Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

EFF strongly supports the formation of student groups like the Digital Freedom Group at Iowa State University that aim to discuss and learn about methods for the secure and private use of the Internet.

The Beastie Boys have unleashed the legal hounds to shut down a parody ad that uses the group’s classic misogynistic ditty, “Girls”. As remix pioneers, the Beastie Boys are the veterans of many legal battles against copyright maximalists. The Beastie Boys aren’t copyright bullies, they fight those bullies. Right?

The UN General Assembly should approve a new resolution and make clear that indiscriminate surveillance is never consistent with the right to privacy, five human rights organisations said in an open letter.

Wikileaks has published a complete draft of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement’s chapter on “intellectual property rights.” The leaked text confirms suspicions about the harm the agreement could do to users’ rights and a free and open Internet.

The New York Times’ editorial board has made a disappointing endorsement of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), even as the actual text of the agreement that could threaten digital freedoms remains secret.

Apple’s first transparency report includes information about which countries have asked for user data [the U.S. tops the list] and the number of requests received and granted or refused.

As word of the NSA’s spying has spread, more and more ordinary people want to know how (or if) they can defend themselves from surveillance online.

In a letter to the president of Lithuania and the president of the European Council, Index on Censorship and 39 other NGOS call upon leaders of the European Union to discuss the issue of mass surveillance at the European Council meeting on 24 and 25 October.