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electronicfrontierfoundation wrote a new post, Changing Section 230 Won’t Make the Internet a Kinder, Gentler Place, on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 1 day, 2 hours ago

Tech platforms, especially the largest ones, have a problem—there’s a lot of offensive junk online. Many lawmakers on Capitol Hill keep coming back to the same solution—blaming Section 230.
What lawmakers don’t […]
electronicfrontierfoundation wrote a new post, Emails from 2016 Show Amazon Ring's Hold on the LAPD Through Camera Giveaways, on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 1 day, 5 hours ago

In March 2016, “smart” doorbell camera maker Ring was a growing company attempting to market its wireless smart security camera when it received an email from an officer in the Los Angeles Police Department (LA […]
electronicfrontierfoundation wrote a new post, 22 Rights Groups Tell PayPal and Venmo to Shape Up Policies on Account Closures, on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 3 days ago

Companies Have History of Unfair Crackdowns on First-Amendment Protected ActivitiesSan Francisco – Nearly two dozen rights groups, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), have joined together to tell P […]
electronicfrontierfoundation wrote a new post, Unconstitutional Florida Law Barring Platforms from Suspending Politicians Should be Blocked, EFF Tells Court, on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 3 days, 21 hours ago

S.B. 7072 Violates First Amendment, Gives Politicians’ Speech Preferential Treatment Over Other UsersTallahassee, Florida—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Protect Democracy urged a federal judge to str […]
electronicfrontierfoundation wrote a new post, Hearing Tuesday: EFF Testifies Against SFPD for Violating Transparency Policies, on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 4 days, 2 hours ago

Police Department Withheld Documents About Use of Facial RecognitionSan Francisco – On Tuesday, June 15, at 5:30 pm PT, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will testify against the San Francisco Police D […]
electronicfrontierfoundation wrote a new post, The ACCESS ACT Takes a Step Towards a More Interoperable Future, on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 6 days, 20 hours ago

When it comes to online services, there are a few very large companies whose gravitational effects can alter the entire tech universe. Their size, power, and diverse levers of control mean that there is no single […]
electronicfrontierfoundation wrote a new post, 1000 Californians Have Asked Their Representatives To Fix Our Broken Broadband System. Have You?, on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 6 days, 23 hours ago

The California legislature has been handed what might be their easiest job this year, and they are refusing to do it.
Californians far and wide have spent the pandemic either tethered to their high-speed […]
electronicfrontierfoundation wrote a new post, The GDPR, Privacy and Monopoly, on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 1 week ago

In Privacy Without Monopoly: Data Protection and Interoperability, we took a thorough look at the privacy implications of various kinds of interoperability. We examined the potential privacy risks of […]
electronicfrontierfoundation wrote a new post, Victory! Dartmouth Ends Unfounded Cheating Investigation After Students, Rights Groups Speak Out, on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 1 week ago

The Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine has ended its months-long dragnet investigation into supposed student cheating, dropping all charges against students and clearing all transcripts of any violations. This a […]
electronicfrontierfoundation wrote a new post, Big Data Profits If We Deregulate HIPAA, on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 1 week ago

This blog post was written by Kenny Gutierrez, EFF Bridge Fellow.
Recently proposed modifications to the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) would invade your most personal and […]
electronicfrontierfoundation wrote a new post, 15 Universities Have Formed A Company That Looks A Lot Like A Patent Troll, on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 1 week ago

Imagine this: a limited liability company (LLC) is formed, for the sole purpose of acquiring patents, including what are likely to be low-quality patents of suspect validity. Patents in hand, the LLC starts […]
electronicfrontierfoundation wrote a new post, Tracking Global Online Censorship: What EFF Is Doing Next, on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 1 week ago

As the world stays home to slow the spread of COVID-19, communities are rapidly transitioning to digital meeting spaces. This highlights a trend EFF has tracked for years: discussions in virtual spaces shape and […]
electronicfrontierfoundation wrote a new post, EFF Files Amicus Brief Defending the Right to Repair in Massachusetts, on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 1 week, 1 day ago

This week, EFF joined with several prominent right-to-repair groups to file an amicus brief in the United States District Court of Massachusetts defending the state’s recent right-to-repair law. This law, whi […]
electronicfrontierfoundation wrote a new post, EFF and FSFP to Court: When Flawed Electronic Voting Systems Disenfranchise Voters, They Should Be Able to Challenge That with Access to the Courts, on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 1 week, 1 day ago

Georgia Officials Call Plaintiff Voters “Bystanders” Who Lack Standing to Sue and Dismiss Serious Technical Issues as “Glitches”Atlanta, Georgia—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Free Speech for Peopl […]
electronicfrontierfoundation wrote a new post, A Year of Action in Support of the Black-Led Movement Against Police Violence and Racism, on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 1 week, 2 days ago

“Black lives matter on the streets. Black lives matter on the internet.” A year ago, EFF’s Executive Director, Cindy Cohn, shared these words in EFF’s statement about the police killings of Breonna Taylor and G […]
electronicfrontierfoundation wrote a new post, Civil Society Groups Seek More Time to Review, Comment on Rushed Global Treaty for Intrusive Cross Border Police Powers, on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 1 week, 3 days ago

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), European Digital Rights (EDRi), and 40 other civil society organizations urged the Council of Europe’s Parliament Assembly and Committee of Ministers to allow more time for th […]
electronicfrontierfoundation wrote a new post, VICTORY: You Can Now Make Your Venmo Friends List Private. Here’s How., on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 1 week, 3 days ago

It took two and a half years and one national security incident, but Venmo did it, folks: users now have privacy settings to hide their friends lists.
EFF first pointed out the problem with Venmo friends lists in […]
electronicfrontierfoundation wrote a new post, Ring Changed How Police Request Door Camera Footage: What it Means and Doesn’t Mean, on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 1 week, 3 days ago

Amazon Ring has announced that it will change the way police can request footage from millions of doorbell cameras in communities across the country. Rather than the current system, in which police can send […]
electronicfrontierfoundation wrote a new post, Maryland and Montana Pass the Nation’s First Laws Restricting Law Enforcement Access to Genetic Genealogy Databases, on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 1 week, 3 days ago

Last week, Maryland and Montana passed laws requiring judicial authorization to search consumer DNA databases in criminal investigations. These are welcome and important restrictions on forensic genetic genealogy […]
electronicfrontierfoundation wrote a new post, Security Tips for Online LGBTQ+ Dating, on the site americanpeacenik technology journal 1 week, 3 days ago

Dating is risky. Aside from the typical worries of possible rejection or lack of romantic chemistry, LGBTQIA people often have added safety considerations to keep in mind. Sometimes staying in the proverbial […]
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