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Event | December 4, 2024

Virtual Wall: Surveillance Tech at the U.S.-Mexico Border

EFF Director of Investigations Dave Maass will lead a virtual tour of surveillance technology at the U.S.-Mexico border in this online guest lecture with Sheffield Hallam University.Zoom link: https://shu.zoom.us/j/6443530218?omn=98652850850

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Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | November 20, 2024

Oppose The Patent-Troll-Friendly PREVAIL Act

Update 11/21/2024: The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11-10 in favor of PREVAIL, and several senators expressed concerns about the bill. Thanks to EFF supporters who spoke out! We will continue to oppose this misguided bill. Good news: the Senate Judiciary Committee has dropped one of the two terrible patent...

Event | January 10, 2025

EFF at ShmooCon 2025

As always, EFF is excited to be back in Washington, D.C. for the final ShmooCon! Stop by the EFF booth to chat with some of our team and learn about the latest developments in defending digital freedom for all. You can even pick up a special gift as a...

Event | April 3, 2025

EFF at CypherCon

EFF is excited to attend CypherCon for the first time! We'll be at the conference with an info booth, so be sure to stop by and chat with some of our team and learn about the latest developments in defending digital freedom for all. You can even pick up...

Event | February 14, 2025

EFF at CactusCon 13

As always, EFF is excited to be back in Mesa, AZ for CactusCon! If you're attending CactusCon 13, be sure to stop by the EFF booth to chat with some of our team and learn about the latest developments in defending digital freedom for all. You can even pick...

Deeplinks Blog by David Greene | November 19, 2024

Speaking Freely: Marjorie Heins

Marjorie Heins is a writer, former civil rights/civil liberties attorney, and past director of the Free Expression Policy Project (FEPP) and the American Civil Liberties Union's Arts Censorship Project. She is the author of "Priests of Our Democracy: The Supreme Court, Academic Freedom, and the Anti-Communist Purge," which won the...
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Event | November 22, 2024

EFF at Media Matters Conference

EFF's Associate Director of EU Policy, Svea Windwehr, will speak at the "Media Matters" conference in Berlin. The conference, hosted by Heinrich Böll Foundation, focuses the intersection of democratic discourses, journalism and technology. Svea Windwehr will speak on a panel focused on the Digital Services Act (DSA), the European Union's...

Portrait of British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El Fattah
Deeplinks Blog by Jillian C. York | November 18, 2024

في عيد ميلاد علاء عبد الفتاح الثالث والأربعين، يستمر النضال من أجل إطلاق سراحه

Today marks prominent British-Egyptian coder, blogger, activist, and political prisoner Alaa Abd El Fattah’s 43rd birthday—his eleventh behind bars. Alaa should have been released on September 29, but Egyptian authorities have continued his imprisonment in contravention of the country’s own Criminal Procedure Code
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Event | January 16, 2025

EFFecting Change: Digital Rights & the New Administration

What direction will your digital rights take under Trump and the 119th Congress? Find out about the topics EFF is watching and the effect they might have on you. Join our panel of experts as they discuss surveillance, age verification, and consumer privacy. Learn how you can advocate for your...

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