Across the globe lawmakers are trying to take away your right to be anonymous and have private conversations online. We're pushing back, but we need your support: eff.org/spring

Yes, VPNs can help you get around certain types of geographic restrictions, but it’s very important you do your due diligence before downloading one. ssd.eff.org/module/choo...

Before you strap a dashcam to your face and sprint out into the world filming everything and everyone in your life, there are some civil liberties and privacy concerns to consider. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

There are myriad ways that law enforcement can access the content or other metadata of push notifications. Let’s fix that. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Let us know what to focus on in 2026 by answering our 5 min survey. All responses are anonymous. A better internet doesn't build itself. https://form.typeform.com/to/X98zpbtI

Joined the Times Tech Report to talk about how OpenAI’s missed revenue targets threaten the stability of the circular AI economy, and how token-based billing is increasingly costing as much as a human employee. youtu.be/fmK40iq-U6Y?...

Solidarity with @accessnow.org. Thousands of participants from hundreds of organizations (including ours) were days away from gathering in Zambia to convene for RightsCon. At the last minute the PRC stepped in, objecting to participation from Taiwanese speakers. www.rightscon.org/rc26-stateme...

"When an FBI agent wants to look through Americans’ conversations scooped up as part of a national security intelligence program," it should require "a warrant signed by a judge just as if they were trying to search your email account or your house,” @mguariglia.bsky.social told @njspotlightnews.org

Next week, Utah will become the first state in the nation (to our knowledge) to target VPN use to avoid legally mandated age-verification gates. They won't create a safer internet, only a significantly less private one. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Transaction Denied, a new book by former EFF Activism Director Rainey Reitman, explores the often-hidden practice of financial companies shuttering the accounts of online speakers who haven’t broken any laws. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

“We know that information that's been anonymized can very easily be reidentified,” EFF’s Tori Noble told @proofnews.bsky.social. “[HIPAA] is not enough protection.” www.proofnews.org/womans-talk...

Some states are amending public records laws to exclude broad swaths of ALPR information from public disclosure. No thanks. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

When Kierkegaard Got Cancelled Mocked by Copenhagen’s most notorious scandal sheet, Kierkegaard endured months of deeply personal attacks & the silence of friends and allies By Daniel Goodman www.plough.com/en/topics/fa... Kierkegaard at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #Books #Literature

🧵1️⃣/4️⃣ Government information is public memory – and it needs protecting. The Preservation of Government Information: A Call to Action urges institutions and individuals to commit to preserving the public record. Read it. Sign it. Share it. 📝 publicinformationtrust.org

EFF’s @evacide.bsky.social joined @kqednews.kqed.org’s “Close All Tabs” to discuss how her cybersecurity background let her help survivors of stalkerware abuse, and how activists & researchers are beginning to turn the tide against a sprawling, largely hidden industry. www.kqed.org/news/120817...

We're figuring out how to dissenshitify the internet with Cory Doctorow! Join us on May 14 to find out how to make the internet better for not just yourself, but for everyone. www.eff.org/event/effec...

ORG calls on the ICO "to begin a formal investigation into data protection breaches and accessibility issues with the [eVisa] scheme." “Migrants are being failed by the Home Office, which didn’t properly assess the risks of a digital-only roll-out." 🗣️ ORG's @sarahalsherif.bsky.social. Read more ⬇️

What If Cephalopods Are the Closest Thing to Alien Intelligence? What if the most profound encounter with a truly alien intelligence isn’t light-years away, but lurking beneath the waves of our oceans and seas? www.thecollector.com/cephalopods-... #cephalopods #animals

👀 Big Tech is watching you! But with some simple steps you can improve your privacy. Here's how to use end-to-end encryption in Murena's Password Manager.

So after a little under a year and a half of people telling me that Stargate was a “$500bn project backed by the US government” it comes out that it “maybe never really existed,” just like I always said

Privacy isn't about hiding something, EFF's Cindy Cohn said when discussing her book Privacy's Defender at Georgetown University. “It’s really about making sure others don’t get to control your life,” she said. Read more about Cohn’s talk: thehoya.com/science/sur....

Every single quote like this is so far removed from reality that they may as well be talking about necromancy

A bill moving in Congress this week would require ID checks for all internet users, just to use many online tools, and could lock minors out entirely. The GUARD Act is a sweeping age-gating mandate. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

News: The Information reports that OpenAI projects its $20-a-month ChatGPT Plus subscriptions will drop from 44 Million subscribers in 2025 to 9 million subscribers in 2026. It claims it will make the difference up by getting 102M new "ChatGPT Go" subscribers. www.wheresyoured.at/openai-proje...

When California leads, other states follow—especially on tech. We can’t let California lead the U.S. into an unconstitutional social media ban that destroys privacy and harms youth. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

First time AI has brought me any joy only because you know how annoyed they are that this keeps happening

The Ghostty founder is leaving GitHub When you read his blog post, I want you to keep this image in your mind mitchellh.com/writing/ghos...

Parliament continues to pursue an approach to online safety that doesn't work. The Australian under-16 social media ban has failed to make any difference and people have sought ways around it. Digital ID age checks come at the cost of everyone's privacy and free expression. The math ain't mathing.

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Meta strikes again While the company promised end-to-end encryption on WhatsApp, allegations suggest it may have allowed not only employees, but even third-party contractors to access user messages. 👉 Forbes India: www.forbesindia.com/article/news... What messengers do you trust? Your thoughts?

AI data centers are increasingly reshaping local economies, infrastructure, and environments. But do they actually provide anything of value to the public? Read the latest from @natpurser.bsky.social: publicknowledge.org/what-to-ask-...

A response to recent reporting in Germany, in service of clarity and accountability: First, it’s important to be precise when it comes to critical infrastructure like Signal. Signal was not “hacked” — in that our encryption, infrastructure, & the integrity of the app’s code was not compromised. 1/

California lawmakers are fast-tracking AB 1709—a sweeping bill that would ban anyone under 16 from using social media and force every user, regardless of age, to verify their identity before accessing social platforms. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

What gets mandated in NY gets sold everywhere. A surveillance requirement for 3D printers, buried in NY's budget bill, will be detrimental to innovation everywhere. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Speaker Johnson’s introduction of yet another mass surveillance bill masquerading as reform is all the encouragement we need to keep pushing for a warrant requirement in Section 702 of FISA.

Patent cases in the Eastern District of Texas are being sealed by default, keeping the public from seeing disputes over who controls key technologies and how they’re licensed. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

I used this last week but the journal (and a prestigious one yes it's nonsense but not irrelevant here especially) hasn't commented yet

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Discover the Story Behind Rodin’s Monumental ‘Thinker’ Sculpture at the Legion of Honor Museum By Emma Taggart mymodernmet.com/the-thinker-... August Rodin at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje... #Art #Culture

The Home Office has responded to questions raised by @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social on its use of AI tools in the asylum decision-making process, informed by ORG's work. The answers raise serious concerns. These systems are being rolled out without meaningful transparency or governance. Read more ⬇️

Massachusetts lawmakers will not solve online safety by sacrificing their constituents' First Amendment and privacy rights. Instead, they should support comprehensive data privacy and digital literacy education measures that would help all users use the internet safely. www.eff.org/document/ef...

Women I spoke to recently doing innovative theoretical work have been discouraged by colleagues with power to apply for grants and ERC just announced recently they won't be allowing junior people the same chances as before. Killing academia through their own decisions. erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

Happy birthday ish to this paper, sadly still relevant

Daar istie weer hoor! Over een nieuw paper met @izaakdekker.bsky.social, de "techlash" die eraan komt, en Mei Social Vrij (dus de komende maand zie je me hier niet meer... als ik het volhou) www.felienne.nl/2026-17

Section 230 doesn’t just protect platforms—it protects the people who use them. We spoke with Reddit’s top lawyer about how volunteer moderators, everyday users, and online communities need 230 to function. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Rather than supporting parents' choices about their kids' internet use, California’s AB 1709 imposes a legislative ban on kids under 16 using social media. Parents, not the state, should decide when and how their children use social media. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Does reading do us any good? Stripped of easy moralising, literature makes us relish the search for truth in an age when many believe truth to be dead by Flora Champy aeon.co/essays/the-r... Classics of Literature at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books... #books #literature

Especially apt since the shooter is not in fact dead

CBP wants to install an AI-powered surveillance tower in San Clemente capable of tracking individual people through residential neighborhoods. Residents and the city should reject this proposal. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Courts are supposed to be public. But in a major Wi-Fi patent case in the Eastern District of Texas, key filings were hidden from public view. EFF pushed for access. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...