AI & Censorship

Throughout 2025, EFF conducted groundbreaking investigations into Flock Safety’s automated license plate reader (ALPR) network, revealing a system designed to…

This year, we fought back against the return of a terrible idea that hasn’t improved with age: site blocking laws. …

EFF’s attorneys, activists, and technologists don’t just do the hard, endless work of defending our digital civil liberties — they…

It’s no secret that digital surveillance and other tech-enabled oppressions are acute dangers for liberation movement workers. The rising tides…

Drone as first responder (DFR) adoption really took off in 2025. Though the concept has been around since 2018, this…

Defending encryption has long been a bedrock of our work. Without encryption, it’s impossible to have private conversations or private…

In 2025, elected officials across the country began treating surveillance technology purchases differently: not as inevitable administrative procurements handled by…

This year, you may have heard EFF sounding off about our civil liberties on NPR, BBC Radio, or any number of…

Age verification mandates won’t magically keep young people safer online, but that has not stopped governments around the world spending…

A tidal wave of copyright lawsuits against AI developers threatens beneficial uses of AI, like creative expression, legal research, and…

As reproductive rights face growing attacks globally, access to content about reproductive healthcare and abortion online has never been more…

A functioning patent system depends on one basic principle: bad patents must be challengeable. In 2025, that principle was repeatedly…