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Event | February 23, 2021

The CASE Act: What's Next?

EFF Senior Staff Attorney Mitch Stoltz will speak on a panel hosted by the San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association (SFIPLA) about the implementation and impact of the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2020 (CASE Act). This new legislation means Internet users could face up to...

Event | March 11, 2021

On the Need for Shared European Digital Public Spaces

EFF's Director of Strategy, Danny O'Brien, joins others working on European digital public spaces, about our work with the public Internet in a short presentation, followed at 19:30 CET by a panel discussion with Alexander Baratsits of the Cultural Broadcasting Archive, Prof. Dr. Barbara Thomaß of the Institute...

Deeplinks Blog by Katharine Trendacosta | February 19, 2021

How Do Copyright Rules Affect Internet Creators? And What Can They Do About It?

This event has ended. Click here to watch a recording of the event.If you make and share things online, professionally or for fun, you’ve been affected by copyright law. You may use a service that depends on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) in order to survive. You may...

Deeplinks Blog by Katharine Trendacosta | February 19, 2021

La policía usando música para intentar evitar ser filmados es sólo la punta del iceberg

Alguien intenta retransmitir en directo sus encuentros con la policía, sólo para descubrir que la policía empezó a poner música. En el caso del encuentro del 5 de febrero entre un activista y el Departamento de Policía de Beverly Hills, la canción elegida fue "Santeria" de Sublime. Puede...

Press Release | February 19, 2021

Racial and Immigrant Justice Groups Sue Government for Records of COVID-19 Data Surveillance

San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is representing four racial and immigrant justice groups— Just Futures Law, MediaJustice, Mijente Support Committee, and the Immigrant Defense Project—suing the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services under the Freedom of Information Act...

Event | February 26, 2021

Copyright for Internet Creators Town Hall

This event has ended. Click here to watch a recording of the event.If you make and share things online, professionally or for fun, you've been affected by copyright law. Whether you're a YouTube creator, a fanfiction writer, or just interested in watching or sharing "transformative" works (or pretty much...

Deeplinks Blog by Naomi Gilens, Sophia Cope | February 17, 2021

EFF to First Circuit: Schools Should Not Be Policing Students’ Weekend Snapchat Posts

This blog post was co-written by EFF intern Haley Amster.EFF filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit urging the court to hold that under the First Amendment public schools may not punish students for their off-campus speech, including posting to social...

Deeplinks Blog by Hayley Tsukayama | February 16, 2021

Speak Up for Real Privacy in Virginia

Last week, we raised the alarm about an empty privacy bill moving fast through the Virginia legislature. The bill, SB 1392, is supported by Microsoft and Amazon, and would set a dangerous standard for state privacy bills. Take ActionVirginia: Speak Up for Real PrivacyThe bill has passed through...

Deeplinks Blog by Alex Moss | February 16, 2021

EFF a la Oficina de Patentes: No a las nuevas patentes de diseño

El diseño es increíblemente importante para el uso y la elección de los productos, pero las patentes de diseño no lo son. Sólo otorgan derechos exclusivos a las características ornamentales de los productos, que por definición no son útiles ni artísticas; para las que sí lo son, existen en cambio...

Deeplinks Blog by Katitza Rodriguez, Danny O'Brien | February 16, 2021

La represión de la libertad de expresión en Turquía afecta a Twitter y Clubhouse, pero - sobre todo - al pueblo turco.

La EFF ha hecho un seguimiento de las medidas enérgicas del gobierno turco contra las plataformas tecnológicas y sus continuos esfuerzos para obligarlas a cumplir con normas draconianas sobre el control de contenidos y el acceso a los datos de los usuarios. De momento, el gobierno...

Deeplinks Blog by Katitza Rodriguez | February 16, 2021

La propuesta para regular a los intermediarios online en Indonesia podría ser la más represiva hasta la fecha.

Indonesia es el último gobierno que propone un marco legal para obligar a las plataformas de redes sociales, aplicaciones y otros proveedores de servicios en línea a aceptar la jurisdicción local sobre sus contenidos y las políticas y prácticas de datos de los usuarios. Y en muchos sentidos, su propuesta...

Event | February 18, 2021

Who controls the messengers? Regulating journalism and social media while protecting free speech

Social media is being blamed for sowing division, which contributed to the attacks on the Washington Capitol Building and is undermining the fight against Covid-19. Action is needed. But who should decide, could that action undermine the principles of free expression, and what is the role of journalism in the...

Press Release | February 16, 2021

New EFF Report Shows Cops Used Ring Cameras to Monitor Black Lives Matter Protests

San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has obtained emails that show that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) sent at least one request—and likely many more—for Amazon Ring camera video of last summer’s Black-led protests against police violence. In a report released today, EFF shows that the...

Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia, Dave Maass | February 16, 2021

La policía de Los Ángeles solicitó grabaciones de Ring de las protestas de Black Lives Matter

Junto con otras organizaciones y activistas de las libertades civiles, la EFF ha advertido durante mucho tiempo que Amazon Ring y otros dispositivos de vigilancia doméstica en red podrían utilizarse para vigilar la actividad política y las protestas. Ahora tenemos pruebas documentadas de que nuestros temores eran fundados.Según los correos...

Event | February 17, 2021

What's All the Fuss About Section 230?

Electronic Frontiers Georgia, a local organization in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, (not EFF) will host this event:What's All the Fuss About Section 230?From the Organizers:We're hearing a lot about Section 230 today, and whether it should be changed or eliminated to address the problems of "Big Tech".Just...

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The CASE Act: What's Next?

On the Need for Shared European Digital Public Spaces

How Do Copyright Rules Affect Internet Creators? And What Can They Do About It?

La policía usando música para intentar evitar ser filmados es sólo la punta del iceberg

Racial and Immigrant Justice Groups Sue Government for Records of COVID-19 Data Surveillance

Copyright for Internet Creators Town Hall

EFF to First Circuit: Schools Should Not Be Policing Students’ Weekend Snapchat Posts

Speak Up for Real Privacy in Virginia

EFF a la Oficina de Patentes: No a las nuevas patentes de diseño

La represión de la libertad de expresión en Turquía afecta a Twitter y Clubhouse, pero - sobre todo - al pueblo turco.

La propuesta para regular a los intermediarios online en Indonesia podría ser la más represiva hasta la fecha.

Who controls the messengers? Regulating journalism and social media while protecting free speech

New EFF Report Shows Cops Used Ring Cameras to Monitor Black Lives Matter Protests

La policía de Los Ángeles solicitó grabaciones de Ring de las protestas de Black Lives Matter

What's All the Fuss About Section 230?

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