EFF's next executive director; how publishers blocking the Internet Archive threaten the web's historical record; and the ...
A new generation of protesters, raised on social media and often fluent in the tools of digital dissent, has taken to the streets in recent months and years. This is the first installment of a blog ...
The UK is moving forward with its efforts to ban social media for young people. Ahead of this week’s House of Lords debate on the topic, we’re getting you situated with a primer on what’s been ...
Two years ago, Congress passed the “Reforming Intelligence and Securing America” Act (RISAA) that included nominal reforms to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The bill ...
Imagine a newspaper publisher announcing it will no longer allow libraries to keep copies of its paper. That’s effectively ...
When Rep. Leigh Finke spoke last month before the Minnesota House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee to testify against HF1434, a broad-sweeping proposal to age-gate the internet, she began with ...
EFF joined other digital rights and civil liberties organizations in calling out the unconstitutionality of Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr’s recent threats to punish broadcasters ...
EFF has long warned against age-gating the internet. Such mandates strike at the foundation of the free and open internet. They create unnecessary and unconstitutional barriers for adults and young ...
EFF is filing against the Consumer Product Safety Council (CPSC) to ensure that the public has full access to the laws that govern us.Our client Public.Resource.Org (Public Resource), a tiny ...
Have you ever seen a really creepy targeted ad online? One that revealed just how much these companies know about your life? It's unsettling enough to see how much companies know about you—but now we ...
VPNs are having a moment. On January 1st, Florida joined 18 other states in implementing an age verification law that burdens Floridians' access to sites that host adult content, including pornography ...
Update February 25, 2026: Discord announced yesterday that it will delay the global rollout of its age verification system to the "second half of 2026", instead of March. The company also said it has ...