Articles by Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
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How major tech companies stack up in the face of government pressure to censor
Governments are making unprecedented demands for online platforms to police speech. Many social media companies are rushing to comply, but in their response to these calls to remove objectionable content they too often censor valuable speech.
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Adversarial interoperability: Reviving an elegant weapon from a more civilized age to slay today’s monopolies
There is good reason to want to see a reinvigorated approach to competition in America, but it’s important to remember that competition is enabled or constrained not just by mergers and acquisitions. Companies can use a whole package of laws to attain and maintain dominance, to the detriment of the public interest.
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TOSsed Out: Highlighting the effects of content rules online
EFF launched TOSsed Out, a new iteration for tracking and documenting the ways that Terms of Service (TOS) and other speech moderating rules are unevenly and unthinkingly applied to people.
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Censorship can’t be the only answer to disinformation online
Tech companies and online platforms have other ways to address the rapid spread of disinformation, including addressing the algorithmic “megaphone” at the heart of the problem and giving users control over their own feeds.
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Ecuadorean authorities have no reason to detain free software developer Ola Bini
Ecuador should drop all charges against Ola Bini, and allow him to return home to his family and friends. Ecuador’s leaders undermine their country’s reputation abroad and the independence of its judicial system by this fanciful and unfounded prosecution.
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Fix It already: Nine steps that companies should take to protect you
EFF is demanding fixes for different issues from nine tech companies and platforms, targeting social media companies, operating systems, and enterprise platforms on issues ranging from encryption design to retention policies.
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EU proposals to curb “dissemination of terrorist content” threaten free speech
The proposed regulation would require companies to take down “terrorist content” within one hour, forcing them to bypass due process and make rapid, unaccountable decisions on expression through automated means.
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Brazil in 2019: Free speech and privacy in the crosshairs. What are the threats?
Jair Bolsonaro’s election reflects greater support for a conservative agenda likely to jeopardize free expression and privacy safeguards.