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Young people should be able to access information, speak to each other and to the world, play games, and express themselves online without the government making decisions about what speech is permissible. But in one of the latest misguided attempts to protect children online, internet users of all ages in the UK are being forced to prove their age before they can access millions of websites under the country’s Online Safety Act (OSA). The legislation attempts to make the UK...
Companies large and small are doubling down on digital rights , and we’re excited to see more and more of them join EFF. We’re first and always an organization who fights for users, so you might be asking: Why does EFF work with corporate donors, and why do they want to work with us? SHOW YOUR COMPANY SUPPORTS A BETTER DIGITAL FUTURE JOIN EFF TODAY Businesses want to work with EFF for two reasons: They, their employees, and their customers...
Of the many principles EFF fights for in consumer data privacy legislation , one of the most basic is a right to access the data companies have about you. It’s only fair. So many companies collect information about us without our knowledge or consent. We at least should have a way to find out what they purport to know about our lives. Yet a recent paper from researchers at the University of Californian-Irvine found that, of 543 data brokers in...
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Get honest answers to the questions that have been bugging you about technology.
