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The Atlas of Surveillance maintained by

recently hit a bittersweet milestone: 10,000 data points detailing surveillance by law enforcement agencies covering all 50 states. reason.pub/3UUu7t1

End-to-end encryption is vital to protect our rights, including the right to seek an abortion. We’re glad to see elected officials recognizing its importance.

Top Prosecutors in CA, NY and DC Are Speaking Up For End-to-End

We all should have the ability to have a private conversation, and it follows that we need ways to communicate privately online as well. In the digital world, end-to-end encryption is our best chance

New Yorkers: Establishing a right to repair in New York makes it easier for people to fix their broken devices, helps independent businesses, and helps the environment. Tell

@GovKathyHochul

to sign it. act.eff.org/action/new-yor

Protecting Yourself on Social Networks

Looking to protect yourself on social networks this holiday season? Visit our Surveillance Self-Defense Guide for information on safely creating social accounts and keeping up to date with changing privacy policies

ssd.eff.org

Social networks are among the most popular websites on the Internet. Facebook has over a billion users, and Instagram and Twitter have hundreds of millions of users each. Social networks were...

EFF welcomes the Oversight Board’s decision to overturn Meta’s removal of content by drill musician Chinx (OS) after finding insufficient evidence that the content was a credible threat. Meta must uphold human rights responsibilities on their services.

Online Platforms Should Stop Partnering with Government Agencies to

Government involvement in content moderation raises serious human rights concerns in every context, and these concerns are further troubling when the involvement originates with law enforcement. We

EFF At Home Queer Optimism : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming :...

Looking for something to watch this holiday season? Revisit our event, EFF At Home: Queer Optimism, where we were joined by LGBTQ+ activists, writers, artists, and tech experts to discuss the role of optimism in trying times

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A discussion with LGBTQ+ activists, writers, artists, and tech experts to talk about the role of optimism in trying times and how to bridge the divide between...

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Check out EFF's 2021 Annual Report to see how we leveraged over $15M in public support to defend civil liberties and encourage innovation in the digital world: From stopping Apple's plan to scan iMessages to combating stalkerware, and that’s just a start!

See What We Accomplished Together in EFF's 2021 Annual Report

EFF's 2021 Annual Report is out now! Enjoy highlights of our work during the calendar year, along with a financial report covering our fiscal year of July 2020 - June 2021. EFF leveraged over $15M in

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DOJ’s talking points to undermine Section 230 wrongly claimed that platforms should only remove unprotected speech from their services.

Documents Show DOJ’s Multi-Pronged Effort to Undermine Section 230

In the summer of 2020, the Department of Justice was closely monitoring the public and congressional debate about a key law protecting internet users’ speech at the same time that it pushed to

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For Black Friday, why not download

@privacybadger

and remind your friends to download it too! It's a simple browser extension that helps eliminate tracking cookies and ads that follow you around the Internet.

Thanks to everyone who attended a city council meeting to defend the rights of themselves and their neighbors. From broadband access, to defending our Fourth Amendment rights, we rely on local advocates showing up and speaking out.

We are thankful to the

@FilFoundation

for the Decentralized Web for their support of EFF’s work

Thank you to

for continuing to push elected officials to support pro-privacy legislation in the city of Boston and Massachusetts state.

Get to Know the EFA: Digital Fourth

Electronic Frontier Alliance member Digital Fourth—also known as Restore the Fourth Boston—has been instrumental in passing surveillance oversight ordinances in the greater Boston area since 2018.

We are thankful for the support of

@macfound

and the Kaphan Foundation, which helps us ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all people of the world.

We are thankful to the great work of Electronic Frontier Alliance member

@EFFAustin

and other local groups fighting for the privacy rights of residents of Austin– especially with the fight against automated license plate readers being revisited next year.

We are grateful for the support of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Program in Public Understanding of Science and Technology (

@SloanPublic

), without whom our podcast, How to Fix the Internet, would not be possible.

How to Fix the Internet: Podcast

It seems like everywhere we turn we see dystopian stories about technology’s impact on our lives and our futures — from tracking-based surveillance capitalism to street level government surveillance

We are grateful to our clients in Jewel v. NSA and First Unitarian Church v. NSA who stood up for your privacy against mass NSA surveillance for so many years.

We are grateful to Electronic Frontier Alliance member

@LucyParsonsLabs

, whose tireless efforts to organize in marginalized communities against police surveillance has given voice to the voiceless and put much needed tools and energy into local organizing.

Advocating for Change: How Lucy Parsons Labs Defends Transparency in

Here at the Electronic Frontier Alliance, we’re lucky to have incredible member organizations engaging in advocacy on our issues across the U.S. One of those groups in Chicago, Lucy Parsons Labs

EFF is deeply grateful to all of our friends and allies who have offered their support to the effort to #freealaa.

Offline: Alaa Abd El Fattah

Free software developer and activist, Egypt Arrested: November 28, 2013, CairoCurrent status: Re-arrested on September 29, 2019 during nightly required police station check-in. Currently on hunger

We are grateful to House Judiciary for passing the bipartisan Nondisclosure Order (NDO) Fairness Act to take important steps to bring transparency and accountability to the federal government's use of sweeping gag orders accompanying requests for user data.

NDO Fairness Act Letter of Support

2022.04.01_eff_support_letter_re._hr_7072_.pdf

We are thankful for

and Sen. Neil Breslin, who fought to pass the country's first right to repair bill through the New York Legislature. We'll be extra thankful if

@GovKathyHochul

signs it into law! act.eff.org/action/new-yor

We send thanks to Electronic Frontier Alliance member

@RT4MN

and the rest of the

@snsmn_

coalition for helping to keep the promise of the George Floyd uprising alive by fighting for the rights of the people of Minneapolis and St. Paul against police surveillance.

We are grateful for the support of the

@FordFoundation

, which helps us push for safeguards that protect data privacy

Many thanks to all our members and donors who allow us to keep doing the work to protect the digital rights of users everywhere.

We are thankful for all our friends and allies around the world fighting for freedom of expression alongside us, including (but not limited to!)

Thank you

for being a leader in the fight for government transparency and accountability in New York, and working to abolish systems of mass surveillance.

Documenting Police Tech in Our Communities with Open Source Research

EFF owes a debt of gratitude to the hundreds of students and volunteers who have contributed data to AtlasofSurveillance.org.

atlasofsurveillance.org

Atlas of Surveillance

Thank you to Craig Newmark Philanthropies for helping EFF with tools and trainings for journalists, along with boosting our efforts on stalkerware and other disciplinary technologies. We are grateful for its support!

We are grateful to Electronic Frontier Alliance member

@PDXPrivacy

for their diligent work to ensure the voices of the residents of Portland are heard as their city plans out its surveillance policies.

We are thankful to the Open Society Foundations for their support of EFF’s work advancing the public interest internet, and fighting monopolies that harm users.

We are thankful for all of our Electronic Frontier Alliance members for organizing, movement building, educating, hosting, and generally being awesome in their local communities. eff.org/EFA-allies

We’re thankful for every person who picked up a phone, sent an email, had a video call, went to a townhall, or met with a lawmaker to answer our calls to action. We couldn’t do this without you.

We are thankful to the EFF Board of Directors and Advisory Board for supporting our staff throughout the year.

We are grateful for

for introducing the “My Body, My Data" Act, which will protect the privacy and safety of people seeking reproductive health care.

Pass the "My Body, My Data" Act

EFF supports Rep. Sara Jacobs’ “My Body, My Data" Act, which will protect the privacy and safety of people seeking reproductive health care.Privacy fears should never stand in the way of healthcare.

EFF is thankful for our partnership with

@RSJNevada

, which allows us to collaborate and educate young journalists on digital security and freedom of information requests.

We are thankful for

and the other sponsors who sent the Safe Connections Act to the President’s Desk.

VICTORY! Congress Sends the Safe Connections Act to the President’s

In the 21st century, it is difficult to lead a life without a cell phone. It is also difficult to change your number—you’ve given it to all your friends, family, doctors, children’s schools, and so

Santa Clara Principles on Transparency and Accountability in Content Moderation

We are thankful to all of the wonderful events and conferences that have held space for EFF this year, including

We are grateful for all of the organizations that contributed to the Santa Clara Principles 2.0

santaclaraprinciples.org

Santa Clara Principles

San Diego Citizens Wrest Control of Surveillance Tech Away From Police

We’re thankful for Electronic Frontier Alliance members

@twcsandiego

and

@techleadsd

, as well as the rest of the

@SanDiegoTRUST

coalition, for fighting for public oversight over police surveillance technology.

gizmodo.com

Organizers in San Diego have secured a major win after a long fight against unbridled police surveillance.