Articles by Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
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.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership and the threat it poses to the Internet
The United States and ten governments from around the Pacific are meeting yet again to hash out the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) on 15-24 May 2013 in Lima, Peru. The TPP is one of the worst global threats to the Internet since the ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement).
New report reveals which U.S. Internet companies protect user data
EFF’s new “Who Has Your Back?” report examines the policies of major Internet companies — including ISPs, email providers, cloud storage providers, location-based services, blogging platforms, and social networking sites — to assess whether they publicly commit to standing with users when the government seeks access to user data.