Articles by Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Concern over secrecy of free trade agreement, provisions on “intellectual property”
The proposed Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA) must exclude any provisions related to “intellectual property” that could impede the right to free expression, says a joint civil society declaration.
Tell Obama: Stand up for Internet privacy!
The Electronic Frontier Foundation started a petition in March asking US President Barack Obama to veto CISPA, a bill that was subsequently passed by the House of Representatives in April.
US federal judge rules national security letters are unconstitutional
A federal district court judge in San Francisco has ruled that National Security Letter (NSL) provisions in federal law violate the Constitution. The decision came in a lawsuit challenging an NSL on behalf of an unnamed telecommunications company represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
UN urged to press for Vietnamese blogger’s release
A broad coalition of human rights organisations has called for UN free speech and human rights watchdogs to intervene and secure the immediate release of Vietnamese blogger and human rights activist Le Quoc Quan.
Unfavourable commentary deleted by China’s Internet censors for a price
Investigators recently uncovered the activities of Beijing’s “dark PR” agencies, who take money from private companies to bribe Internet censors to delete unfavourable commentary on Chinese forums and microblogging sites.
USA and Canada take steps to ratify intellectual property agreement
Major announcements from the US and Canada give a clear indication that the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is coming back with a vengeance. ACTA is an agreement carrying intellectual property provisions that would negatively impact digital rights.
Major privacy victory: US mayor orders police to dismantle drone programme
In an amazing victory for privacy advocates and drone activists, yesterday, Seattle’s mayor ordered the city’s police agency to cease trying use surveillance drones and dismantle its drone programme.
Gulf rulers intensify repression against rising online activism
Apart from their geography and shared culture, what Kuwait, Oman, and Bahrain have in common is aging authoritarian leadership coupled with a young, Internet-savvy populace: an obvious recipe for tension.