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The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF champions user privacy, free expression, and innovation through impact litigation, policy analysis, grassroots activism, and technology development.
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Dismiss Church's Trademark Lawsuit Against "Mormon Stories" Podcast, EFF Urges Court
Imagine if McDonald's could use trademark law to control how you use the term "fast food." Or if the Canadian government could stop you from using the word "Canada" in the title of a book about the country and its people. That wouldn't just be absurd; it
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Meta Must Stop Silencing Reproductive Health Information
Access to accurate information about reproductive and maternal health can be critical. But on Meta's platforms, simply talking about prescription medication, abortion care, or one's own medical experiences can be enough to trigger content removals and acc
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Tomorrow's U.S. Senate Vote: Four Internet Bills, One Wrong Direction
The Senate Commerce Committee will vote this week on severa...
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Appeals Court Agrees with EFF that Building a Web Browser Doesn't Violate the CFAA
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has endorsed a commonsense technical interpretation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a law not usually given to such interpretation. Amazon had sued Perplexity AI to try to shut down its Comet browser, claimin
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Mobile Ad Software Encourages Location Data Sharing, EFF Report Finds
Developers Must Beware of Ad Libraries that Betray Users' Privacy SAN FRANCISCO - Some software development kits (SDKs) provided by advertising companies to help develope...
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Developers: Beware of Ad Libraries that Betray Your Users' Location Privacy
Across mobile platforms, advertising companies provide developers with software development kits (SDKs) that make it easy to monetize their apps. But those same SDKs can automatically feed users' location data into ad systems tha...
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Technology's Power in the Hands of the People
In the scorching heat of every Las Vegas summer, EFF joins thousands of hackers, makers, policy analysts, and activists for the world's largest computer security gathering. If you're there during this summer security week, be sure to say hello to us at BS
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The Senate Should Reject KOSA's Privacy Risks
Update: The Senate Commerce Committee voted to advance this bill on August 5, 2026. EFF continues to oppose the bill, which still needs approval from the full Senate. The Senate Commerce Committee is once again considering legislation that would dramatica
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EFF Joins 18 Civil Rights Organizations Calling on Governor Hochul to Reject the Stealth Crawler Prohibition Act
EFF joined a group of 18 civil society organizations to send a letter encouraging New York Governor Kathy Hochul to veto Senate Bill 9934A, the New York Stealth Crawler Prohibition Act . The letter states: Whi...
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EFF Joins Call for FTC to Drop Its Disastrous AI Policy Proposal
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in July issued a proposed policy statement "concerning the suppression of accuracy in artificial intelligence systems. " We urge the FTC to withdraw this misguided proposal and instead focus on its core strengths and mis
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