12 Jun 2019, 7:03 am
Who Has Your Back Spotlights Good, and Not So Good, Content Moderation PoliciesSan Francisco and Tunis, Tunisia—While social media platforms are increasingly giving users the opportunity to appeal decisions to censor their posts, very few platforms comprehensively commit to notifying users that their content has been removed in the first place, raising questions about their accountability and transparency, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) said today in a new… [read post]
3 Jun 2019, 12:33 pm
But the dominant current approach, which features overbroad and vague policies and practices for removing content, is already decimating human rights content online, according to a new report from Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Syrian Archive, and WITNESS. [read post]
