Articles by Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Hundreds of pages of NSA spying documents to be released in U.S.
In a major victory in one of EFF’s Freedom of Information Act lawsuits, the Justice Department conceded that it will release hundreds of pages of documents, including FISA court opinions, related to the government’s secret interpretation of the Patriot Act.
The cost of censorship in U.S. libraries
Aggressive interpretations of the Children’s Internet Protection Act have resulted in extensive and unnecessary censorship in libraries, often because libraries go beyond the legal requirements of the law when implementing content filters.
An open letter to John Kerry: Tell Ethiopia to release Eskinder Nega and stop imprisoning bloggers
The Electronic Frontier Foundation calls upon U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to speak out on the imprisonment of dissident blogger Eskinder Nega.
Secret U.S. court opinion on NSA surveillance released
In response to EFF’s FOIA lawsuit, the government has released the 2011 FISA court opinion ruling that some NSA surveillance was unconstitutional.
EFF supports human rights case against US company Cisco for selling surveillance technologies to China
A case filed by Chinese human rights activists in a US court alleges that tech giant Cisco knowingly customised, sold and provided support for technologies used by the Chinese government to facilitate human rights abuses.
Over 150 groups urge President Obama to protect whistleblowers and journalists
Over 150 IFEX members and partners of ARTICLE 19 appealed to US President Obama to drop charges against whistleblower Edward Snowden, update the Whistleblower Protection Act and pass a media shield law.
Global coalition stands against unchecked surveillance
People are encouraged to join around 200 organisations supporting the adoption of 13 basic principles applying existing human rights law to modern digital surveillance.
What will Japan’s entry into international trade agreement mean for Internet users?
Japan is arriving late to the Trans Pacific Partnership table, but its participation already risks making Japanese law harsher while demolishing the hard-won victories of copyright reformers in the country.