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Will Congress Renew Controversial Surveillance Law? Electronic Frontier Foundation's Cindy Cohn

A key provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is set to expire Friday unless it is reauthorized by Congress. Section 702 allows for the warrantless surveillance of f...

This website shows you exactly what sites know about you

There are a lot of things you can do to make it harder to trace who you are online. But, like the criminal in a shitty prime-time cop show, we always leave behind a little...

Open Records Laws Reveal ALPRs’ Sprawling Surveillance. Now States Want to Block What the Public Sees.

Reporters, community advocates, EFF, and others have used public records laws to reveal and counteract abuse, misuse, and fraudulent narratives around how law enforcement agencies...

Freedom Caucus Launches ‘Don’t Spy on Me’ Campaign

With the expiration of an important federal spy power approaching, the House Freedom Caucus—the House of Representatives’ hardline conservative faction—is preparing for battle in w...

Bipartisan Bill Would Protect Archived Emails from Warrantless Searches

Lawmakers say the bill would close a privacy loophole

Everlaw Becomes a 2021 Data Privacy Day Champion

Everlaw Becomes a 2021 Data Privacy Day Champion...

Tor Project to lead Web3 crowdfunding to support internet freedom

Global internet freedom has declined for 15 consecutive years, with more countries restricting access to more of the internet, according to Freedom House. A coalition of privacy a...

Free Speech Unmuted: The First Amendment and Privacy Rights

Jane Bambauer and I explore the uneasy collision between free speech and privacy law—from anonymous pamphlets and wiretaps to revenge porn, hidden cameras, Hulk Hogan, and whether...

Bipartisan JAWBONE Act Targets Government Censorship Threats

Government agencies would have to report communications and could be sued for bullying.

The 'Big Brother' surveillance law everyone in Washington hates for different reasons is expiring

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — the law that allows the government to spy on foreign targets overseas, including their communications with Americans — ha...

Activist Alert

“Your freedom of speech is freedom or death, we got to fight the powers that be!” ― Chuck D, rapper, Public Enemy • Check EugeneTogetherStrong.org … Continue reading →

San Francisco District Attorney’s Office + Everlaw

San Francisco District Attorney’s Office + Everlaw Play this video on Vimeo "The technology that you...

Who Owns Your Data?

The Supreme Court could be poised to decide whether it's you or Big Tech companies.

Canada-US coalition emerges against Mark Carney's surveillance bill

What happens when a government can order technology companies to create a back door into encrypted communications that even they cannot access?A rare cross-border coalition of Cana...

How Everlaw for Good Empowers Reporters to Mine Big Data for Stories

Summary Empowering Investigative Journalism with Smart, Secure Tech...

AI Agents and the CFAA: Amazon.Com Services v. Perplexity AI

Just a preliminary injunction stage, but an important case to follow.

GoDaddy Sounds Alarm Over How India Law Would Upend Internet Privacy Everywhere

Anonymity remains under attack.

#TBOT 23: KYC for Your Phone, New ReCAPTCHA, UK Digital ID, Decentralized Social Media – NOSTR

Your weekly tech update! Tonight, the FCC, Google, and the UK Government make big moves against private and free technology. The hits don’t stop — keep ’em coming, and we’ll keep t...

A Flood of CIPA Wiretap Claims Is Hitting Websites Nationwide

Help save Internet Archive's Wayback Machine by signing this petition

Many publishers and news organizations, including the New York Times, USA Today, The Atlantic, and more, continue to block the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine from archiving jou...

Madison Square Garden Targeted Privacy Activists and Surveillance Critics

A leaked dossier exposes the private data of prominent digital rights activists who publicly criticized the company's facial recognition technology.

Activist Alert

“The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.” ― bell hooks, author … Continue reading →

Congress Fails to Reauthorize America’s Most Powerful Surveillance Law, Which Expires at Midnight Friday

“Every day that Section 702 is in effect without reforms is a day that Americans’ rights are under threat," Sen. Ron Wyden said.

Hundreds Donate to Support Air Force Engineer Charged with Destroying Automatic License Plate Readers

Hundreds of supporters are rallying with donations for a U.S. Air Force engineer charged with destroying more than a dozen surveillance cameras last year in Virginia, and reportedl...