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Deeplinks Blog by Cindy Cohn, Trevor Timm | June 7, 2013

In Response to the NSA, We Need A New Church Committee and We Need It Now

“[The National Security Agency's] capability at any time could be turned around on the American people, and no American would have any privacy left, such is the capability to monitor everything: telephone conversations, telegrams, it doesn’t matter. There would be no place to hide.” —Senator Frank Church, 1975
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Deeplinks Blog by Mitch Stoltz | June 6, 2013

Unlocking Hearing Shines A Light On The DMCA's Problems And The Need For A Real Fix

As we reported yesterday, there was a hearing this morning on Capitol Hill to talk about restoring legal protection for mobile phone unlocking that the Librarian of Congress took away...

Deeplinks Blog by Danny O'Brien | June 6, 2013

Helpful ISP is Too Helpful: Australia's Censorship Fiasco, And How It Could Have Been Stopped

Australian Internet users have been cursed for over a decade by governments who appear to neither understand nor care about the consequences of Internet censorship. The current Communications minister, Stephen Conroy, has been particular notorious on this matter: after failing to get parliamentary approval for his Internet blacklist plans,...

Deeplinks Blog by Julie Samuels | June 6, 2013

With Your Support, The Save Podcasting Campaign Is Underway

Wow!
Just a week ago, we asked you to help us bust the patent being used to threaten podcasters. First, we were looking for help to raise $30,000 in two weeks to cover the costs of fighting this patent. With your help, we hit our goal in just...

Deeplinks Blog by Katitza Rodriguez | June 6, 2013

Anonymity, Encryption, and Free Expression: What Nations Need to Do

In his landmark report to the 23rd session of the Human Rights Council, Frank La Rue, the U.N's free speech watchdog, makes clear that anonymous expression and secure communication are critical for an open society. We gave you a quick look at that report yesterday. Now we...

Deeplinks Blog by Cindy Cohn, Mark Rumold | June 5, 2013

Confirmed: The NSA is Spying on Millions of Americans

Today, the Guardian newspaper confirmed what EFF (and many others) have long claimed: the NSA is conducting widespread, untargeted, domestic surveillance on millions of Americans. This revelation should end, once and for all, the government's long-discredited secrecy claims about its dragnet domestic surveillance programs. It should spur Congress and...

Deeplinks Blog by Mitch Stoltz | June 5, 2013

Congress Moves To Protect Phone Unlockers - A Small Step Towards Fixing the DMCA

Congress looks poised to create a new legal shield for mobile phone unlocking, making it clear that people who switch wireless carriers won't face civil suits or criminal penalties under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. That legal protection was taken away...

Deeplinks Blog by Dave Maass | June 4, 2013

Celebrity Rights Shouldn’t Trump Constitutional Rights: EFF Supports Challenge to Dangerous Publicity Rights Decision

A federal appeals court struck a blow against free speech in a May 21 ruling against a video-game creator and EFF won’t let it stand unchallenged.
Working with a coalition of groups representing filmmakers, vidders, and fair-use advocates, EFF today filed a friend-of-the-court (in Latin, amicus curiae) brief...

Deeplinks Blog by Hanni Fakhoury, Jennifer Lynch | June 4, 2013

A Junk Decision on Warrantless DNA Collection

You lost some important Fourth Amendment protection when the Supreme Court ruled yesterday in Maryland v. King that the police can take a DNA sample from an arrestee without a search warrant for purposes of general law enforcement rummaging.
The court was reviewing the constitutionality of...

Deeplinks Blog by Katitza Rodriguez | June 4, 2013

Internet Surveillance and Free Speech: the United Nations Makes the Connection

Frank La Rue, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Opinion delivered this week a landmark report [PDF] on state surveillance and freedom of expression. In preparation, the Special Rapporteur reviewed relevant studies, consulted with experts including EFF, and participated in the state surveillance...

Deeplinks Blog by Hanni Fakhoury, Trevor Timm | June 4, 2013

Jeremy Hammond Case Demonstrates the Draconian Nature of the CFAA

In the months since Aaron Swartz’s death, it’s become clear to the American public that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”) has become one of the most dangerous and abused criminal laws available to prosecutors. One of its biggest problems—its draconian sentencing scheme—is on full display in the...

Deeplinks Blog by Julie Samuels | June 4, 2013

The White House Takes Aim at Patent Trolls

Frustration with patent trolls, and momentum for reform, has been building for some time now. Today, the stakes got even higher when the White House announced that it was actively taking on the troll problem. This is big news, and not just because of the seven legislative...

Deeplinks Blog by Dave Maass | June 3, 2013

All Drone Legislation Must Meet These Three Requirements

All but seven states have proposed or adopted legislation relating to the domestic use of drones, or unmanned aerial systems, in domestic airspace, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Now, at the invitation of the Aerospace States Association, EFF has rung in with the three crucial elements...

Deeplinks Blog by Jillian C. York | June 3, 2013

Singaporean Websites Must Pay To Mention Singapore... And Not Mention Gay People At All

It's been a bad month for Singaporean netizens. First came the news that the Media Development Authority (MDA), the country's press oversight agency, now requires that websites that have more than 50,000 viewers and that post one "Singapore news programme" (a loosely defined term that basically includes any news about...

Deeplinks Blog by Hanni Fakhoury | June 3, 2013

Why Wait for Congress? States Passing Electronic Privacy Legislation

State legislatures had a busy week passing electronic privacy laws. Will Congress follow?
First, the Texas legislature unanimously passed HB 2268, which requires state law enforcement to obtain a search warrant before accessing emails and other forms of electronic communications content from service providers. This law...

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In Response to the NSA, We Need A New Church Committee and We Need It Now

Unlocking Hearing Shines A Light On The DMCA's Problems And The Need For A Real Fix

Helpful ISP is Too Helpful: Australia's Censorship Fiasco, And How It Could Have Been Stopped

With Your Support, The Save Podcasting Campaign Is Underway

Anonymity, Encryption, and Free Expression: What Nations Need to Do

Confirmed: The NSA is Spying on Millions of Americans

Congress Moves To Protect Phone Unlockers - A Small Step Towards Fixing the DMCA

Celebrity Rights Shouldn’t Trump Constitutional Rights: EFF Supports Challenge to Dangerous Publicity Rights Decision

A Junk Decision on Warrantless DNA Collection

Internet Surveillance and Free Speech: the United Nations Makes the Connection

Jeremy Hammond Case Demonstrates the Draconian Nature of the CFAA

The White House Takes Aim at Patent Trolls

All Drone Legislation Must Meet These Three Requirements

Singaporean Websites Must Pay To Mention Singapore... And Not Mention Gay People At All

Why Wait for Congress? States Passing Electronic Privacy Legislation

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