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EFF last summer asked a federal judge to block the federal government from using Medicaid data to identify and deport immigrants.…

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has a new budget under the current administration, and they are going on a…

Our Surveillance Self-Defense (SSD) guides, which provide practical advice and explainers for how to deal with government and corporate surveillance,…

2025 was the year age verification went from a fringe policy experiment to a sweeping reality across the United States.…

You might not know it, given the many headlines focused on new questions about copyright and Generative AI, but the…

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…

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

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…

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