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Help Bring Dark Patterns To Light

We’re joining Consumer Reports, Access Now, PEN America, and Harry Brignull (founder of DarkPatterns.org), in announcing the Dark Patterns Tip Line. It’s an online platform hosted by Consumer Reports that allows people to submit and highlight deceptive design patterns they see in everyday products and services. Help us shine a...

Fiber for Breakfast: The Politics of Fiber

In this Fiber for Breakfast, join Ernesto Falcon, Senior Legislative Counsel at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and hear from a lead advocate from the state of California on their effort to get the 5th largest economy in the world to adopt a fiber standard in its broadband infrastructure policy. In...

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Spring Members' Speakeasy Online

Join us virtually on Monday, May 24th, for our spring EFF members' meet-up! We'll be exploring a custom browser-based virtual space built in Gather where you'll get to chat with EFF staff and learn about EFF's latest work in defending freedom online.This event is...

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United States v. Ellis

Along with the ACLU of Pennsylvania, we filed an amicus brief in the United States District Court for Western Pennsylvania explaining that secret forensic technology is inconsistent with criminal defendants’ constitutional rights and the public’s right to oversee the criminal trial process. We also explain why source code, and other...

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President Biden Revokes Unconstitutional Executive Order Retaliating Against Online Platforms

President Joe Biden on Friday rescinded a dangerous and unconstitutional Executive Order issued by President Trump that threatened internet users’ ability to obtain truthful information online and retaliated against services that fact-checked the former president. The Executive Order called on multiple federal agencies to punish private online social media...

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How Your DNA—or Someone Else’s—Can Send You to Jail

Although DNA is individual to you—a “fingerprint” of your genetic code—DNA samples don’t always tell a complete story. The DNA samples used in criminal prosecutions are generally of low quality, making them particularly complicated to analyze. They are not very concentrated, not very complete, or are a mixture of multiple...

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