If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250
After 26 years at EFF, today is outgoing Executive Director Cindy Cohn’s last day here. Read her final message to all of us.
Onward, Friends
After 26 years, today is my last day at EFF. It's been a terrific and wild ride — the organization has grown from a tiny band of fighty people trying to plant a flag for freedom and justice in the com...
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🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 Nicole Ozer, @nicoleozer.bsky.social, has been appointed as executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation effective June 1! Who is EFF's new ED? 🧵 (1/5)
So pleased that Nicole will be EFF's next ED. We will miss Cindy's leadership (and I know she'll stay in the fight!), but Nicole has the right skills, and heart, to take us forward in a time when our work is more necessary than ever.
Nicole Ozer@nicoleozer.bsky.social · 4mo agoI’m EFF’s next Executive Director! So proud to take the torch from Cindy Cohn and lead @eff.org forward in its next chapter. Here’s the link to the EFF announcement – www.eff.org/press/releas... Together, we can meet the challenges and keep building a future where technology works for the people.
For folks following the Cox v. Sony argument this morning and looking to really nerd out: EFF has posted a monster collection of party and amicus briefs (including ours) www.eff.org/cases/cox-co...
Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment
Several music companies sued Cox Communications, arguing that the ISP should be held liable for copyright infringement committed by some of its subscribers. The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit...
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Having Cindy as a mentor, colleague, and friend for the past two decades has been a privilege and a pleasure. I'm glad she's staying in the fight -- now more than ever the internet needs her excellent mind, instincts, and heart. And selfishly, it means we can stay partners in making good trouble.
Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · 11mo agoAfter 25 years at EFF, Cindy Cohn is stepping down as executive director. In a WIRED interview, she reflects on encryption, AI, and why she’s not ready to quit the battle.
Not just excess, it’s a system built to keep people hungry so the rich can keep feasting. But the masses are waking up. Powerful video…
Fortunately, it is! www.eff.org/cases/public...
Freeing the Law with Public.Resource.Org
Freeing the Law with Public.Resource.Org "Technical standards incorporated into law are some of the most important rules of our modern society. In a democracy, the people must have the right to read, ...
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Naomi Jane Gray@shadesofgraylaw.bsky.social · last yr.This issue has driven me nuts for years. People have to have notice of what the law is. If some private org wants to develop standards and then have that adopted as the law, then it should at a minimum be a fair use for people to copy, distribute it etc. for purposes of knowing what it is
Further evidence of DOGE success in improving the IRS: I got a letter saying I'm owed a significant amount of money (not fake, I checked) but I have to call to get it. Can't do online, have to talk to an agent. Have now been on hold twice for more than an hour without getting through.
Trump has spent $16M setting Gitmo up for detainees and then deciding it was too expensive. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
ICE Returns All Migrants From Guantánamo to Stateside Facilities
A court filing described strip searches and the use of restraint chairs on some of the 290 migrants the Trump administration has cycled through the base.
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We stand with Perkins Coie. "Lawsuits against the federal government are a vital component of the system of checks and balances that undergirds American democracy.... The Executive Order, if enforced, would upend that system." www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
EFF Stands with Perkins Coie and the Rule of Law
As a legal organization that has fought in court to defend the rights of technology users for almost 35 years, including numerous legal challenges to federal government overreach, Electronic Frontier ...
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Though the Justice Dept has deleted information about its Jan 6 prosecutions from its website, a federal judge has issued an order listing and chronicling all of the cases and prison terms Here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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As government websites are rapidly rewritten, appreciating @archive.org more than ever
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DC judges slam Trump pardons as 'revisionist myth,' 'will not change the truth' of Jan. 6
In the days since President Donald Trump handed down pardons and commutations for the more than 1,500 of his supporters who participated in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, federal judges in the U.S....
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Hundreds of subreddits are considering banning all links to Twitter/X in a pretty powerful display of collective action: www.404media.co/hundreds-of-...
Hundreds of Subreddits Are Considering Banning All Links to X
Dozens of big subreddits have already banned all Twitter links, and posts about potential bans are some of the most popular on the site.
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"Shutting down communications platforms or forcing their reorganization based on concerns of foreign propaganda and anti-national manipulation is an eminently anti-democratic tactic, one that the US has previously condemned globally." www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
EFF Statement on U.S. Supreme Court's Decision to Uphold TikTok Ban
We are deeply disappointed that the Court failed to require the strict First Amendment scrutiny required in a case like this, which would’ve led to the inescapable conclusion that the government's des...
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It's really shocking, disturbing, & disappointing how little attention SCOTUS gives to the 1st Amendment rights of the millions of Americans who have chosen to use TikTok under its current editorial policy and features to speak with each other and the world & get information. Hardly an afterthought.