UPDATE: On January 9, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court denied NSO Group's request to hear the case, leaving in place the Ninth Circuit's opinion.Vendors of surveillance technology can make big money on the global market, frequently by enabling authoritarian governments to spy on journalists and activists. That’s why, for...

The EU's Digital Services Act is a chance to preserve what works and to fix what is broken. EFF and other civil society groups have advocated for new rules that protect fundamental rights online, while formulating a bold vision to address today's most pressing challenges. However, while the initial...

This post is the first of two analyzing the risks of approving dangerous and disproportionate surveillance obligations in the Brazilian Fake News bill. You can read our second article here.The revised text of Brazil’s so-called Fake News bill (draft bill 2630), aimed at countering disinformation online, contains both...