Articles by Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Facebook’s attack on research is everyone’s problem
Facebook recently banned the accounts of several New York University (NYU) researchers who run Ad Observer, an accountability project that tracks paid disinformation, from its platform.
Should Congress close the FBI’s backdoor for spying on American communications? Yes.
All of us deserve basic protection against government searches and seizures that the Constitution provides, including requiring law enforcement to get a warrant before it can access our communications. But currently, the FBI has a backdoor into our communications, a loophole, that Congress can and should close.
Data brokers are the problem
Why should you care about data brokers? Reporting this week about a Substack publication outing a priest with location data from Grindr shows once again how easy it is for anyone to take advantage of data brokers’ stores to cause real harm.
EFF sues U.S. Postal Service for records about covert social media spying program
The service looked through people’s posts prior to street protests.
Right or left, you should be worried about Big Tech censorship
Claiming that “right-wing voices are being censored,” Republican-led legislatures in Florida and Texas have introduced legislation to “end Big Tech censorship” – these laws are deeply misguided and nakedly unconstitutional.
A year of action in support of the Black-led movement against police violence and racism
“Black lives matter on the streets. Black lives matter on the internet.” The anniversary of George Floyd’s murder has inspired EFF to reflect on these commitments and the work of so many courageous people who stood up to demand justice.
Dark patterns, web design, and free expression
PEN America – along with Consumer Reports, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Access Now, and others – launched the Dark Patterns Tip Line, a website where anyone can share examples of the websites that confuse and coerce us into making decisions or agreeing to terms that we wouldn’t otherwise.
Newly released records show how Trump tried to retaliate against social media for fact-checking
A year ago, President Trump issued an Executive Order that deputized federal agencies to retaliate against online social media services on his behalf, a disturbing and unconstitutional attack on internet free expression.