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Cory Doctorow 'There Is A War Coming: The Future Regulation Of General Purpose Computation'

Staff Writer | YouTube | April 23, 2012

Organised by The Centre for Law, Society and Popular Culture.
Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger — the co-editor of Boing Boing (boingboing.net) and the author of Tor Teens/HarperCollins UK novels like FOR THE WIN and the bestselling LITTLE BROTHER. Read More »

Cory Doctorow And EFF Aim To “Eradicate DRM In Our lifetime”

David Kravets | Ars Technica | January 20, 2015

...The Electronic Frontier Foundation announced Tuesday that Boing Boing's Cory Doctorow has been commissioned to tackle digital rights management technologies (DRM) that the rights group says threatens security, privacy, and undermines public rights and innovation...

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Court Rejects 'State Secrets' Excuse For Why Feds Want Out Of Lawsuit Over NSA Warrantless Wiretapping

Mike Masnick | Techdirt | July 8, 2013

While there have been a number of new revelations lately about the NSA's surveillance efforts, there have been some long-running on-going legal disputes about it as well. One of the biggest is Jewel vs. the NSA. Read More »

DHS Agrees To Outside Study On Cancer Risks Of Airport Body Scanners

Aliya Sternstein | Nextgov | December 14, 2012

The Transportation Security Administration has tapped the National Academy of Sciences to probe the health risks of body scans to passengers and pilots after years of pressure from civil liberties groups and Congress. The study is limited to radiation and safety testing, and will not examine the privacy implications of the X-ray machines, according to a new contracting notice. Read More »

Digital Rights Activists Gather In Auckland, New Zealand Next Week For The 15th Round Of TPP Negotiations

Maira Sutton | Electronic Frontier Foundation | November 28, 2012

Next week, the 15th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) negotiations will begin in Auckland, New Zealand. Hundreds of delegates and private representatives from the now 11 participating nations will gather at a luxury casino to discuss this multi-faceted trade agreement. [...] Read More »

Digital Rights Groups Shut Out Of Secret TPP Negotiations

Carolina Rossini and Maira Sutton | Electronic Frontier Foundation | December 4, 2012

Right now, EFF representatives in Auckland, New Zealand are being shut out of the 15th round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP), a secretive, multi-national trade agreement that threatens to extend restrictive intellectual property (IP) laws across the globe. Read More »

EFF Criticizes Google For Removing 'Vital Privacy Feature' With Android 4.4.2

Lucian Constantin | Network World | December 13, 2013

The new Android update disables a feature that allowed users to revoke permissions for installed apps Read More »

EFF Files 22 Firsthand Accounts Of How NSA Surveillance Chilled The Right To Association

Press Release | Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) | November 6, 2013

Advocacy Organizations Seek Immediate Court Ruling on the Legality of the NSA’s Mass Collection of Telephone Records Read More »

EFF Helps Freedom Of The Press Foundation

Cindy Cohn | Electronic Frontier Foundation | December 17, 2012

Today, a group of free expression advocates and journalists are launching the Freedom of the Press Foundation to promote aggressive, public interest journalism that takes aim at excessive government secrecy. Its goal is to crowd-fund donations for a variety of organizations that work to expose government mismanagement, corruption, and law breaking. [...] Read More »

EFF Launches New Transparency Project

Jennifer Lynch | Electronic Frontier Foundation | November 2, 2012

From cell phone location tracking to the use of surveillance drones, from secret interpretations of electronic surveillance law to the expanding use of biometrics, EFF has long been at the forefront of the push for greater transparency on the government’s increasingly secretive use of new technologies. Read More »

EFF Sues FBI For Access To Facial-Recognition Records

Press Release | Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) | June 26, 2013

As the FBI is rushing to build a "bigger, faster and better" biometrics database, it's also dragging its feet in releasing information related to the program's impact on the American public. Read More »

EFF Sues FBI, Wants Access To Records Of The FBI’s Facial Recognition Program

Ingrid Lunden | TechCrunch | June 26, 2013

Companies like Facebook have been scrutinized by government regulators over the use of facial recognition technology. Now the Electronic Frontier Foundation is putting a mirror up to the government to demand the same scrutiny back. Read More »

EFF To Patent Office: Keep Reexaminations Affordable

Julie Samuels | Electronic Frontier Foundation | November 6, 2012

For many people who care about innovation, the sign of a successful patent system is one that leaves them alone. But lately, that's become nearly impossible. Instead, it's widely understood that if you have a successful business or product, you'll get hit with a patent threat or even a lawsuit—an unfortunate tax on innovation. [...] Read More »

EFF Welcomes Brian Behlendorf to Board of Directors

Rebecca Jeschke | Electronic Frontier Foundation | February 15, 2013

EFF is extraordinarily pleased to officially announce a new addition to our Board of Directors: entrepreneur and technologist Brian Behlendorf. Read More »

EFF's Guide To CDA 230: The Most Important Law Protecting Online Speech

Adi Kamdar | Electronic Frontier Foundation | December 6, 2012

In 1996, while debating the intricacies of a bill that would massively overhaul the telecommunications laws of the United States, two astute Congressmen introduced an amendment that would allow the Internet to flourish. Read More »