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…
Drone as first responder (DFR) adoption really took off in 2025. Though the concept has been around since 2018, this…
Earlier this year, both chambers of Congress passed the TAKE IT DOWN Act. This bill, while well-intentioned, gives powerful people…
The US legal profession was just one of the pillars of American democracy that was targeted in the early days…
What a year it’s been. We’ve seen technology unfortunately misused to supercharge the threats facing democracy: dystopian surveillance, attacks on…
Fair use is not just an excuse to copy—it’s a pillar of online speech protection, and disregarding it in order…
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