Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

EFF generally focuses less of our time and attention on the evolution of institutional Internet governance, and more on fighting for substantive rights and freedoms through the structures that we already have. But this is not the same as to accept that existing governance structures are perfect, or that rights and freedoms on the global Internet might yet be best safeguarded by new models which did not directly proceed from the affairs and interests of nation states.

On 10 September, digital rights organisations, Internet companies and even major adult platforms will join an online protest calling for stronger protections for net neutrality.

EFF was amongst a handful of user representatives invited to attend the initial scoping meeting of a new global convening called the NETmundial Initiative, held in Geneva. It was not a promising start, EFF explains.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union argue that Americans deserve full protection of the Fourth Amendment for their telephone records.

Independent organizations in Egypt face a looming crackdown. The government has threatened to enforce a draconian associations law that became law 12 years ago, but has seldom been enforced.

Judge Paulo César de Carvalho has issued a preliminary injunction ordering the removal of Secret—an anonymous sharing application that lets people share messages with friends, friends of friends, or publicly—from the Apple App store.

Human rights organisations urge Vietnam to comply with UN and release human rights lawyer.

IFEX members and partners from around the world urge the UN to include access to information in the Agenda for the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.