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In 2025, elected officials across the country began treating surveillance technology purchases differently: not as inevitable administrative procurements handled by police departments, but as political decisions subject to council oversight and ...

Defending encryption has long been a bedrock of our work. Privacy in conversations or storing data is impossible without encryption. And this year we've seen attacks on these rights from all around the world.

EFFector's audio companion features exclusive interviews where EFF's lawyers, activists, and technologists dig deeper into the biggest stories in privacy, free speech, and innovation. Here are some of the best interviews from EFFector Audio in 2025.

State and federal lawmakers have introduced multiple proposals in 2025 to curtail or outright block children and teenagers from accessing legal content on the internet. On top of violating minors' First Amendment rights, these laws also actively harm ...

It's been a great year to be on EFF's membership team. There's no better feeling than hanging out with your fellow digital freedom supporters and being able to say, "Oh yeah, and we're suing the government!" We've done that a lot this year--and that ...

Across ideologically diverse communities, 2025 campaigns against automated license plate reader (ALPR) surveillance kept winning. From Austin, Texas to Cambridge, Massachusetts to Eugene, Oregon, successful campaigns combined three practical elements ...

State legislatures--from Olympia, WA, to Honolulu, HI, to Tallahassee, FL, and everywhere in between--kept EFF's state legislative team busy throughout 2025.We saw some great wins and steps forward this year. Washington became the eighth state to ...

A functioning patent system depends on one basic principle: bad patents must be challengeable. In 2025, that principle was repeatedly tested--by Congress, by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and by a small number of large patent owners . ...

As reproductive rights face growing attacks globally, access to content about reproductive healthcare and abortion online has never been more critical. The internet has essential information on topics like where and how to access care, links to ...

A growing wave of copyright lawsuits and dangerous policies threaten beneficial uses of AI. In 2025, EFF fought back ...