EFF
With the CASE act, Congress takes aim at memes
The CASE act will allow copyright trolls to tackle those who upload works they don’t own the original copyright for.
New proposed US copyright laws are a major threat to free speech
The new laws have a good chance of being passed on Congress.
Slack is vulnerable to attacks until it uses end-to-end encryption, experts warn
Governments and hackers can get access to user’s messages, unless Slack introduces extra encryption.
EFF urges Congress not to clamp down hard on deepfakes, to protect comedy and satire
Deepfakes have been in the news a lot recently. However as Congress moves to legislate against them, it’s important to be sure that uses for satire are hurt in the progress.
Details of Justice Department efforts to break encryption of Facebook Messenger must be made public, EFF tells court
The EFF wants to know how the Justice Department think they would go about breaking into encryption.
Amazon’s Ring doorbell is creating towns where almost every public area is surveilled
In some towns Ring doorbells are given out for free in order to help reduce crime.
The EFF takes aim at online speech cut down by inconstantly applied “terms of service”
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is making a statement about the silencing of people online.
The EFF is representing Boxing Now, a YouTube channel targeted by UFC copyright trolls
Rights holders are ignoring fair use policies in recent years and are causing trouble for content creators.
YouTube appears to be breaking DMCA law, experts say
YouTube cites DMCA when taking down content but doesn’t follow DMCA conventions.
Court hearing for Redditor’s right to anonymity set to take place on Monday
A religious organization’s attempt to blatantly misuse the copyright laws for reaching their ends.
Sri Lanka shuts down social and messaging apps after deadly terrorist attacks
Citizens were unable to check on their families in the wake of the attacks.
The rightful backlash against the latest wave of anti-speech laws
Panic and hysteria spiral even the best of us out of control