#PlatformAccountability

Here’s a riddle: Why did a Goshen Police Department officer search 6,474 automated license plate reader (ALPR) networks, representing data…

Governor Newsom signed a package of 12 bills yesterday aimed at “protecting children” online. One of them was AB 1709,…

EFF sued the government back in March for information about the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) model, a new…

The history of technology is rife with copyright panics.  In the 1980s, major rightsholders ran to Congress and the courts,…

Doxxing is the deliberate disclosure of personal information in order to bully, harass, intimidate, or instigate a chain of harms…

This post is adapted from a video recorded by EFF and the Trevor Project. Head over to our TikTok or Instagram to…

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has conducted unlawful investigations into dozens of individuals who have documented ICE activities in their…

Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) build a searchable map of everywhere a driver goes, fed into databases that police, ICE,…

This week, EFF, along with Big Brother Watch, Defend Digital Me, Liberty, Open Rights Group, Race Equality First, Statewatch, and…

A federal appeals court just made it harder for online services, big and small, to get lawsuits over user speech…

Flock Safety, the embattled vendor of mass surveillance technology, has rolled out a handful of new reforms intended to appease…

We’ve had a few questions from EFF supporters lately, asking whether the images we use on our blog posts, or on donation…