Here’s EFF’s more in-depth analysis of today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Chatrie location data case.

Anti-abortion government officials are coming for online speech, targeting websites that do nothing more than tell people what their options are, how to find a doctor, and where abortion remains legal. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Federal agencies like ICE “don't need a direct contract with Flock in order to get this data if local law enforcement agencies are just searching and providing that to them," EFF’s @lisafemia.bsky.social told @abc15.com. “And we've seen that all over the country." www.abc15.com/news/local-...

Republicans are using kids as a smokescreen for what Big Tech lobbyists want: a national surveillance program to harvest our data with zero protections for people and their privacy. We must fight this dangerous expansion of surveillance technology.

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

The U.S. proposes asking foreign tourists for five years of social media history before allowing them into the country. EFF’s Lisa Femia breaks down this breaks down this speech-chilling and privacy-invasive scheme for ABC Australia. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-1...

Online age verification isn't like showing ID at a bar. It's more invasive, affects far more transactions, and poses serious privacy, security, and free speech risks that in-person checks never do. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Police surveil everyone driving in San Jose and search that data thousands of times per month without ever seeking a warrant. It’s an unchecked police power, an end run around the courts & a blatant privacy invasion, EFF’s Lisa Femia wrote for @MercuryNews.com. www.mercurynews.com/2025/12/06/...

Today we’re launching EFF.org/Age, our one-stop shop to answer all your questions about online age verification mandates. What’s at stake for users? How do we push back? What even IS age verification, anyway? Visit EFF.org/Age now to explore our resources and join the fight to protect the internet.

Proud to be on this team working to stop this unchecked police power

EFF today sued to stop the Trump administration from targeting visa holders for deportation based on their social media posts. “A lot of this is core political speech that is absolutely protected by the First Amendment,” EFF's Lisa Femia told @nbcnews.com.

📢 BREAKING NEWS 📢 EFF and co-counsel have filed a lawsuit against the Departments of State and Homeland Security for their viewpoint-based surveillance and suppression of First Amendment-protected speech online. (1/5)

Proud of my EFF colleagues for not letting up on this and uncovering the real story

NEW: In May, a Texas police department said they used the powerful Flock surveillance network against a woman who had an abortion "for her safety" Newly obtained court records show it was a 'death investigation,' and they considered charging her with a crime www.404media.co/police-said-...

Meta's policies require "repeated" Community Standards violations before Meta will disable an account. But abortion advocates are getting banned after just one post. This completely cuts accounts off from their followers and silences crucial reproductive health information.

A new report reveals nearly 100 instances of anti-abortion censorship across TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and LinkedIn. www.jezebel.com/crucial-info...

The State Department recently announced an unprecedented new requirement that applicants for student and exchange visas must set all social media accounts to “public” for government review. This mass surveillance is an outrageous violation of privacy.

In what circumstances can the government regulate speech by imposing conditions on federal funding? Thanks to all of the scholars and litigators who've agreed to participate in this only-too-timely @knightcolumbia.org initiative. knightcolumbia.org/blog/knight-...

Speaking freely online shouldn’t cost you your visa. But the federal government is using social media surveillance to target student visa holders living in the U.S. for online speech the administration disfavors. This is an alarming attack on digital rights.

EFF’s Lisa Femia discusses online age verification and First Amendment rights with Bruce Friedman on the Adult Site Broker Talk podcast.

NEW in @51st.news: House Republicans just voted to defund D.C. police and schools. As part of a spending bill to avert a federal government shutdown, they could force D.C. to slash $1.1 billion out of its budget, and no one understands really why. 51st.news/house-republ...

my latest newsletter piece: on how the Democrats' posture toward trans rights signals a fundamental misunderstanding of how politics work

I wish this weren't true, but it is: "Parts of the Take It Down Act are more likely to become a sword for a corrupt presidential administration than a shield to protect NCII victims- & supporters of both civil liberties & Big Tech accountability should recognize it." www.theverge.com/policy/62497...

Cell-site simulators (CSS, also known as Stingrays or IMSI catchers) are devices that masquerade as legitimate cell-phone towers, tricking phones within a certain radius into connecting to the device rather than a tower. Our new tool, Rayhunter, can help you find them.

A team of us at EFF have partnered with the amazing folks at Repro Uncensored to hold social media platforms accountable for suppressing and removing vital, sometimes life-saving abortion information. Learn more and share your story at eff.org/censored #StopCensoringAbortion

BREAKING: We are suing DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to stop the brazen and illegal data sharing of federal employee data with the “government efficiency” group.

thinking about roads not taken a lot

Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, “there’s been a massive uptick in social media platforms removing content related to reproductive health care and specifically abortion pills,” EFF’s Lisa Femia told @nytimes.com. "This is an ongoing, increasing problem.”

"The Texas law robs adult internet users of anonymity, exposes them to serious privacy and security risks, and blocks some adults entirely from accessing sexual content that’s protected under the First Amendment," EFF’s Lisa Femia told @mashablebot.bsky.social.

Texas “continued to incorrectly suggest that online age verification–which requires millions of internet users to upload and submit identifying information–is no different than quick, one-on-one, in-person ID checks," EFF’s Lisa Femia told @texastribune.org.

It is becoming ever more clear that if KOSA were to pass, Trump's FTC will 100% classify everything LGBTQ related as "harmful" so that they can get it purged from the internet.

This is so false. The “only people benefitting from KOSA” are authoritarian groups seeking to censor speech such as the Heritage Foundation. Meanwhile KOSA harms the most marginalized children while mandating that tech companies collect even *more* of our data

Meet the new KOSA, same as the old KOSA

Dangerous tools like Locate X can track abortion-seekers across state lines. It’s time for lawmakers to take action.

In the wake of the 2024 election in the U.S., many people are concerned about their digital privacy. EFF has decades of experience in providing digital privacy and security resources. Here are the top ten resources that we think are most useful right now 🧵 (1/13)

We aim to hold Amazon and Google to the promises they made to all of us, customers or not, about how they will protect human rights. Their lack of transparency sets a dangerous precedent, signaling that corporate profit can outweigh human lives.

WIRED has tracked thousands of US military & intel personnel coming & going from classified sites, incl. NSA hubs & nuclear vaults. We know where they sleep, what they eat, and which brothels they visit. It's an ocean of blackmail & national secrets within reach of every spy agency in the world.

One thing I think people talking about the threat of authoritarian creep have gotten, if not exactly wrong, not quite right either is to frame discussion in terms of various European precedents. Those are relevant to be sure, but we also have an American precedent - namely the South before 1965.

politics hasn’t ended and hard things are hard. i am NOT saying that there are “guardrails” or that trump will be stopped by some other force. i am saying that everything can be a battle if his opponents choose to make it one.

Wrote about how four years of “Fund the Police!” did zero for the Democrats except legitimize GOP talking points, depress Dem voter turnout, hand Trump a well-funded police state, and make the world a crueler, more violent place. An abject failure. theappeal.org/fund-the-pol...

Hey thanks for the Section 702 renewals, Senate & House intelligence committee Democrats in particular! Warrantless bulk surveillance over Americans’ international communications data is about to be determined by Matt Gaetz and Tulsi Gabbard.

Allowing a Trump Treasury department to unilaterally revoke tax exempt status from organizations his admin deems a "terrorist supporting organization" is a recipe for disaster. This bill should absolutely be voted down. theintercept.com/2024/11/10/t...

This story is horrifying but the thing to keep in mind is that it happened a year ago and we’re only hearing it now. There are so many cases you’ll just never hear about because it’s not a given that 1) reporters will learn about a death like this and 2) families will want to talk with the media.

“In interviews about her job, Cutler has stated explicitly that she acts as a liaison between Meta and the Israeli government, whose perspectives she represents inside the company.”

“Deadly attacks on journalists in Gaza and double standards and discrimination against those advocating for Palestinian rights have created a global crisis of freedom of expression, a UN expert said yesterday.” www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...