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EFF Calls on Kuwait to Release Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

EFF calls on the Kuwaiti government to immediately release journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin. An award-winning journalist...

Russia ramps up ‘destructive’ cyberattacks on Europe, says Sweden

Moscow behind attack on Swedish heating plant last year, Swedish minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin said.

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