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Deeplinks Blog by Christopher Vines | November 21, 2024

Organizing for Digital Rights in the Pacific Northwest

Recently I traveled to Portland, Oregon to speak at the PDX People’s Digital Safety Fair, meet up with five groups in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, and attend BSides PDX 2024. Portland’s first ever Digital Safety Fair was a success and five of our six EFA organizations in the area...

Deeplinks Blog by David Greene | November 21, 2024

Speaking Freely: Anriette Esterhuysen

Anriette Esterhuysen is a human rights defender and computer networking trailblazer from South Africa. She has pioneered the use of Internet and Communications Technologies (ICTs) to promote social justice in South Africa and throughout the world, focusing on affordable Internet access. She was the executive director of Association for Progressive...

Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | November 20, 2024

Oppose The Patent-Troll-Friendly PREVAIL Act

Update 11/21/2024: The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11-10 in favor of PREVAIL, and several senators expressed concerns about the bill. Thanks to EFF supporters who spoke out! We will continue to oppose this misguided bill. Good news: the Senate Judiciary Committee has dropped one of the two terrible patent...

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | November 19, 2024

The U.S. National Security State is Here to Make AI Even Less Transparent and Accountable

As the US national security state attempts to leverage powerful commercial AI to give it an edge, there are a number of questions that remain unanswered about how much that ever-tightening relationship will impact much needed transparency and accountability for private AI and for-profit automated decision making systems.

Deeplinks Blog by Christian Romero | November 19, 2024

Now's The Time to Start (or Renew) a Pledge for EFF Through the CFC

The Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) pledge period is underway and runs through January 15, 2024! If you're a U.S. federal employee or retiree, be sure to show your support for EFF by using our CFC ID 10437.Not sure how to make a pledge? No problem--it’s easy! First, head over to...

Deeplinks Blog by David Greene | November 19, 2024

Speaking Freely: Marjorie Heins

Marjorie Heins is a writer, former civil rights/civil liberties attorney, and past director of the Free Expression Policy Project (FEPP) and the American Civil Liberties Union's Arts Censorship Project. She is the author of "Priests of Our Democracy: The Supreme Court, Academic Freedom, and the Anti-Communist Purge," which won the...

Deeplinks Blog by Jillian C. York | November 18, 2024

On Alaa Abd El Fattah’s 43rd Birthday, the Fight For His Release Continues

Today marks prominent British-Egyptian coder, blogger, activist, and political prisoner Alaa Abd El Fattah’s 43rd birthday—his eleventh behind bars. Alaa should have been released on September 29, but Egyptian authorities have continued his imprisonment in contravention of the country’s own Criminal Procedure Code

Deeplinks Blog by Christian Romero | November 14, 2024

"Why Is It So Expensive To Repair My Devices?"

Now, of course, we’ve all dropped a cell phone, picked it up, and realized that we’ve absolutely destroyed its screen. Right? Or is it just me...? Either way, you’ve probably seen how expensive it can be to repair a device, whether it be a cell phone, laptop, or even a...

Deeplinks Blog by Christian Romero | November 13, 2024

EFF Is Ready for What's Next | EFFector 36.14

Don't be scared of your backlog of digital rights news, instead, check out EFF's EFFector newsletter! It's the one-stop-shop to keeping up with the latest in the fight for online freedoms. This time we cover our expectations and preparations for the next U.S. presidential administration, surveillance towers at...

Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | November 13, 2024

Tell Congress To Stop These Last-Minute Bills That Help Patent Trolls

The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (S. 2140), or PERA, would undo vital limits on computer technology patents that the Supreme Court established in the landmark 2014 Alice v. CLS Bank decision. Alice barred patent applicants from obtaining patents simply by adding generic computer language to abstract ideas.

Deeplinks Blog by David Greene | November 12, 2024

Speaking Freely: Tanka Aryal

Tanka Aryal is the President of Digital Rights Nepal. He is an attorney practicing at the Supreme Court of Nepal. He has long worked to promote digital rights, the right to information, freedom of expression, civic space, accountability, and internet freedom nationally for the last 15 years. Mr. Aryal holds...

Deeplinks Blog by Bill Budington | November 8, 2024

Creators of This Police Location Tracking Tool Aren't Vetting Buyers. Here's How To Protect Yourself

Now more than ever, attorneys general in states hostile to reproductive choice will be emboldened to use every tool at their disposal to incriminate those exerting their bodily autonomy. Locate X is a powerful tool they can use to do this. So here are some timely tips to help protect...

Deeplinks Blog by Hayley Tsukayama | November 8, 2024

Celebrating the Life of Aaron Swartz: Aaron Swartz Day 2024

Aaron Swartz was a digital rights champion who believed deeply in keeping the internet open. His life was cut short in 2013, after federal prosecutors charged him under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) for systematically downloading academic journal articles from the online database JSTOR. Facing the...

Deeplinks Blog by Sophia Cope | November 8, 2024

EFF to Second Circuit: Electronic Device Searches at the Border Require a Warrant

EFF, along with ACLU and the New York Civil Liberties Union, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit urging the court to require a warrant for border searches of electronic devices, an argument EFF has been making in the courts...

Deeplinks Blog by Aaron Mackey | November 7, 2024

EFF to Court: Reject X’s Effort to Revive a Speech-Chilling Lawsuit Against a Nonprofit

This post was co-written by EFF legal intern Gowri Nayar.X’s lawsuit against the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate is intended to stifle criticism and punish the organization for its reports criticizing the platform’s content moderation practices, and a previous ruling dismissing the lawsuit should be affirmed, EFF and multiple...

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Organizing for Digital Rights in the Pacific Northwest

Speaking Freely: Anriette Esterhuysen

Oppose The Patent-Troll-Friendly PREVAIL Act

The U.S. National Security State is Here to Make AI Even Less Transparent and Accountable

Now's The Time to Start (or Renew) a Pledge for EFF Through the CFC

Speaking Freely: Marjorie Heins

On Alaa Abd El Fattah’s 43rd Birthday, the Fight For His Release Continues

"Why Is It So Expensive To Repair My Devices?"

EFF Is Ready for What's Next | EFFector 36.14

Tell Congress To Stop These Last-Minute Bills That Help Patent Trolls

Speaking Freely: Tanka Aryal

Creators of This Police Location Tracking Tool Aren't Vetting Buyers. Here's How To Protect Yourself

Celebrating the Life of Aaron Swartz: Aaron Swartz Day 2024

EFF to Second Circuit: Electronic Device Searches at the Border Require a Warrant

EFF to Court: Reject X’s Effort to Revive a Speech-Chilling Lawsuit Against a Nonprofit

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