Tech & Big Tech

from the a-government-of-fools dept This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. For years, Sen. Ron Johnson has been…

from the fan-participation-in-culture dept Walled Culture has written a number of times about the true fans approach – the idea that creators…

from the embarrassing-the-government-isn’t-a-crime dept At long last, El Salvador native Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from custody. Abrego Garcia…

from the that’s-not-how-this-is-supposed-to-work dept Last week, Marco Rubio and the State Department revoked visas for five Europeans—including Imran Ahmed, a…

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…

from the noted-liberal-activist-justice-Kavanaugh-concurs dept The Trump administration, for all intents and purposes, declared war on Chicago back in September. It…

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

from the this-is-why-we-can’t-have-nice-things dept Trump FCC boss Brendan Carr was recently hauled before Congress to discuss his numerous, often illegal…

from the gaming-like-it’s-1930 dept As we announced a few weeks ago, it’s nearly time for the latest installment in our…

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…