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EFF does a lot of things, including impact litigation, legislative lobbying, and technology development, all to fight for your civil liberties in the digital age. With litigation, we directly represent clients and also file "amicus" briefs in court . ...

Today, in response to the U.K.'s demands for a backdoor, Apple has stopped offering users in the U.K. Advanced Data Protection, an optional feature in iCloud that turns on end-to-end encryption for files, backups, and more. Had Apple complied with .. ...

EFF is delighted to be attending RightsCon again--this year hosted in Taipei, Taiwan between 24-27 February.RightsCon provides an opportunity for human rights experts, technologists, activists, and government representatives to discuss pressing human ...

A bill headed to the Senate floor in Utah would require officers to disclose if a police report was written by generative AI. The bill, S.B. 180, requires a department to have a policy governing the use of AI. This policy would mandate that police .. ...

The launch of ChatGPT and other deep learning quickly led to a flurry of lawsuits against model developers. Legal theories vary, but most are rooted in copyright: plaintiffs argue that use of their works to train the models was infringement; ...

You shouldn't need a permission slip to read a webpage-whether you do it with your own eyes, or use software to help. AI is a category of general-purpose tools with myriad beneficial uses. Requiring developers to license the materials needed to ...

SAN FRANCISCO--The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Repro Uncensored coalition on Wednesday launched the #StopCensoringAbortion campaign to ensure that people who need reproductive health and abortion information can find and share it. .. ...

With reproductive rights under fire across the U.S. and globally, access to accurate abortion information has never been more critical--especially online. That's why reproductive health and rights organizations have turned to online platforms to ...

This post is part three in a series of posts about EFF's work in Europe. Read about how and why we work in Europe here. EFF's mission is to ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all people of the world. While our work . ...

Early in January 2025 it seemed like TikTok was on the verge of being banned by the U.S. government. In reaction to this imminent ban, several million people in the United States signed up for a different China-based social network known in the U.S. ...