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Congress Moves Closer to Risky Internet Takedown Law | EFFector 37.4

Sorry, EFF doesn't hand out candy like the Easter Bunny, but we are here to keep you updated on the latest digital rights news with our EFFector newsletter!This edition of EFFector explains how you can help us push back against the TAKE IT DOWN Act, an internet censorship law;...

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EFF Urges Court to Avoid Fair Use Shortcuts in Kadrey v. Meta Platforms

EFF has filed an amicus brief in Kadrey v. Meta, one of the many ongoing copyright lawsuits against AI developers. Most of the AI copyright cases raise an important new issue: whether the copying necessary to train a generative AI model is a non-infringing fair use.Kadrey, however, attempts to...

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Privacy on the Map: How States Are Fighting Location Surveillance

Location data is highly sensitive, and without proper protections, it can be used to harm those who are already vulnerable. The digital trail we leave behind can reveal far more than we think, and without laws in place to protect us, we are all at risk.
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EFF Joins Amicus Briefs Supporting Two More Law Firms Against Unconstitutional Executive Orders

Update 4/11/25: EFF joined the ACLU and other legal advocacy organizations today in filing two additional amicus briefs in support of the law firms Jenner & Block and WilmerHale, which have also been targeted by President Donald Trump. Original post published 4/3/25: EFF has joined the American...

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Florida’s New Social Media Bill Says the Quiet Part Out Loud and Demands an Encryption Backdoor

At least Florida’s SB 868/HB 743, “Social Media Use By Minors” bill isn’t beating around the bush when it states that it would require “social media platforms to provide a mechanism to decrypt end-to-end encryption when law enforcement obtains a subpoena.” Usually...

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Cybersecurity Community Must Not Remain Silent On Executive Order Attacking Former CISA Director

Cybersecurity professionals and the infosec community have essential roles to play in protecting our democracy, securing our elections, and building, testing, and safeguarding government infrastructure. It is critically important for us to speak up to ensure that essential work continues and that those engaged in these good faith efforts are...

Certbot 4.0: Long Live Short-Lived Certs!

When Let’s Encrypt, a free certificate authority, started issuing 90 day TLS certificates for websites, it was considered a bold move that helped push the ecosystem towards shorter certificate life times. Beforehand, certificate authorities normally issued certificate lifetimes lasting a year or more. With 4.0,...

Congress Takes Another Step Toward Enabling Broad Internet Censorship

Fast tracking a censorship bill is always troubling. TAKE IT DOWN is the wrong approach to helping people whose intimate images are shared without their consent. We can help victims of online harassment without embracing a new regime of online censorship.
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Our Privacy Act Lawsuit Against DOGE and OPM: Why a Judge Let It Move Forward

Last week, a federal judge rejected the government’s motion to dismiss our Privacy Act lawsuit against OPM and Elon Musk’s DOGE. OPM is disclosing to DOGE agents the highly sensitive personal information of tens of millions of federal employees, retirees, and job applicants. This disclosure violates the federal Privacy Act...
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EFF, Civil Society Groups, Academics Call on UK Home Secretary to Address Flawed Data Bill

Last week, EFF joined 30 civil society groups and academics in warning UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Secretary Peter Kyle about the law enforcement risks contained within the draft Data Use and Access Bill (DUA Bill).Clause 80 of the DUA Bill weakens...

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