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Listen as Cory Doctorow, Cindy Cohn, and @thejasonkelley.com discuss how antitrust actions provide hope that megacompanies can still be forced to do better for users, on the new episode of EFF’s “How to Fix the Internet.”
Podcast Episode: Fighting Enshittificationwww.eff.org The early internet had a lot of “technological self-determination" — you could opt out of things, protect your privacy, control your experience. The problem was that it took a fair amount of
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The Encryptids are back! 🌕 Wolfgang Von Lycanz illustrates how the internet can amplify the best parts of us. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Join EFF's Civil Liberties Director David Greene on July 18th for a livestream discussion about the U.S. Supreme Court's recent opinions on technology and civil liberties. eff.org/livestream-scotus
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Analyzing the enshittification of big online platforms can help identify ways to make companies treat users better, Cory Doctorow tells EFF’s Cindy Cohn and @thejasonkelley.com on the new episode of “How to Fix the Internet.”
Podcast Episode: Fighting Enshittificationwww.eff.org The early internet had a lot of “technological self-determination" — you could opt out of things, protect your privacy, control your experience. The problem was that it took a fair amount of
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NEW on EFF’s “How to Fix the Internet”— award-winning author Cory Doctorow joins Cindy Cohn & @thejasonkelley.com to talk about a future in which all internet users enjoy the benefits of technological self-determination.
Podcast Episode: Fighting Enshittificationwww.eff.org The early internet had a lot of “technological self-determination" — you could opt out of things, protect your privacy, control your experience. The problem was that it took a fair amount of
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Government secrecy is spooky. If you'd like to ensure that officials are accountable, first you need to know what they're doing. Support EFF to defend freedom of information and uphold digital rights for all! eff.org/summer
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Section 5 of the FTC Act lets the agency clobber "deceptive acts" by companies. What could be more deceptive than replacing a human rep with a chatbot that can't stop "hallucinating" (AKA "lying")?
How the FTC Can Make the Internet Safe for Chatbotswww.eff.org No points for guessing the subject of the first question the Wall Street Journal asked FTC Chair Lina Khan: of course it was about AI.Between the hype, the lawmaking, the saber-rattling, the
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The government can't justify its TikTok ban by simply asserting national security interests. The First Amendment requires that any regulation of speech like the ban be precise and necessary, even for national security concerns.
Government Has Extremely Heavy Burden to Justify TikTok Ban, EFFwww.eff.org SAN FRANCISCO — The federal ban on TikTok must be put under the finest judicial microscope to determine its constitutionality, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and others argued in a
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DHS’ new “AI Corps” reflects "federal law enforcement's insistence on spending money on the newest shiniest toy regardless of whether or not it has compelling use cases, proves ineffective, or threatens civil liberties," EFF’s @mguariglia.bsky.social told @reason.com.
Be wary of the Department of Homeland Security’s AI ambitionsreason.com Americans shouldn’t count on DHS to use artificial intelligence technology responsibly or in a limited way.
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“This (Cellebrite phone hacking) extraction process is routine and used on countless devices for minor offenses... This level of easy access has grave impacts on our privacy and civil liberties," EFF’s @legind.bsky.social told @reason.com.
Baltimore brings back controversial cellphone hacking systemreason.com A year after a court told Maryland police that Cellebrite searches were too broad, Baltimore quietly resumed using the software.
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Cute, cuddly, and horned as he wants to be. Monsieur Jackalope knows magic happens when technology is controlled by the users. eff.org/Encryptids
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The government has a very heavy burden to justify its TikTok ban, EFF and others told an appeals court. The law is subject to strictest First Amendment scrutiny because it directly restricts and is a prior restraint on speech; simply citing national security isn’t enough.
Government Has Extremely Heavy Burden to Justify TikTok Ban, EFFwww.eff.org SAN FRANCISCO — The federal ban on TikTok must be put under the finest judicial microscope to determine its constitutionality, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and others argued in a
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Today’s @404media.co story detailing the exposure of administrative credentials to a major social media age verification platform, potentially allowing hackers to access sensitive data such as driver’s license images, is just more evidence that age verification bills like KOSA are dangerous.
ID Verification Service for TikTok, Uber, X Exposed Driver Licenseswww.404media.co As social networks and porn sites move towards a verified identity model, the actions of one cybersecurity researcher show that ID verification services themselves could get hacked too.
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EFF couldn't support APRA "in the beginning because of its preemption of stronger state laws and its relatively weak private right of action,” @mariotrujillo.bsky.social told @theregister.com. “The removal of civil rights protections makes it even weaker.”
American Privacy Rights Act is now weak sauce, critics warnwww.theregister.com 'Congress has effectively gutted it as part of a backroom deal'
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For the first time in the Espionage Act's more-than-100-year history, the U.S. has obtained an Espionage Act conviction for basic journalistic acts, EFF’s @davidgreene.bsky.social told the @nytimes.com of Julian Assange’s plea deal. “These charges should never have been brought.”
Assange Agrees to Plead Guilty in Exchange for Release, Ending Standoff With U.S.www.nytimes.com Barring last-minute snags, the deal would bring to an end a prolonged battle that began after the WikiLeaks founder became alternately celebrated and reviled for revealing state secrets in the 2010s.