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A court has ruled that a police cannot rifle through entire zip codes' worth of people's private utility data. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Victory! Court Ends Dragnet Electricity Surveillance Program in Sacramento
For more than a decade, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District coordinated with police to sift through the granular smart meter data of residents without suspicion to find evidence of cannabis grow...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A court has ruled that a police cannot rifle through entire zip codes' worth of people's private utility data. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
New suit from @mariotrujillo.bsky.social and me.
📢 BREAKING 📢
We're suing the departments of Justice and Homeland Security to get answers about ICE-spotting app takedowns. Read more about our FOIA lawsuit: www.eff.org/press/relea...
We're suing the departments of Justice and Homeland Security to get answers about ICE-spotting app takedowns. Read more about our FOIA lawsuit: www.eff.org/press/relea...
EFF Demands Answers About ICE-Spotting App Takedowns
SAN FRANCISCO – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS) today to uncover information about the federal government demanding that
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November 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
New suit from @mariotrujillo.bsky.social and me.
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EFF and our co-counsel have sued to stop the Trump administration from targeting visa holders for deportation based on their social media posts. Read the press release and our full complaint: www.eff.org/press/relea....
October 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
EFF and our co-counsel have sued to stop the Trump administration from targeting visa holders for deportation based on their social media posts. Read the press release and our full complaint: www.eff.org/press/relea....
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The Ninth Circuit just delivered good news for digital privacy: abandoning a phone doesn't abandon your Fourth Amendment rights in the phone's contents. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Appeals Court: Abandoned Phones Don’t Equal Abandoned Privacy Rights
The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which covers California and most of the Western U.S., just delivered good news for digital privacy: abandoning a phone doesn’t abandon your Fourth
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September 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The Ninth Circuit just delivered good news for digital privacy: abandoning a phone doesn't abandon your Fourth Amendment rights in the phone's contents. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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You should be skeptical of any government tool that relies on secrecy to operate www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Victory! Pen-Link's Police Tools Are Not Secret
The records disclosed in the settlement show that in late 2023, the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office paid $180,000 for a two-year subscription to the Tangles “Web Intelligence Platform,” which is a...
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August 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
You should be skeptical of any government tool that relies on secrecy to operate www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
DOE: To more efficiently serve the public and build confidence in our work, we're . . . shutting out thousands of members of the public who have requested information about work.
Really crazy, from the Most Transparent Administration in History™: The Department of Energy says it will throw out FOIA requests from as recently as less than a year ago unless the requester affirmatively emails them to say they still want the documents
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Trump Administration Outlines Plan to Throw Out an Agency's FOIA Requests En Masse
The Department of Energy said it will close FOIA requests from last year unless the requester emails the agency to say they are still interested. Experts say it's an "attempt to close out as many FOIA...
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August 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
DOE: To more efficiently serve the public and build confidence in our work, we're . . . shutting out thousands of members of the public who have requested information about work.
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Why Aren't Hundreds of Data Brokers Registering with States?
A new analysis of 750 data brokers reveals that many data brokers that registered in one state aren’t registered in others
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A new analysis of 750 data brokers reveals that many data brokers that registered in one state aren’t registered in others
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Why Are Hundreds of Data Brokers Not Registering with States?
Hundreds of data brokers have not registered with state consumer protection agencies. A new analysis by Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) reveals that man...
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June 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Why Aren't Hundreds of Data Brokers Registering with States?
A new analysis of 750 data brokers reveals that many data brokers that registered in one state aren’t registered in others
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
A new analysis of 750 data brokers reveals that many data brokers that registered in one state aren’t registered in others
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Right now there are a lot of new eyes on Signal, and not all of them are familiar with secure messaging and its nuances. Which means there’s misinfo flying around that might drive people away from Signal and private communications. 1/
March 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Right now there are a lot of new eyes on Signal, and not all of them are familiar with secure messaging and its nuances. Which means there’s misinfo flying around that might drive people away from Signal and private communications. 1/
My colleagues are the best.
BREAKING: We are suing DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to stop the brazen and illegal data sharing of federal employee data with the “government efficiency” group.
EFF Sues DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to Halt Ransacking of Federal Data
EFF and a coalition of privacy defenders have filed a lawsuit today asking a federal court to block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing the private information of mil...
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February 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM
My colleagues are the best.
The Supreme Court will hear another digital speech case this week that will determine whether we will continue to have an anonymous internet or whether our speech and privacy will be jeopardized by state lawmakers across the country.
If the Supreme Court were to side with Texas in this week’s case, it would open the door to a slew of state laws that frustrate internet users' First Amendment rights and make them less secure online. Here's what you need to know about the upcoming arguments.
Five Things to Know about the Supreme Court Case on Texas’ Age Verification Law, Free Speech Coalition v Paxton
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday in a case that will determine whether states can violate adults’ First Amendment rights to access sexual content online by requiring them to verify t...
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January 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The Supreme Court will hear another digital speech case this week that will determine whether we will continue to have an anonymous internet or whether our speech and privacy will be jeopardized by state lawmakers across the country.
Post-TikTok argument, I continue to be disturbed at how infantilizing the law and government arguments in support of it are. The government thinks so little of us and other institutions (a free press for one) that it has to ban an entire social media service.
January 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Post-TikTok argument, I continue to be disturbed at how infantilizing the law and government arguments in support of it are. The government thinks so little of us and other institutions (a free press for one) that it has to ban an entire social media service.
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Lawmakers and courts spent 2024 trying to undermine Section 230 - a key law that enables internet users’ speech. EFF fought back.
EFF Continued to Champion Users’ Online Speech and Fought Efforts to Curtail It: 2024 in Review
People’s ability to speak online, share ideas, and advocate for change are enabled by the countless online services that host everyone’s views.Despite the central role these online services play in ou...
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December 24, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Lawmakers and courts spent 2024 trying to undermine Section 230 - a key law that enables internet users’ speech. EFF fought back.
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EFF has helped the San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (commonly known as @indybay.bsky.social) fight off an unlawful search warrant and gag order served by the San Francisco Police Department - a victory for press freedom.
Victory! EFF Helps Resist Unlawful Warrant and Gag Order Issued to
Over the past month, the independent news outlet Indybay has quietly fought off an unlawful search warrant and gag order served by the San Francisco Police Department. Today, a court lifted the gag
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March 7, 2024 at 10:41 PM
EFF has helped the San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (commonly known as @indybay.bsky.social) fight off an unlawful search warrant and gag order served by the San Francisco Police Department - a victory for press freedom.