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FEATURED UPDATE Twitter and Interoperability: Some Thoughts From the Peanut Gallery Late in 2019, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey floated "Project Blue Sky," a plan for an interoperable, federated, standardized Twitter that would let users (or toolsmiths who work on behalf of users) gain more control over their participation in the Twitter system. This was an exciting moment for us, a significant lurch towards an interoperable , decentralized social media world. We were especially excited to see Dorsey cite Mike Masnick's excellent Protocols, Not Products paper. It’s been more than a year,... FEATURED UPDATE It’s Not 230 You Hate, It’s Oligopolies As we continue to hear calls to repeal or change Section 230, it appears that many people have conflated a law that affects the tech giants (among many others) with Big Tech as a whole. Section 230 is not a gift to Big Tech, nor is repealing it a panacea for the problems Big Tech is causing—to the contrary repealing it will only exacerbate those problems. The thing you hate is not 230. It’s lack of competition. Section 230 stands... FEATURED UPDATE Amazon Ring’s End-to-End Encryption: What it Means Almost one year after EFF called on Amazon’s surveillance doorbell company Ring to encrypt footage end-to-end, it appears they are starting to make this necessary change. This call was a response to a number of problematic and potentially harmful incidents, including larger concerns about Ring’s security and reports that employees were fired for watching customers’ videos. Now, Ring is finally taking a necessary step—making sure that the transmission of footage from your Ring camera to your phone cannot be viewed... Join Our Newsletter! Email updates on news, actions, and events in your area. 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Issues COVID-19 and Digital Rights Many of our digital rights are impacted by COVID-19. Now more than ever, EFF is dedicated to ensuring that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all the people of the world.Surveillance. Governments around the world are demanding extraordinary new surveillance powers that many hope will contain the virus’... The Latest Deeplinks Blog by Katharine Trendacosta, Cara Gagliano | February 5, 2021 Some Answers to Questions About the State of Copyright in 2021 In all the madness that made up the last month of 2020, a number of copyright bills and proposals popped up—some even became law before most people had any chance to review them. So now that the dust has settled a little and we have some better idea what the... Deeplinks Blog by Jason Kelley | February 5, 2021 Online-Only Vaccine Distribution Will Leave Too Many Behind As the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines has begun across the U.S., there have been numerous reports of people having trouble getting it—not just because of its limited availability, but also because some counties and states have chosen to require computer and Internet access to sign up. This... Deeplinks Blog by Jillian C. York, David Greene | February 4, 2021 Facebook's Latest Proposed Policy Change Exemplifies the Trouble With Moderating Speech at Scale Hateful speech presents one of the most difficult problems of content moderation. At a global scale, it’s practically impossible. That’s largely because few people agree about what hateful speech is—whether it is limited to derogations based on race, gender, religion, and other personal characteristics historically subject to hate, whether it... Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | February 4, 2021 Incoming Biden Administration Officials Should Change Course on Encryption To have privacy and security in the digital world, encryption is an indispensable ingredient. Without it, we’re all at risk of exploitation—by authoritarian governments, over-reaching police, nosy corporations, and online criminals.But for some years now, federal law enforcement has paid lip service to “cybersecurity,” while actually seeking to make... Deeplinks Blog by Kit Walsh | February 3, 2021 Section 1201’s Harm to Security Research Shown by Mixed Decision in Corellium Case Under traditional copyright law, security research is a well-established fair use, meaning it does not infringe copyright. When it was passed in 1998, Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act upset the balance of copyright law. Since then, the balance has been further upset as it has been interpreted... Deeplinks Blog by Kit Walsh | February 3, 2021 No Secret Evidence in Our Courts If you’re accused of a crime, you have a right to examine and challenge the evidence used against you. In an important victory, an appeals court in New Jersey agreed with EFF and the ACLU of NJ that a defendant is entitled to see the source code of software... Deeplinks Blog by Katitza Rodriguez, Veridiana Alimonti | February 3, 2021 Despite Progress, Metadata Still Under "Second Class" Protection in Latam Legal Safeguards This post is the fourth in a series about our new State of Communications Privacy Laws report, a set of questions and answers about privacy and data protection in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Panama, Peru, and Spain. The... Deeplinks Blog by Katitza Rodriguez, Veridiana Alimonti | February 2, 2021 When Law Enforcement Wants Your Private Communications, What Legal Safeguards Are in Place in Latin America and Spain? This post is the third in a series about our new State of Communications Privacy Laws report, a set of questions and answers about privacy and data protection in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Panama, Peru, and Spain. The... Deeplinks Blog by Dave Maass, Matthew Guariglia | February 2, 2021 San Francisco Takes Small Step to Establish Oversight Over Business Association Surveillance The San Francisco Board of Supervisors last week voted unanimously in favor of requiring all special business districts—such as the Union Square Business Improvement District (USBID)—to bring any new surveillance plans to the Board before adopting new technologies. The resolution—passed in the wake of an EFF investigation, a... Deeplinks Blog by Rebecca Jeschke | February 2, 2021 Can Government Officials Block You on Social Media? A New Decision Makes the Law Murkier, But Users Still Have Substantial Rights This blog post was co-written by EFF Legal Fellow Houston Davidson.It’s now common practice for politicians and other government officials to make major policy announcements on Twitter and other social media forums. That’s continuing to raise important questions about who can read those announcements, and what happens when... More Updates Back to top Follow EFF: twitter facebook instagram youtube flicker rss Contact General Legal Security Membership Press About Calendar Volunteer Victories History Internships Jobs Staff Issues Free Speech Privacy Creativity & Innovation Transparency International Security Updates Blog Press Releases Events Legal Cases Whitepapers EFFector Newsletter Press Press Contact Donate Join or Renew Membership Online One-Time Donation Online Shop Other Ways to Give Copyright (CC BY) Trademark Privacy Policy Thanks JavaScript license information