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Mobile Fortify, the new app used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to use face recognition technology (FRT) to identify people during street encounters, is an affront to the rights and dignity of migrants and U.S. citizens alike. That's .. ...

Age verification will not keep children safe online. Rather, it is a large proverbial hammer that nails everyone--adults and young people alike--into restrictive parameters of what the government deems appropriate content. That reality is more ...

Laura Vidal is a Venezuelan researcher and writer focused on digital rights, community resilience, and the informal ways people learn and resist under authoritarian pressure. She holds a Doctorate in Education Sciences and intercultural communication ...

EFF is excited to spotlight two free book events this December that look ahead, providing insight on how to build this better future. Featuring EFF's Executive Director Cindy Cohn, we'll be exploring how stories, technology, and policy shape the ...

For more than a decade, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District coordinated with police to sift through the granular smart meter data of residents without suspicion to find evidence of cannabis growing.

Through an analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock Safety's servers, we discovered that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flock's national network of surveillance data in connection with .. ...

Widespread news reports indicate that President Donald Trump's administration has prepared an executive order to punish states that have passed laws attempting to address harms from artificial intelligence (AI) systems. This approach is deeply ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS) today to uncover information about the federal government demanding that tech companies remove apps that document immigration . ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed new rules that would effectively end the public's ability to challenge improperly granted patents at the Patent Office itself. We need EFF supporters to file public comments opposing these ...

Powerful institutions are using automated decision-making against us. Fortunately, workers, patients, and renters are resisting. The Colorado AI Act is a good step in the right direction. Still, EFF urges Colorado to strengthen it, especially in its ...