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Deeplinks Blog by Catalina Sanchez, Adam Schwartz | September 3, 2024

Americans Are Uncomfortable with Automated Decision-Making

Imagine a company you recently applied to work at used an artificial intelligence program to analyze your application to help expedite the review process. Does that creep you out? Well, you’re not alone.Consumer Reports recently released a national survey finding that Americans are uncomfortable with use of artificial intelligence...

FOIA Flashlight
Deeplinks Blog by Naomi Gilens | January 20, 2022

EFF Sues the U.S. State Department over Documents Related to Activist Leila Khaled

Over the last few years, technology platforms have repeatedly censored online expression by Palestinians and their allies. In one example of this, technology companies have refused to host speech by Palestinian activist Leila Khaled. Khaled is associated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a group on...

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Deeplinks Blog by Dave Maass, Aaron Mackey, Naomi Gilens, Caitlyn Crites | March 14, 2021

The Foilies 2021

Since 2015, The Foilies have served as an annual opportunity to name-and-shame the uncoolest government agencies and officials who have stood in the way of public access. We collect the most outrageous and ridiculous stories from around the country from journalists, activists, academics, and everyday folk who have filed public...
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Deeplinks Blog by Aaron Mackey | July 29, 2020

Court Denies EFF, ACLU Effort to Unseal Ruling Rejecting DOJ Effort to Break Encryption

A federal appeals court last week refused to unseal a court order that reportedly stopped the Justice Department from forcing Facebook to break the encryption it offers to users of its Messenger application.The unpublished decision ends an effort by EFF, ACLU, and Stanford cybersecurity scholar Riana Pfefferkorn to...

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Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | March 25, 2020

EFF Joins Coalition Urging Judicial Transparency During the COVID-19 Emergency

EFF and a number of other organizations that advocate for government transparency have signed onto a letter written by the First Amendment Coalition asking the California state judiciary to ensure public access to court proceedings and records.Many clerk’s offices are restricting entry and many operations of the state court...

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Deeplinks Blog by Naomi Gilens, Alex Moss | March 23, 2020

The Time Is Now: The Supreme Court Must Allow Live Cameras

At a time when government officials are justifiably limiting in-person gatherings to slow the spread of COVID-19, the public should have access to essential government activities. The Supreme Court is no exception, which is why it must finally allow cameras in its courtroom.Responding to the health and safety concerns raised...

Deeplinks Blog by Camille Fischer | November 2, 2018

EFF Asks California Supreme Court to Hear Case on Anonymization and the Ability to Access Data Under the California Public Records Act

EFF is filing an amicus letter in support of a petition for review, asking the California Supreme Court to overturn a harmful appellate court decision in Sander v. State Bar of California that could prevent people from requesting public records from databases that contain private information, even if...

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Deeplinks Blog by Jillian C. York | May 16, 2018

Facebook Releases First-Ever Community Standards Enforcement Report

For the first time, Facebook has published detailed information about how it enforces its own community standards. On Tuesday, the company announced the release of its Community Standards Enforcement Preliminary Report, covering enforcement efforts between October 2017 and March 2018 in...
Deeplinks Blog by Dave Maass | February 16, 2018

EFF and MuckRock Are Filing a Thousand Public Records Requests About ALPR Data Sharing

EFF and MuckRock have a launched a new public records campaign to reveal how much data law enforcement agencies have collected using automated license plate readers (ALPRs) and are sharing with each other.
Over the next few weeks, the two organizations are filing approximately 1,000 public records requests with...

FOIA Flashlight
Deeplinks Blog by Aaron Mackey | December 15, 2017

Senator Calls on Courts to Increase Transparency of Surveillance Orders

Federal courts must end the excessive secrecy surrounding law enforcement surveillance orders, a U.S. Senator urged in a letter on Friday. This secrecy block’s the public’s ability to fully understand how police conduct this surveillance, the lawmaker wrote.
The letter, sent by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Or), asks federal...

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