Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

The next round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement negotiations will take place in December in New Zealand, and it will be done with the same level of secrecy as the last 14 rounds.

Brazil is now in the midst of rolling out an Internet bill of rights, called Marco Civil da Internet, which was intended to afford strong protections for freedom of online expression and Internet intermediaries. Unfortunately, last-minute changes would leave users and Internet service providers in an ocean of legal uncertainty.

EFF opposes California Proposition 35, which calls for new restrictions on registered sex offenders, because it would create new restrictions on online speech and increased government surveillance of the online accounts for a class of individuals, creating a dangerous legislative model for policing unpopular groups in the future.

On the “Daily Show”, Jon Stewart boldly went where no mainstream reporter has gone so far this election cycle: asking President Obama why has he embraced Bush’s wiretapping program after campaigning against it on the grounds that it violated Americans’ civil liberties.

MFWA welcomes the move by Gambian authorities to drop charges against two journalists for seeking permission to peacefully protest the execution of death row inmates, but calls for investigation into death threats against journalists.

An analysis of the draft Canada-EU agreement shows it includes several of the same controversial provisions as the ACTA, specifically concerning criminal enforcement, private enforcement by Internet Service Providers and harsh damages.

A group of MPs have filed a complaint challenging the constitutionality of Slovakia’s mandatory data retention law, which compels ISPs to monitor citizens’ communications.

An EU-funded project with the apparent aim of eradicating the Internet of terrorism will negatively affect online freedoms, says the Electronic Frontier Foundation.