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  1. 4 hours ago

    Egyptian blogger, technologist, activist, and friend of has published a new book of his writings from prison, available in the UK this month and the US in January. Learn more here:

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  2. Oct 4

    Building local coalitions can be difficult, but the results are powerful. Our Electronic Frontier Alliance toolkit offers a simple road map to help amplify our voices, together.

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  3. Oct 3

    The SHOP SAFE Act is supposed to protect consumers from unsafe counterfeits, but it’s likely to do more harm than good.

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  4. Oct 3

    Join EFF today and help us: - Fight to end government use of facial surveillance 📸 - Protect end-to-end encryption 🔐 - Create technologies to keep you safe online 🧑‍💻 Your support makes this work possible. Donate today!

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  5. Oct 3

    Tech companies should be incentivized to do everything they can to ensure their products aren’t used to target journalists, activists, and dissidents. And they should face liability if they fail to take reasonable steps to protect all of their users.

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  6. Oct 3

    EFF has raised the alarm for years about tech companies selling their surveillance and censorship products and services to repressive regimes.

    Huge kudos to the Pegasus Project’s group of international reporters who are shedding new light on the insidiousness of NSO Group’s spyware.
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  7. Oct 3

    The letter also urged the UN Human Rights Council to act within its power “to investigate and prevent further violations linked to the sale, export, and use of Pegasus spyware and cases of targeted surveillance.”

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  8. Oct 3

    EFF joined a letter from civil society organizations urging the UN Human Rights Council to denounce the human rights violations facilitated by NSO Group’s spyware as highlighted by the .

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  9. Oct 3

    Most systems are uniquely configured—and thus identifiable—even if you are using privacy-protective software. Learn more at Cover Your Tracks:

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  10. Oct 3

    Surveillance Self-Defense guides, now in Burmese! တိုင်းပြည်ကိုအုပ်ချုပ်သူတွေအနေနဲ့ သူတို့ရဲ့လုပ်ရပ်တွေအပေါ်တာဝန်ခံမှုရှိစေဖို့ လိုအပ်တဲ့အခါမျိုးမှာ နိုင်ငံသားတွေဟာ မိမိတို့ရဲ့ ဆန္ဒပြလှုပ်ရှားမှုတွေကို အားကောင်းအောင် လုပ်ဆောင်ကြရပါတယ်။

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  11. Oct 3

    Tech giants need to be pushed to make it easy for users to leave, or to use other tools to interact with their data without leaving entirely. Tell your representatives to pass the ACCESS Act

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  12. Oct 3

    Alaa Abd El Fattah should be free.

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  13. Oct 3

    On October 8th at 9PST/12EST, join EFF's for a discussion on her new book, Silicon Values, hosted by . RSVP below!

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  14. Oct 2

    As part of 's greenhouse on content moderation at the infrastructure level, our own Legal Director lays out the questions companies and policymakers should be asking:

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  15. Oct 2

    Last year, accessed business district cameras to spy on Black-led protests against police violence. We’ve asked a court to hold SFPD accountable for that illegal surveillance.

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  16. Oct 2

    Imagine having to provide ID and even research where an item was made before trying to sell it online. That could become the reality if the SHOP SAFE Act passes.

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  17. Oct 2

    "[Apple]'s systems' systems’ inability to detect nuance could impact marginalized communities the most," says EFF Director for International Freedom of Expression Jillian York.

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  18. Oct 2

    Questions about content moderation don’t have easy solutions—and it only gets more challenging when we’re talking about moderating the internet’s basic infrastructure. Join us on Oct. 6 for a debate and discussion hosted together with .

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  19. Oct 2

    Police departments are receiving millions in public health funding to by high tech surveillance equipment, but: "There's no way to police yourself out of a pandemic. And there's certainly no way to surveil yourself out of a pandemic."

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  20. Oct 2

    We are excited that a collection of writings by blogger, coder, and activist Alaa Abd El Fattah, “You Have Not Yet Been Defeated,” will be published soon. We must raise awareness about his situation and put pressure on the Egyptian government to free him.

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