Articles by Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
On Data Privacy Day, our personal information is less secure than ever
Data Privacy Day, commemorated each year on 28 January, is aimed at promoting our right to control our personal information and to protect our communications from unchecked surveillance.
One planet, one Internet: A call to the international community to fight mass surveillance
On 11 February 2014, on the Day We Fight Back, the world will demand an end to mass surveillance in every country, by every state, regardless of boundaries or politics. The global digital rights community is inspired by the memory of US activist Aaron Swartz and fueled by the victory against SOPA and ACTA.
Release Alaa Abd El Fattah and all those unjustly detained in Egypt
Following the criminalisation of peaceful protest in Egypt in November 2013, 57 organisations and individuals release joint statement against arrests of Egyptian bloggers and political activists.
Vietnamese malware targets inboxes of EFF’s staff, AP reporter
EFF has analyzed malware targeting the organisation’s own staff, as well as a well-known Vietnamese mathematician, a Vietnamese pro-democracy activist, and a Vietnam-based journalist at the Associated Press.
Will Obama hit the mark on real NSA reform?
After President Barack Obama’s announcement of changes and reforms to the National Security Agency on 17 January 2014, Electronic Frontier Foundation awarded the president only 3.5 out of 12 possible points for what they consider to be necessary reforms.
Copyright week: Six principles that should guide policy
In the week leading up the two-year anniversary of the SOPA blackout protests, EFF and others are talking about key principles that should guide copyright policy.
Freed from a UAE prison, Shezanne Cassim returns home
According to a statement from the US Department of State, the US citizen charged under the UAE’s Cybercrime Act and sentenced to a year in prison was released and deported after getting credit against his sentence for time served and for “good behavior.”
Transparency is fundamental to good copyright policy, EFF and partners say
In the week leading up the two-year anniversary of the SOPA [Stop Online Piracy Act] blackout protests, EFF and others are talking about key principles that should guide copyright policy.