Articles by Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
U.S. National Security Agency spying on millions of Americans
An order from the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has directed telecom Verizon to provide “on an ongoing daily basis” all call records for any call “wholly within the United States, including local telephone calls” and any call made “between the United States and abroad.”
Jordanian authorities block over 200 ‘unlicensed’ news websites
The Jordanian government began, on 2 June 2013, to block over 200 news websites for failing to register and obtain licenses under a recently amended and controversial Press and Publications Law.
Internet surveillance and free speech: the UN makes the connection
At a time when efforts by states to conduct communications surveillance are rapidly proliferating across the globe, in a landmark report the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Opinion makes the case for a direct relationship between state surveillance, privacy and freedom of expression.
Standing their ground: Internet activists in Jordan and Palestine
In the past couple of years, there have been striking developments in Internet regulation across the Middle East and North Africa. But while the governments of some countries have proposed draconian regulation threatening a free and open Internet, civil society across the region is becoming more active than ever in fighting back.
Coalition calls on Vietnamese government to end persecution of activists
As eight Vietnamese human rights activists are appealing their convictions, a coalition of organisations has questioned the legitimacy of the trial and condemned the reported ill treatment of the activists since they have been in detention.
U.S. Justice Department seizes journalists’ call records
The Associated Press (AP) has revealed that the U.S. Justice Department secretly collected telephone records of 20 of its phone lines from April and May 2012. The records may contain communications with confidential sources across all of the newsgathering activities undertaken by the AP.
Pakistan urged to investigate presence of spyware on its communications network
A consortium of NGOs and individuals has called on the Pakistan Telecommunication Company to investigate the existence of a FinFisher surveillance tool on its network and publicly disclose its findings.
Internet in Syria goes dark, leaving questions and uncertainty
Internet traffic between Syria and Western online services had plummeted drastically, indicated that the country’s connection to the wider Internet had been shut down.