The Trump administration’s new policy requiring applicants for student and exchange visas to set social media accounts to “public” for government review is a dangerous expansion of existing social media collection efforts. This policy gravely chills free expression. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/you-shouldnt-have-make-your-social-media-public-get-visa

Completely unconstrained capitalism turns technology into weapons instead of tools, nostr:npub1kauyd65xw8t5py2mhtv33p8sjkqqwpe57csgqa9gf6y36yz2f9hswqu58k tells EFF’s Cindy Cohn and nostr:npub164ndyysc09s7r806xrelhrcpra6vldzxf00cnac7el57fmf4ttqqfde7av on the latest episode of “How to Fix the Internet.” https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/podcast-episode-smashing-tech-oligarchy

A bar hosted a drag show. Now Florida wants a list of names. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/you-went-drag-show-now-state-florida-wants-your-name

“What the government is trying to achieve is one big database with all of the data that the president can use, however he wants,” EFF’s nostr:npub1wfn0f6j383ajhfvsahrggpk34qp4eyz7uenghzs52awaauynqrzsjqj5jr told Truthdig. https://www.truthdig.com/articles/deputizing-the-irs/

Using a little extra juice to power Christmas lights shouldn’t bring the cops to your door — but police looking for cannabis are using power meters as home-mounted spies. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/when-your-power-meter-becomes-tool-mass-surveillance

After the Supreme Court's decision in FSC v. Paxton, EFF and others fighting against online age restrictions have our work cut out for us. But the case doesn't apply to all age restrictions. And we'll keep fighting to protect against broader age-gating mandates. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/despite-supreme-court-setback-eff-fights-against-online-age-mandates

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We've spent three+ decades defending your rights online—and we're not slowing down: https://eff.org/35years

Did you know EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense has 39 guides on how to keep yourself secure online? Privacy and security are important for everyone. Support our work today: https://supporters.eff.org/donate/support-surveillance-self-defense

When you donate to EFF, you're supporting the engineers, lawyers, and skilled advocates that tend the path for technology users' rights to privacy, expression, and innovation online. https://eff.org/35years

If you’re arrested you should be able to examine the technology used to identify you, especially if there’s a history of inaccuracies. We argue just that in our latest amicus brief. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/eff-nj-supreme-court-prosecutors-must-disclose-details-regarding-frt-used-identify

Calling all journalists covering the US-MX border and immigration: we're teaming up with Freedom of the Press Foundation, Centre for Investigative Journalism and ACOS Alliance to offer dedicated security workshops in Albuquerque and El Paso in August. Apply here! https://eff.org/jstapp

When scrapers are not deployed thoughtfully, they can contribute to higher hosting costs, lower performance, and even site outages. The companies running these bots must do better. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/keeping-web-under-weight-ai-crawlers

🗣️ Livestream Alert: Pride in Digital Freedom—this Thursday! Join EFF's Daly Barnett and Rin Alajaji with special guests Andy Izenson and Mandy Salley, for a conversation about digital freedom and the LGBT+ community. eff.org/livestream-pride2025

Google, Meta, and Amazon are among the top companies tracking you across the web. By automatically blocking their trackers, Privacy Badger makes it harder for Big Tech companies to profit from your personal information. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/online-tracking-out-control-privacy-badger-can-help-you-fight-back

The EU is pushing a plan to give police "lawful access" to encrypted messages. But there’s no such thing—without breaking the encryption. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/eus-encryption-roadmap-makes-everyone-less-safe

EFF’s Tori Noble joined Here & Now’s Scott Tong to discuss how the Trump Administration’s effort to amass Americans' personal data into one massive database raises the risk of privacy violations by the government or by bad actors. https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/05/28/doge-data

"It's not about the integrity of your face or driver's license, it's about the database where you have no control," EFF’s India McKinney told nostr:npub163fqvlu52npsgtnnqescpuxn5gfdc8y2ju8ztfy00jjkx905ktcqagetaf, with risk of misidentification, security breaches, plus human or technological error. https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2025/05/20/tsa-facial-recognition-safety/83726603007/

Congress is bringing back the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). It doesn’t protect kids—it gives government officials power to pressure platforms to take down lawful speech. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/kids-online-safety-act-will-make-internet-worse-everyone

Google, Meta, and Amazon are among the top companies tracking you across the web. By automatically blocking their trackers, Privacy Badger makes it harder for Big Tech companies to profit from your personal information. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/online-tracking-out-control-privacy-badger-can-help-you-fight-back

The IRS has a long history of keeping tax information confidential. But a new data-sharing agreement with ICE breaks that precedence and betrays the trust of immigrant communities in ways that could bear consequences for decades. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/irs-ice-immigrant-data-sharing-agreement-betrays-data-privacy-and-taxpayers-trust

Your location data isn’t just a pin on a map. It can reveal where you work, worship, protest, or seek healthcare—and it’s being harvested, sold, and weaponized. Lawmakers must act now to protect our privacy. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/privacy-map-how-states-are-fighting-location-surveillance

The EU’s proposed Mini-ID Wallet could change how millions verify their age online-but who gets left out? Marginalized groups risk losing access to crucial services. Privacy and inclusion must be at the center of digital ID debates. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/age-verification-european-union-mini-id-wallet

Thanks in part to messages from EFF supporters, the Washington legislature passed a strong consumer electronics right-to-repair legislation through both the House and Senate. If you’re in Washington State, please urge the governor to sign these important bills. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/washingtons-right-repair-bill-heads-governor

Rampant use of police surveillance tech “really comes down to a question of, do we want to live in a city where all of us – all of us, not just 'criminals,' but all of us - are watched & listened to everywhere we go?” EFF's nostr:npub1s7nq66zrj4s3jkzkltl63qk2jd95fr877kzvnh9m49ywyslpn6xsyy0l5t told NBC Bay Area. https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/san-francisco-police-tour-new-facility/3840883/

“Companies are collecting so much information about us and in such covert ways that it really feels like they’re listening to us,” EFF’s Lena Cohen tells nostr:npub19k52q67zxucnnzp0p6y2hsnd36v0u47qrjef7mz2qe3v30h0w5uqfnl8e8 on Malwarebytes’ Lock and Code podcast. https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/podcast/2025/04/is-your-phone-listening-to-you-lock-and-code-s06e07