Instead of banning TikTok, "to truly reduce the supply of data that foreign adversaries can obtain, we need federal privacy legislation that limits how all companies collect and share our personal data,” EFF’s Babette Ngene told Context. https://www.context.news/big-tech/tiktok-bans-what-could-they-mean-for-you
Courts have rejected recent efforts to copyright parts of the law. EFF urges the Third Circuit to do the same. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/eff-urges-third-circuit-join-legal-chorus-no-one-owns-law
News of 23andMe’s bankruptcy “should be a wake-up call for lawmakers, who must work to pass stronger comprehensive privacy protections in general and genetic-privacy protections in particular,” EFF’s Mario Trujillo told nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqf38wzgkewuzt90sdx5hzk2s7d7q7wp3fpducp9d07um8zs4q373sd23ke5. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-you-should-delete-your-23andme-account-heres-the-worst-that-could-happen-if-your-dna-data-is-exposed-d33bb25f
Signal's a great app to keep your communications secure, but make sure you know the identities of the users in your group chats.
Our SSD guide on how to use Signal includes guidance on managing your group chat preferences. https://ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-use-signal#manage-your-group-chat-preferences
Is there hope for social media? Watch live on March 20 as EFF's David Greene and Jillian York speak with panelists from Bluesky, Mastodon, and Spill. eff.org/livestream-socialmedia
“If companies are violating the law, you should be able to sue them,” EFF’s nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq5hw020g0ggway7t5n752z9hrq9h2p094j99x4wax0xvndzhntwtsu2myqu told Source New Mexico. “People should be empowered to be their own privacy enforcers. They have a sense of what the costs are to them and their privacy the best." https://sourcenm.com/2025/03/13/big-tech-lobbies-new-mexico-for-ag-backed-bill/
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Mark Klein. In 2006, Mark showed up at EFF’s front door with a simple question: “Do you folks care about privacy?” We did. And what Mark told us changed everything. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/memoriam-mark-klein-att-whistleblower-about-nsa-mass-spying
“In countries with authoritarian leanings like China, stringent government controls over data flows are twisted into tools of censorship, surveillance, and repression,” EFF’s Katitza Rodriguez told nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqlyqjz2k6t0jkxyewwwupfugsuej7wucn9xzawgzdleqhq3xm27nqgqfecz. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/09/meta-china-censorship-facebook-mark-zuckerberg/
Cell-site simulators (CSS, also known as Stingrays or IMSI catchers) are devices that masquerade as legitimate cell-phone towers, tricking phones within a certain radius into connecting to the device rather than a tower. Our new tool, Rayhunter, can help you find them. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet-rayhunter-new-open-source-tool-eff-detect-cellular-spying
Being able to access information about abortion online is more vital than ever – and yet content is being taken down and advocates are having their accounts banned. It’s time for Big Tech to #StopCensoringAbortion. https://www.eff.org/uncensored
EFF is at #RightsCon25 and we're showing our support for Alaa Abd El Fattah. Read more about Alaa's story and take action: https://freealaa.net. #FreeAlaa
EFF’s nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq0pum06v8jsyl43qypzul554r3dutgqfxh4h26fmc574q8wqqtv7sc96m28 joined Tech Policy Press’ Sunday Show to discuss the first systemic risk assessments and independent audit reports from Very Large Online Platforms and Search Engines produced in compliance with the EU's Digital Services Act.
DOJ officials from cybercrime division and FBI were part of team that sought to significantly narrow one of the most important laws for free speech online. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/first-trump-doj-assembled-tiger-team-rewrite-key-law-protecting-online-speech
BREAKING: We are suing DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to stop the brazen and illegal data sharing of federal employee data with the “government efficiency” group. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/eff-sues-doge-and-office-personnel-management-halt-ransacking-federal-data
The U.K. government's insistence that Apple creates an encryption backdoor undermines our right to private spaces. Apple must resist these efforts. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/uks-demands-apple-break-encryption-emergency-us-all
VICTORY! After over a decade, a federal court has declared that warrantless backdoor searches of US person’s communications collected under Section 702 of FISA is unconstitutional. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/victory-federal-court-finally-rules-backdoor-searches-702-data-unconstitutional
Platforms shouldn’t silence people for drawing attention to the influence those platforms, and other large companies, have. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/platforms-systematically-removed-user-because-he-made-most-wanted-ceo-playing
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“The UAE is an authoritarian state with a dismal human rights record and a history of using technology to spy on activists, journalists, and dissidents,” EFF’s nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqdzv5n3kypy77e83p7hxk4dvn6d4dwd9yqsw924rgplx3z0pkqupq5u90wk told nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq4lpy6kf4n66qtjttw76gcl3swt02txtw2sx7vamft3s69rj9kt8sd0d3nt, so it likely would optimize AI not for democracy but for police states. https://www.wired.com/story/uae-intelligence-chief-ai-money/
Download Privacy Badger to block spying ads and invisible trackers. https://www.eff.org/pages/privacy-badger