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Digital Hopes, Real Power: The Rise of Network Shutdowns

This is the fourth installment of a blog series reflecting on the global digital legacy of the 2011 Arab...

Patch Tuesday, April 2026 Edition

Microsoft today pushed software updates to fix a staggering 167 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating...

Google Broke Its Promise to Me. Now ICE Has My Data.

In September 2024, Amandla Thomas-Johnson was a Ph.D. candidate studying in the U.S. on a student visa when he...

EFF to State AGs: Investigate Google's Broken Promise to Users Targeted by the Government

Google's Failure to Warn Users About Law Enforcement Demands for Data Is DeceptiveSAN FRANCISCO – The Electronic...

The Dangers of California’s Legislation to Censor 3D Printing

California’s bill, A.B. 2047, will not only mandate censorware — software which exists to bluntly block your speech...

EFF 🤝 HOPE: Join Us This August!

Protecting privacy and free speech online takes more than policy work—it takes community. Conferences like HOPE are...

Hot Off the Press: EFF's Updated Guide to Tech at the US-Mexico Border

When people see Customs & Border Protection's giant, tethered surveillance blimp flying 20 miles outside of Marfa,...

Speaking Freely: Dr. Jean Linis-Dinco

Dr. Jean Linis-Dinco is an activist-researcher working at the intersection of human rights and technology. Born in the...

War as a Pretext: Gulf States Are Tightening the Screws on Speech—Again

War does not only reshape borders. It also reshapes what can be seen, said, and remembered.  When governments invoke...

Moving Goalposts: Football, Facial Recognition and the Expansion of Surveillance

Stop political scapegoating: Ghanaian MPs must reject dangerous anti-LGBTQ+ bill

Access Now and Rightify Ghana are urging the government of Ghana to put human rights first and reject the repressive...

UK seeks to jail Palestine Action for ‘terrorism’ amid UK media blackout

Six Palestine Action activists face a retrial after being acquitted in February following over a year in prison. If...