Digital Hopes, Real Power: How the Arab Spring Fueled a Global Surveillance Boom When people remember the 2011 uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), they picture crowded squares, raised phones, and the feeling that the internet had finally shifted the balance o...

People across the Middle East and North Africa face arrest, long prison sentences, and exile based on their digital traces. This particularly impacts human rights defenders and journalists. But against near impossible odds, people continue finding pathways to freedom. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

ICE acknowledges it is using powerful spyware In a letter sent last week, ICE's top official indicated to members of Congress the agency is using a spyware tool to intercept encrypted messages of fentanyl traffickers.

"An extremely invasive surveillance capability such as this should require the strongest judicial oversight and confirmation that such intrusion is necessary and [a] proportionate response to the crime being investigated," EFF’s @cooperq.com told @npr.org.

Print Blocking is Anti-Consumer - Permission to Print Part 1 When legislators give companies an excuse to write untouchable code, it’s a disaster for everyone. This time, 3D printers are being targeted. Even if you’ve never used one, you’ve benefited from the

3D printing has been an engine for grassroots innovation—from life-saving medical devices to everyday repairs. New mandates threaten the open commons that made it all possible. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Print Blocking Won't Work - Permission to Print Part 2 Legislators across the U.S. are proposing laws to force “print blockers” on 3D printers sold in their states. This mandated censorware is doomed to fail for its intended purpose, but will still

Mandated 3D printer censorware is doomed to fail for its intended purpose, but will still manage to hurt the professional and hobbyist communities using these tools. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

BSides Prague: Eva Galperin Keynote BSides Prague (not EFF) will host this event. EFF Director of Cybersecurity Eva Galperin will be speaking.From the Organizers: We're at the edge of The Next Frontier, where technology isn't just

Attending @bsidesprg.bsky.social? Don't miss out on an EFF keynote by our Director of Cybersecurity @evacide.bsky.social. We'll see you there! www.eff.org/event/bside...

A Bay Area city is offering free doorbell cameras. Experts are raising concerns. Funded through a $60,000 grant, the cameras will be first come, first served.

“As the saying goes, there’s no such thing as a free lunch,” EFF’s @mguariglia.bsky.social told @sfgate.com. “Police may still have to request the footage from either the user or Ring, but they clearly consider it part of a larger network of police surveillance.”

EFF at HOPE 26 The HOPE conference is not only back for another year, but also back in Manhattan for the first time since 2018! EFF is thrilled to be there with talks and a table in the expo hall where you can chat

Want to support digital freedom? Buy your @hope.net ticket this month and 10% goes straight to EFF's work protecting privacy and free expression online 🔒 www.eff.org/event/eff-h...

EFF thanks Securing Hardware for their support, helping EFF's Public Interest Technology (PIT) team keep you safe online.

The FAA’s “Temporary” Flight Restriction for Drones is a Blatant Legal intern Raj Gambhir was the principal author of this post.The Trump administration has restricted the First Amendment right to record law enforcement by issuing an unprecedented nationwide

Recording law enforcement is a First Amendment right. But a new FAA rule threatens penalties for anyone who uses a drone to record ICE or CBP, including destruction of the drone. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Tech Nonprofits to Feds: Don’t Weaponize Procurement to Undermine AI While the very public fight continues between the Department of Defense and Anthropic over whether the government can punish a company for refusing to allow its technology to be used for mass

Proposed rules about how the government buys and deploys AI could allow bureaucrats to sidestep necessary safeguards and supercharge mass surveillance. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Without free and fair competition, companies choose what you can buy, not customers. “Competition is going to have to discipline Amazon,” EFF’s Mitch Stoltz told @WashingtonPost.com. “Right now, it’s not.” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/...

Teens Are Addicted To Social Media. Hawaiʻi Is Reluctant To Set Limits A measure that would have required parental consent for kids under 16 to use social media was deferred indefinitely Wednesday. Similar laws in other states have been held up in court. 

What happens when something may harm some and may be a great benefit for others? “It’s hard to respond to that, and the First Amendment says you don’t respond to that by passing a law that says no one can do it” @davidgreene.bsky.social told @CivilBeat.bsky.social. www.civilbeat.org/2026/04/tee...

The FAA’s “Temporary” Flight Restriction for Drones is a Blatant Legal intern Raj Gambhir was the principal author of this post.The Trump administration has restricted the First Amendment right to record law enforcement by issuing an unprecedented nationwide

The government’s “temporary” 21-month drone ban—that covers the entire country, and shields federal agents from being recorded—is an attempt to avoid accountability. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Humble Tech Book Bundle: Linux, the Good Stuff by No Starch Unlock new levels of freedom and creativity when you use Linux—master the ins and outs of Linux today and help support charity!

Always wanted to go deeper with Linux? Now’s your chance with this @nostarchpress.bsky.social book bundle! You’ll also support EFF’s work when you pay what you want for this bundle 💸 www.humblebundle.com/books/linux...

Print Blocking Won't Work - Permission to Print Part 2 Legislators across the U.S. are proposing laws to force “print blockers” on 3D printers sold in their states. This mandated censorware is doomed to fail for its intended purpose, but will still

3D printers empower people to quickly repair and replace everyday items. Print-blocking bills threaten this lawful use, though the algorithms will inevitably be subverted by any lawbreakers. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Print Blocking is Anti-Consumer - Permission to Print Part 1 When legislators give companies an excuse to write untouchable code, it’s a disaster for everyone. This time, 3D printers are being targeted. Even if you’ve never used one, you’ve benefited from the

New legislation could spell the end for the creative open-source community that has grown around 3D printing. From medical equipment to cat toys, we can't let innovation be stifled by state mandated censorware. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

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Double Shot of Privacy's Defender in D.C. You're invited to join EFF’s Executive Director Cindy Cohn at two events in Washington, D.C. on the national tour for her new book: Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital

Cindy Cohn's tour discussing her new book, Privacy's Defender, continues in Washington, D.C. on April 13 with Gigi Sohn and April 14 with WISP! Register now: www.eff.org/deeplinks/2....

Weakening Speech Protections Will Punish All of Us—Not Just Meta Recently, a California Superior Court jury found that Meta and YouTube harmed a user through some of the features they offered. And a New Mexico jury concluded that Meta deceived young users into

Anger towards big tech companies exists because these companies harvest and exploit peoples’ data. We should pass laws to stop that. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

A Baseless Copyright Claim Against a Web Host—and Why It Failed Higbee & Associates, a law firm known for sending copyright demand letters to website owners, targeted May First Movement Technology, accusing it of infringing a photograph owned by Agence

Copyright law is supposed to reward creators. Too often, it’s used to shake down nonprofits even when they didn't post the accused content. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Tech Nonprofits to Feds: Don’t Weaponize Procurement to Undermine AI While the very public fight continues between the Department of Defense and Anthropic over whether the government can punish a company for refusing to allow its technology to be used for mass

Proposed rules about how the government buys and deploys AI could allow bureaucrats to sidestep necessary safeguards and supercharge mass surveillance. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

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The FAA’s “Temporary” Flight Restriction for Drones is a Blatant Attempt to Criminalize Filming ICE Legal intern Raj Gambhir was the principal author of this post.The Trump administration has restricted the First Amendment right to record law enforcement by issuing an unprecedented nationwide flight...

The FAA quietly imposed a nationwide drone restriction that prevents filming ICE and other federal agents within half a mile. It’s an attack on the First Amendment.

Print Blocking is Anti-Consumer - Permission to Print Part 1 When legislators give companies an excuse to write untouchable code, it’s a disaster for everyone. This time, 3D printers are being targeted. Even if you’ve never used one, you’ve benefited from the

Government shouldn't mandate corporate censorship on your devices. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Yes, VPNs can help you get around certain types of geographic restrictions, but it’s very important you do your due diligence before downloading one. ssd.eff.org/module/choo...

So, You’ve Hit an Age Gate. What Now? EFF is against age gating and age verification mandates, and we hope we’ll win in getting existing ones overturned and new ones prevented. But mandates are already in effect, and every day many

What creepy nonsense are companies up to when they try to guess your age or take your ID for age verification? www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

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Meta, Google under attack as court cases bypass 30-year-old legal shield Internet platforms have long been able to rely on special protections to avoid liability for what takes place on their sites. But that may be changing.

“Just labeling something as a design feature means nothing,” EFF’s @davidgreene.bsky.social told @cnbc.com. “If it’s speech, it’s speech and it gets both First Amendment protection and potentially Section 230 protection as well.”

A Baseless Copyright Claim Against a Web Host—and Why It Failed Higbee & Associates, a law firm known for sending copyright demand letters to website owners, targeted May First Movement Technology, accusing it of infringing a photograph owned by Agence

A nonprofit web host got a copyright demand—for a photo it didn’t post. They removed it anyway. The law firm still demanded money. EFF pushed back, and the claim fell apart. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

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