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Social media applications are displayed on a smartphone, Bangkok, Thailand, 1 August 2018, Guillaume Payen/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

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.

Journalists at a hotel watch Jair Bolsonaro speak live about the results of the first round of the election, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 7 October 2018, Ian Cheibub/picture alliance via Getty Images

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.

Google must end censored search engine Project Dragonfly

60 rights groups are joining Google employees in calling for termination of Project Dragonfly, a censorship and surveillance equipped search engine in development for use in China.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg before the start of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee joint hearing on 'Facebook, Social Media Privacy, and the Use and Abuse of Data', Washington, D.C., 10 April 2018, Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call

New documents show that Facebook has never deserved your trust

A collection of newly released documents suggests that the company adopted a host of features and policies even though it knew those choices would harm users and undermine innovation.

Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Facebook., Guillaume Paumier, CC-BY.

88 rights groups call for Facebook to implement appeals process for removed content

An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg from 88 rights groups is calling for a transparent appeal process for user content that is restricted on Facebook.

Protestors from the pressure group Avaaz demonstrate outside Portcullis house where Facebook's Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer was to be questioned by members of parliament in London, UK, 26 April 2018, DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images

You gave Facebook your number for security. They used it for ads

Contrary to user expectations and Facebook representatives’ own previous statements, the company has been using contact information that users explicitly provided for security purposes – or that users never provided at all – for targeted advertising.

A man walking by an ATM, in Barcelona, Spain, 17 May 2017, Joan Cros Garcia/Corbis via Getty Images

EFF to court: The First Amendment protects criticism of patent trolls

EFF has submitted an amicus brief to the New Hampshire Supreme Court asking it to affirm a lower court ruling that found criticism of a patent owner was not defamatory.