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Deeplinks Blog by Dave Maass, Matthew Guariglia | February 2, 2021

San Francisco Takes Small Step to Establish Oversight Over Business Association Surveillance

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors last week voted unanimously in favor of requiring all special business districts—such as the Union Square Business Improvement District (USBID)—to bring any new surveillance plans to the Board before adopting new technologies. The resolution—passed in the wake of an EFF investigation, a...

Event | February 5, 2021

EFF at CactusCon 2021

EFF is excited to be a part of the ninth iteration of CactusCon! We will be around the CactusCon Discord, so be sure to say hi and ask any questions about your digital rights!EFF's very own Director of Cybersecurity, Eva Galperin, will have a keynote on Friday, February...

Deeplinks Blog by Houston Davidson | February 2, 2021

Can Government Officials Block You on Social Media? A New Decision Makes the Law Murkier, But Users Still Have Substantial Rights

It’s now common practice for politicians and other government officials to make major policy announcements on Twitter and other social media forums. That’s continuing to raise important questions about who can read those announcements, and what happens when people are blocked from accessing and commenting on important social media...

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia, Erica Portnoy, Bill Budington | February 2, 2021

Amazon Ring’s End-to-End Encryption: What it Means

Almost one year after EFF called on Amazon’s surveillance doorbell company Ring to encrypt footage end-to-end, it appears they are starting to make this necessary change. This call was a response to a number of problematic and potentially harmful incidents, including larger concerns about Ring’s security and reports...

Event | February 12, 2021

Cypurr Social

The Cypurr Collective, a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance (not EFF), will host this event:CyPurr SocialFrom The Organizers:It's a long winter so spend some time with Cypurr! We're bringing back our monthly social, less of a workshop, and more of an opportunity to hang out...

Deeplinks Blog by Rory Mir | February 1, 2021

Keeping Up With "At Home with EFF": From Student Privacy to Online Censorship

We're excited to have yet another "At Home with the EFF" event coming up this Wednesday, February 3rd, with panels making sense of all the online censorship issues emerging this year. From the takedown of Parler to Trump getting banned, we'll offer an insider look on how censorship decisions...

Event | February 9, 2021

Reforming The Technology Of Public Safety

EFF Austin , a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event:Reforming The Technology Of Public SafetyFrom The Organizers:Our speaker this month is Kathy Mitchell. Kathy is an organizer, a writer and a grassroots lobbyist with more than 25 years experience promoting...

Deeplinks Blog by David Greene | January 29, 2021

The Old Media and the New Must Work Together to Preserve Free Speech Values

EFF Civil Liberties Director David Greene delivered the following as a keynote address on March 6, 2020, at the Media Law and Policy in the Digital Age: Global Challenges and Opportunities symposium hosted by Indiana University's Center for International Media Law and Policy Studies and its Barbara Restle Press Law...

Deeplinks Blog by Aaron Mackey | January 29, 2021

Arizona High Court Misses Opportunity to Uphold Internet Users’ Online Privacy

It’s an uncontroversial position that EFF has long fought for: Internet users expect their private online activities to stay that way. That’s why law enforcement should have to get a search warrant before getting records of people’s Internet activities. But in a disappointing decision earlier this month, the Arizona...

Event | January 28, 2021

Reimagining Public Safety: Can Surveillance Be A Fair & Effective Tool?

How does surveillance impact racial justice and public safety in Piedmont and our broader community? Join PREC, PADC, Piedmont League of Women Voters, and our panelists for a discussion on new surveillance technologies to monitor, track, and predict the actions of citizens.Featured SpeakersMatthew Guariglia, Policy AnalystElectronic Frontier FoundationMathew works on...

Event | February 3, 2021

At Home with EFF: Online Censorship Beyond Trump and Parler

This event is now over. You can watch a recorded version on the Internet Archive, on Facebook and YouTube.Join EFF and a host of platform and content moderation experts with experience at Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Pinterest for a provocative conversation about the free speech issues facing...

Deeplinks Blog by Katharine Trendacosta | January 27, 2021

It’s Not 230 You Hate, It’s Oligopolies

As we continue to hear calls to repeal or change Section 230, it appears that many people have conflated a law that affects the tech giants (among many others) with Big Tech as a whole. Section 230 is not a gift to Big Tech, nor is repealing it a panacea...

Event | January 28, 2021

EU Parliament debate: Is Big Tech too powerful?

Since the European Commission proposed a comprehensive set of new rules for all digital services in December—including social media, online market places, and other online platforms—the policy community continues to face pressing digital rights questions: How should digital platforms be regulated? Can EU legislation prevent manipulation and polarization on social...

Event | January 29, 2021

Anti-Surveillance and the Duty to Encrypt: Practical Lessons for Nonprofit Organizations

Anti-Surveillance and the Duty to Encrypt: Practical Lessons for Nonprofit OrganizationFrom the Organizers:Since the onset of COVID-19, many nonprofit organizations have had to face the question of how to use technology to serve their communities remotely, bringing new risk to already heavily surveilled communities. In this panel, Albert Cahn...

Event | January 26, 2021

Ban the Scan Press Conference

Ban the Scan Press ConferenceElectronic Frontier Alliance member The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), as well as Amnesty International, New York City's Public Advocate, Legal Aid Society, National Action Network, Warriors In The Garden, Immigrant Defense Project, New York Civil Liberties Union, EFF, and other advocates will hold an...

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San Francisco Takes Small Step to Establish Oversight Over Business Association Surveillance

EFF at CactusCon 2021

Can Government Officials Block You on Social Media? A New Decision Makes the Law Murkier, But Users Still Have Substantial Rights

Amazon Ring’s End-to-End Encryption: What it Means

Cypurr Social

Keeping Up With "At Home with EFF": From Student Privacy to Online Censorship

Reforming The Technology Of Public Safety

The Old Media and the New Must Work Together to Preserve Free Speech Values

Arizona High Court Misses Opportunity to Uphold Internet Users’ Online Privacy

Reimagining Public Safety: Can Surveillance Be A Fair & Effective Tool?

At Home with EFF: Online Censorship Beyond Trump and Parler

It’s Not 230 You Hate, It’s Oligopolies

EU Parliament debate: Is Big Tech too powerful?

Anti-Surveillance and the Duty to Encrypt: Practical Lessons for Nonprofit Organizations

Ban the Scan Press Conference

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