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The answer to how do we keep kids safe online isn't destroy everyone's privacy. It's not force people to hand over their IDs to access legal content. And it's certainly not ban access to the tools that protect journalists, activists, and abuse survivors. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued ID before you can access certain content, because politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual
www.eff.org
November 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Attacks on VPNs are attacks on digital privacy and digital freedom. And that battle is being fought by people who clearly have no idea how any of this technology actually works. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued ID before you can access certain content, because politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual
www.eff.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Be there. Saturday, October 18th.
www.nokings.org
October 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Sanders: I am not a great fan of the affordable care act. I believe in medicare for all. I think that health care is a human right, but I will be damned if I'm going to see people in Vermont and around this country see a doubling in their premiums.
October 3, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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ICE is buying a location tracking tool that harvests data from hundreds of millions of phones a day. Protect your location data by updating a few settings on your phone 🧵 (1/4): www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-...
ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day
Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.
www.404media.co
October 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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The Danish Presidency is pushing a dangerous proposal in the EU that would allow the government to scan all our private communications. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Chat Control Is Back on the Menu in the EU. It Still Must Be Stopped
The European Union Council is once again debating its controversial message scanning proposal, aka “Chat Control,” that would lead to the scanning of private conversations of billions of people. Chat
www.eff.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Welcome to Opt Out October, our collection of tips to slowly break free from online surveillance and throw sand in the gears of overreaching large tech companies. Today’s tip is about establishing good online security fundamentals. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Opt Out October: Daily Tips to Protect Your Privacy and Security
Trying to take control of your online privacy can feel like a full-time job. But if you break it up into small tasks and take on one project at a time it makes the process of protecting your privacy
www.eff.org
October 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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🎉Today, Massachusetts took a major step toward privacy rights for all residents—the MA Senate voted unanimously to pass the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act (MDPA).
epic.org/press-releas...
PRESS RELEASE: Massachusetts Senate Unanimously Passes Strong Privacy Bill
epic.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Did you see the new bill introduced in Michigan that proposes a VPN ban? reason.com/2025/09/22/m...

✊Today is a VPN defense day of action - let’s make sure this blows up in their face. 🗣️
September 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Instead of worrying that TikTok could carry Chinese government propaganda — which the Supreme Court declined to even consider — "people can now be concerned that TikTok could be a conduit for US government propaganda," EFF’s @davidgreene.bsky.social and @evacide.bsky.social said.
TikTok’s Future: U.S. Owners To Control Algorithm And Data In Proposed Deal
TikTok’s U.S. operations could soon be run by Oracle, Silver Lake Partners and the Murdochs under a proposed $100 billion deal.
www.forbes.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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TOMORROW we’re hosting a VPN day of action to let global leaders know we won’t stand for a VPN ban. Join us!

Get the toolkit 👉 www.defendvpns.com

@liaholland.bsky.social
@evangreer.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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If the Supreme Court doesn’t reverse a lower court’s ruling, internet service providers could be forced to terminate people’s internet access based on nothing more than mere accusations of copyright infringement. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
EFF to Court: The Supreme Court Must Rein in Expansive Secondary
If the Supreme Court doesn’t reverse a lower court’s ruling, internet service providers (ISPs) could be forced to terminate people’s internet access based on nothing more than mere accusations of
www.eff.org
September 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Both Windows and Mac computers include a free way to encrypt your entire storage drive. You should turn it on, if you haven't already. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
How to: Encrypt Your Windows, Mac, or Linux Computer
Encrypting your computer's storage drive is a simple, but powerful tool to secure your data. When enabled, "full-disk" encryption (also known as device encryption) encrypts everything on your computer so it cannot be viewed without first entering a password when you log in. Just to instructions for: Windows Mac Linux...
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September 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Hi! We are fighting this tooth and nail and have been for years even though we lost a major foundation funder because of our vocal and effective opposition to KOSA.

Anyhow here's our donate page ;-) www.fightforthefuture.org/donate/
September 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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“It is troubling that corporate interests are spying on activists who are trying to protect the public from the actions of these corporations,” EFF’s Adam Schwartz told @DeSmog.com; big businesses have been known to share such intel with law enforcement.
www.desmog.com/2025/09/19/...
Revealed: ‘Chilling’ Surveillance of Activists by Meat and Dairy Industry
The U.S. meat industry has engaged in intrusive surveillance of animal rights groups, including monitoring relationships between activists and tracking employees of leading charities. The industry-funded Animal Agriculture Alliance (AAA) shared information with livestock companies about the romantic partners and even biological ties of those in animal rights organisations. Documents seen by DeSmog show that […]
www.desmog.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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The Trump administration is villainizing and punishing those who dare to express anything but unequivocal support for its political views.

Such censorship is profoundly harmful to a free society — but it can be stopped if we resist it together.
Protecting Free Speech in the Face of Government Retaliation
Since Charlie Kirk’s killing, the government has threatened to punish anyone who speaks ill of the conservative free speech activist. This violates the First Amendment.
www.aclu.org
September 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Age assurance methods in the NY Attorney General’s proposed rules are not “both privacy-protective and entirely accurate,” EFF’s @aaronmackey.bsky.social told @Gothamist.com. “They each have their own flaws that threaten everyone's privacy and speech rights.”
gothamist.com/news/tiktok...
TikTok, Instagram may request selfie to verify age under proposed NY rules
Attorney General Letitia James’ office proposed rules to implement a state law restricting how social media platforms present content to kids and teens.
gothamist.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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NEW YORKERS- Did you see that Attorney General Letitia James released proposed rules yesterday that would force social media platforms to require age verification?

Would be awesome if the public comments section was jam packed with “don’t” 👀

subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
POLITICO Pro: New York AG proposes requiring social media companies to verify users’ ages
Platforms like Instagram and TikTok could employ options such as having users take selfies.
subscriber.politicopro.com
September 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Understanding if IMSI catchers are being used to spy on protests is one of the main goals of the Rayhunter project. So far we have not found any evidence of cell-site simulators being used to spy on protests in the US — though we have found them in use elsewhere. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Rayhunter: What We Have Found So Far
A little over a year ago we released Rayhunter, our open source tool designed to detect cell-site simulators. We’ve been blown away by the level of community engagement on this project. It has been
www.eff.org
September 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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After 25 years at EFF, Cindy Cohn is stepping down as executive director. In a WIRED interview, she reflects on encryption, AI, and why she’s not ready to quit the battle.
Cindy Cohn Is Leaving the EFF, but Not the Fight for Digital Rights
After 25 years at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Cindy Cohn is stepping down as executive director. In a WIRED interview, she reflects on encryption, AI, and why she’s not ready to quit the battl...
www.wired.com
September 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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EU citizens have THREE days, the clock is ticking! 🕐

🇪🇺 Countries are finalizing their positions on the latest iteration of Chat Control this Friday. If yours supports the “CSAR” proposal, it’s vital you voice your opposition to your representatives TODAY: www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...
Chat Control Must Be Stopped, Act Now!
Chat Control is back to undermine everyone's privacy. There's an important deadline this Friday on September 12th. We must act now to stop it!
www.privacyguides.org
September 9, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Each federal agency usually has its own strict regulations on how its data can be shared. This friction can “prevent misuse and protect [the] privacy” of Americans’ data, EFF’s Cindy Cohn told @tanglenews.bsky.social. www.readtangle.com/what-does-t...
What does the government actually know about you?
A deep dive into all the information the government has about all of us.
www.readtangle.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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“Social media sites and chat apps normally strip metadata by default,” which protects privacy, EFF’s Jacob Hoffman-Andrews told Straight Arrow News. ”If XChat is failing to strip metadata, it’s putting its users at risk.” san.com/cc/not-so-s...
Not so secret: X’s new encrypted chat feature puts users at risk, experts say
X's new XChat feature does not remove sensitive metadata from images, which could lead to the exposure of GPS coordinates.
san.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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“It’s important to avoid uploading photos (to ChatGPT or other AI) that you want to make sure nobody but you ever looks at,” EFF’s Jacob Hoffman-Andrews told @wsj.com - too many AI users assume a certain level of privacy that actually might not be there.
Is It Safe to Upload Your Photos to ChatGPT?
AI users assume a certain level of privacy. That could be a dangerous assumption.
www.wsj.com
September 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM