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Listen as Cory Doctorow, Cindy Cohn, and @thejasonkelley.com discuss how antitrust actions provide hope that megacompanies can still be forced to do better for users, on the new episode of EFF’s “How to Fix the Internet.”
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Austin: Is your car spying on you? The answer may surprise you. Join Electronic Frontier Alliance member @effaustin.bsky.social for their monthly meetup this Tuesday July 9th.
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We chatted with the North Carolina chapter of Encode Justice, a community of youth that believes human-centered AI must be built, designed, and governed by and for diverse stakeholders:
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EFF believes in preserving an internet that is free for everyone, and despite some harms, online digital spaces are often a lifeline for queer youth, particularly those living in repressive environments.
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The Supreme Court’s decision reinforces that lawmakers have many paths to addressing many of the harms occurring online, and that they can do so without violating the First Amendment.
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The Encryptids are back! 🌕 Wolfgang Von Lycanz illustrates how the internet can amplify the best parts of us.
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Join EFF's Civil Liberties Director David Greene on July 18th for a livestream discussion about the U.S. Supreme Court's recent opinions on technology and civil liberties. eff.org/livestream-scotus
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Analyzing the enshittification of big online platforms can help identify ways to make companies treat users better, Cory Doctorow tells EFF’s Cindy Cohn and @thejasonkelley.com on the new episode of “How to Fix the Internet.”
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NEW on EFF’s “How to Fix the Internet”— award-winning author Cory Doctorow joins Cindy Cohn & @thejasonkelley.com to talk about a future in which all internet users enjoy the benefits of technological self-determination.
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Today, the California Senate Judiciary Committee will consider CA AB 3080, an Indiana-like age verification bill. We urge the committee to kill this bill and prevent the harms of age verification from being inflicted on Californian.
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Similarly last week, a federal court put an Indiana law, which would have required sites with more than 1/3rd content deemed “harmful to minors” to age verify, on hold as well, rightly citing how this regime both fails to protect children and burdens access to legitimate speech.
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For decades courts have ruled that age verification schemes are unconstitutional, with a federal court blocking a new Mississippi law yesterday.
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EFF has said time and again that age verification mandates are surveillance systems which undermine anonymity and privacy of all, don’t work as intended, and chill access to speech online. (1/4)
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With anti-LGBTQ+ bills restricting free expression and privacy to content moderation decisions that disproportionately impact LGBTQ+ users, digital spaces that used to seem like safe havens are, for many, no longer so. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Repair advocates have been winning big. As right-to-repair laws in California and Minnesota take effect, EFF is joining our friends today to recognize Repair Independence Day. How will you celebrate? www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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No matter what the MPA wants to claim, site blocking does not help artists. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Age verification systems are surveillance systems. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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If age verification requirements become law, you’ll have to be lucky every time you are forced to share your private information. Hackers will just have to be lucky once.
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Government secrecy is spooky. If you'd like to ensure that officials are accountable, first you need to know what they're doing. Support EFF to defend freedom of information and uphold digital rights for all! eff.org/summer
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Section 5 of the FTC Act lets the agency clobber "deceptive acts" by companies. What could be more deceptive than replacing a human rep with a chatbot that can't stop "hallucinating" (AKA "lying")?
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Requiring people to prove they are adults before accessing social media could block millions of Americans from accessing lawful speech.
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The government can't justify its TikTok ban by simply asserting national security interests. The First Amendment requires that any regulation of speech like the ban be precise and necessary, even for national security concerns.
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DHS’ new “AI Corps” reflects "federal law enforcement's insistence on spending money on the newest shiniest toy regardless of whether or not it has compelling use cases, proves ineffective, or threatens civil liberties," EFF’s @mguariglia.bsky.social told @reason.com.
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Cities should think twice before considering “Drone as First Responders” programs. Here’s why.
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“This (Cellebrite phone hacking) extraction process is routine and used on countless devices for minor offenses... This level of easy access has grave impacts on our privacy and civil liberties," EFF’s @legind.bsky.social told @reason.com.
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Cute, cuddly, and horned as he wants to be. Monsieur Jackalope knows magic happens when technology is controlled by the users. eff.org/Encryptids
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The government has a very heavy burden to justify its TikTok ban, EFF and others told an appeals court. The law is subject to strictest First Amendment scrutiny because it directly restricts and is a prior restraint on speech; simply citing national security isn’t enough.
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If mandatory ID check laws continue to be passed in states, it will affect more than just adult content websites. California lawmakers shouldn’t join this misguided legislative trend.
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Here's how KOSA is likely to harm young people, in their own words.
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Congress needs to hear from you.
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We must stop the Kids Online Safety Act. If KOSA is allowed to pass, it will likely lead to age verification, handing more power, and private data, to third-party identity verification companies—endangering the privacy of every social media user.
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The House has just announced that they will move forward with a Congressional markup of the dangerous Kids Online Safety Act, which will lead to privacy-invasive online age verification for social media.
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Today’s @404media.co story detailing the exposure of administrative credentials to a major social media age verification platform, potentially allowing hackers to access sensitive data such as driver’s license images, is just more evidence that age verification bills like KOSA are dangerous.
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Telegram isn’t just a messaging app, it’s also a social media platform “sitting on an enormous amount of user data,” EFF’s @evacide.bsky.social reminded @techcrunch.com, and “every attacker loves a profoundly understaffed and overworked opponent.”
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We’ve analyzed the House version of KOSA, and unsurprisingly, it is just as dangerous as the Senate version. It’s crucial everyone who cares about digital rights continue to oppose it.
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EFF couldn't support APRA "in the beginning because of its preemption of stronger state laws and its relatively weak private right of action,” @mariotrujillo.bsky.social told @theregister.com. “The removal of civil rights protections makes it even weaker.”
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For the first time in the Espionage Act's more-than-100-year history, the U.S. has obtained an Espionage Act conviction for basic journalistic acts, EFF’s @davidgreene.bsky.social told the @nytimes.com of Julian Assange’s plea deal. “These charges should never have been brought.”
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You can support privacy and free speech online for as little as $5 a month. You know what's even better? Right now Craig Newmark Philanthropies will automatically match your first YEAR of donations for free.
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Bluesky handles moderation differently than you might be used to. With loads of toggles and settings to change, it can be hard to wrap your mind around it. Here’s how it works.
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For data brokers dealing with our personal information, our data can either be useful for their profit-making or truly anonymous, but not both. Our privacy rights online must not be sacrificed so corporations can fill their pockets.
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A new approach to social media is emerging, so we broke down what we’re seeing so you can get involved.
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Free expression is a human right, full stop.
One of the legendary Encryptids, Banshee, explains the importance of free speech online, and the work EFF is doing to fight censorship online in our latest blog from these legendary digital rights legends. eff.org/encryptids
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"An analysis of eight months of ShotSpotter alerts found that 87% of the time NYPD officers were dispatched to a scene where there was no evidence of a shooting or where they could not confirm a shooting occurred.."
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"Young people would have fewer spaces to share their opinions, connect with others, and find community — something that’s sorely needed when offline spaces where young people can interact are, sadly, shrinking," EFF's @thejasonkelley.com writes for @teenvogue.bsky.social
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Did you know Disney's Steamboat Willie entered the public domain this year? Of course we had to honor the occasion with our newest membership t-shirt, simply called "Fix Copyright" eff.org/summer
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Once again, automated license plate readers are found to have major cybersecurity flaws that can put people at risk. Law enforcement needs to stop collecting data that it is incapable of protecting.
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It’s still early for ActivityPub and AT Protocol, but we broke down some current differences and what directions they might go in.
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Age verification systems are surveillance systems.
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Bluesky handles moderation differently than you might be used to. With loads of toggles and settings to change, it can be hard to wrap your mind around it. Here’s how it works:
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NEW: EFF’s Kit Walsh and Jacob Hoffman-Andrews join “How to Fix the Internet” to discuss how AI shouldn’t be a tool to cash in, or to classify people for favor or disfavor, but instead to engage with technology and information in ways that advance us all.
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