#DataRights

We’re taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy.…

So many data breaches happen throughout the year that it can be pretty easy to gloss over not just if,…

EFF asked a California appeals court to uphold a lower court’s decision to strike a tech CEO’s lawsuit against a…

This blog also appears in our Age Verification Resource Hub: our one-stop shop for users seeking to understand what age-gating laws…

Age verification mandates are spreading fast, and they’re ushering in a new age of online surveillance, censorship, and exclusion for…

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

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…

State legislatures—from Olympia, WA, to Honolulu, HI, to Tallahassee, FL, and everywhere in between—kept EFF’s state legislative team busy throughout…

State and federal lawmakers have introduced multiple proposals in 2025 to curtail or outright block children and teenagers from accessing…