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ACLU v. Clapper and the Congress: How The Second Circuit’s Decision Affects...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in ACLU v. Clapper has determined that the NSA’s telephone records program went far beyond what Congress authorized when it passed Section 215 of the...
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The Clock is Still Running: Neither NSA Reform Nor Reauthorization Advances...
Tonight, the US Senate failed to move ahead with the USA Freedom Act, an NSA reform bill that would address phone record surveillance and FISA Court transparency and fairness. It also was unable to...
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Russia digs 100 km ditch along border with south-eastern Ukraine
Published time: May 26, 2015 22:03 Izvarino border crossing point in Lugansk Region, Ukraine (RIA Novosti/Valeriy Melnikov) Russia has erected 40km of fortified walls, and more than 100km of defensive...
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‘Where is My Data?’: A Race To the Top For The Protection of Internet Users...
Members of EFF and Fundación Karisma during the launch of the project. EFF has joined forces with digital rights groups in Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru to provide support to each...
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Cybersecurity and the Tylenol Murders
When a criminal started lacing Tylenol capsules with cyanide in 1982, Johnson & Johnson quickly sprang into action to ensure consumer safety. It increased its internal production controls,...
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Section 215 Expires—For Now
Senate to Vote on USA FREEDOM Act Later in the Week Section 215 has expired. At least for now. The law that the NSA used to authorize its collection of vast amounts of information about the telephone...
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EFF Opposes Amendments Weakening the USA Freedom Act
On Sunday, the Senate let Section 215 of the Patriot Act expire, and voted 77-17 to move the USA Freedom Act of 2015 forward for consideration. Unfortunately on the next day, Senators Richard Burr and...
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Fighting for Privacy, Two Years After Snowden
Two years ago today, Glenn Greenwald published in the Guardian a single document confirming a key piece of the NSA’s surveillance program, a document that fundamentally transformed EFF’s long-running...
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‘Impeach Poroshenko!’ Massive anti-govt rally held in central Kiev
Published time: June 06, 2015 20:47 RT photo A massive march took place in the streets of Kiev to protest against the policies of the current Ukrainian government, calling for its resignation and...
View ArticleMaidan 3? Protesters set up tents in Kiev’s Maidan urging govt to deliver on...
Published time: June 07, 2015 21:33 Still from Ruptly video Protesters have gathered on Kiev’s landmark Maidan Nezalezhnosti square and set up tents, demanding President Petro Poroshenko and his...
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EFF Report Charts Companies on Next Frontier of User Privacy
Annual Survey Delves Deeper into Practices of Apple, Google, Twitter, and More San Francisco – Our digital lives are leaving data trails through social networking sites, email providers, Internet...
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European Copyright Madness: Court Strikes Down Law Allowing Users to Rip...
Today the High Court of the United Kingdom handed down an excellent decision—excellent because the result is so unreasonable, so out of touch with reality, and so divorced from the needs and...
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Kazakhstan Misusing Court Order to Censor Online Newspaper
U.S. Battle Over Leaked Emails Leads to Threats to ‘Respublika’ Site San Francisco – Online news publisher Respublika has asked a federal judge in New York to clarify that officials in Kazakhstan...
View ArticleArmenia protesters demand more time to consider next move after govt...
Published time: June 27, 2015 22:46 RIA Novosti / Asatur Yesayants Protesters in the streets of Yerevan want “more time” to decide on further actions after the government agreed to shoulder the costs...
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