Governments must not adopt emerging and powerful AI technologies without also adopting strong and clear safeguards to protect Constitutional rights, EFF’s @mguariglia.bsky.social testified today to a House Homeland Security subcommittee.

EFF Testifies to Congress on Protecting Americans’ Rights from Government AI

Governments must not adopt emerging and powerful AI technologies without also adopting strong and clear safeguards to protect Constitutional rights, EFF Senior Policy Analyst Dr. Matthew Guariglia tes...

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Tell publishers to keep the news in the Wayback Machine: www.savethearchive.com/newsleaders/

Annalee Newitz@annaleen.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Meanwhile, publishers are blocking the Internet Archive, a digital library, from archiving their journalism due to fears of "AI scraping." That's right -- the same papers selling their work to AI companies are blocking a nonprofit archive due to "fears of AI." (2/3) www.niemanlab.org/2026/05/more...

In Data Security, the Trump administration keeps trying to compile sensitive information of many kinds, for many purposes, none of which are good. Our rundown:

Trump is doing a test run. If he gets away with the $1.7 billion dollar heist (I doubt much of it will go to the Jan 6 people btw), then these kinds of settlement funds will be a daily thing. He will take money out of the treasury until someone somehow stops him.

The Looting of America

MAGA corruption reaches the point of no return

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"[Palantir workers] joined a company that promised to stop abuses of power, and they are watching it build the tools that make those abuses faster, wider, and harder to undo. The question they are left with is ... at what point does building the machine make you responsible for what it does?"

Part of the movement to reclaim social media? Here are some ways to limit your liability risk under U.S. copyright law. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Copyright and DMCA Best Practices for Fediverse Operators

People building the future of the social web—interoperable and decentralized—need to protect themselves against copyright liability. This post gives an overview of the steps to take. It’s meant for

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One element of the Trump administration’s election disruption playbook is getting less coverage than it should – the use of investigative, prosecutorial, and regulatory power to silence and sideline the administration’s perceived opponents: https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-payback-squad

The Internet is disappearing before our very eyes and it’s why we should all support that absolutely critical work of @archive.org

California’s AB1709 is “an over-broad and unconstitutional restriction on young people’s right to speak and to access information online,” EFF’s @aaronmackey.bsky.social testified. “It also violates all adult internet users’ First Amendment rights.” spectrumnews1.com/ca/la/polit...

State lawmakers push bills to protect kids from social media

One bill would ban kids under the age of 16 from using many platforms

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Sick of this ever-expanding surveillance state? Want to claw back your privacy? You can do so by supporting EFF! eff.org/spring

Claw Back Your Privacy

Support free expression and fight the mass surveillance used for control and intimidation.

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Who does Section 230 protect? Users, moderators, and entire communities—not just platforms. Our interview with Reddit’s Chief Legal Officer explains how it works. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

The Internet Still Works: Reddit Empowers Community Moderation

Reddit is one of the largest user-generated content platforms on the internet, built around thousands of independent communities known as subreddits. Some subreddits cover everyday interests, while

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Internet Archive@archive.org · 4mo ago

100+ journalists, including Cory Doctorow, Rachel Maddow and many more, are backing the Internet Archive’s #WaybackMachine as essential to preserving the public record 🗂️ Read more at Fight for the Future 👇 www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-04... 🧵⬇️ @fightforthefuture.org

Yo! News orgs!! Stop blocking the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine!!

WIRED@wired.com · 4mo ago

As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages. www.wired.com/story/the-in...

Orban out!!! Finally some good political news. When JD arrives, you know you’ve already lost. Keep up the good work JD!

Exactly what we found with @globalvoices.org Civic Media Observatory! Excited to see this. globalvoices.org/special/obse...

Civic Media Observatory · Global Voices

The Civic Media Observatory is a method to investigate and decode how people understand information and create knowledge in complex and seemingly chaotic media ecosystems.

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alice e marwick@alicetiara.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🚨NEW DISINFO PAPER🚨 TLDR; disinformation circulates as narratives, not false facts. This paper took five years (!!!) and a rotating cast of collaborators and GRAs. Our case studies include the pee tape, and we have an entire appendix justifying that. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

“If your (Signal) group has more than 50 people in it, it's not a private space for communication,” EFF’s @evacide told @WIRED. Keep truly sensitive information to the smallest possible groups, or to one-on-one communications. www.wired.com/story/how-to...

How to Organize Safely in the Age of Surveillance

From threat modeling to encrypted collaboration apps, we’ve collected experts’ tips and tools for safely and effectively building a group—even while being targeted and tracked by the powerful.

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@Wikipedia.org gets hundreds of legal demands every year to remove user-written content. Less than 1% get granted. We spoke with @wikimediafoundation.org about how they protect editors, and how Section 230 makes that possible. www.eff.org/pages/inter...

The Internet Still Works: Wikipedia Defends Its Editors

Section 230 helps make it possible for online communities to host user speech: from restaurant reviews, to fan fiction, to collaborative encyclopedias. But recent debates about the law often overlook

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Any reputable journalism organization would fire someone who manipulated a photo this way; many have done exactly that. It’s a shame our government can’t adhere to such a basic ethical and moral code too. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Beware: Government Using Image Manipulation for Propaganda

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem last week posted a photo of the arrest of Nekima Levy Armstrong, one of three activists who had entered a St. Paul, Minn. church to confront a pastor who

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Most Americans don't feel represented by either major party, but our winner-take-all election system only gives us one choice. Here’s how proportional representation could change that. Watch and share to spread the word: https://youtu.be/xN5V0au9Xms

How Proportional Representation Could End Gerrymandering

YouTube video by Protect Democracy

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Age verification mandates. They're everywhere! But does anyone really want them? 🙅‍♀️ We're breaking these laws down, from what they do and how they harm civil liberties. Join us live next week! eff.org/livestream-age

EFFecting Change: The Human Cost of Online Age Verification

Age verification mandates are spreading fast, and they’re ushering in a new age of online surveillance, censorship, and exclusion for everyone—not just young people. Age-gating laws generally require

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Amazon’s Ring doorbell camera system won the “Worst in Show” for privacy at #CES2026 for “doubling down on privacy invasion and supporting the misconception that more surveillance always makes us safer,” EFF’s Cindy Cohn told @apnews.com.

'Worst in Show' CES products include AI refrigerators, AI companions and AI doorbells

Artificial intelligence took center stage at this year's CES gadget show, but not always for the right reasons.

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Want to track homeland security contracting? We've expanded our dataset of companies that sell tech to DHS and published a step-by-step guide to leveraging government procurement databases to investigate border and immigration enforcement. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

The Homeland Security Spending Trail: How to Follow the Money Through

The U.S. government publishes volumes of detailed data on the money it spends, but searching through it and finding information can be challenging. This guide covers the key databases that store

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Remix these works for a chance at fame & glory! Submissions are still open for the 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest: blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...

NPR@npr.org · 8mo ago

The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 that will be free to use, share and remake starting on Jan. 1.

Cool!!

Internet Archive@archive.org · 8mo ago

When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will enter the public domain in the US, like: 💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon 🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels 🚂 The Little Engine That Could 🎩 Morocco 🍑 Georgia on My Mind and many more! 🧵👇

In deployments meant to chill dissent and peaceful protests, CBP and ICE have used religious scripture to justify violent authoritarian actions. Help the faith community push back, add your name to this letter by @interfaithalliance.org 🔗 LoveNotICE.org

Under the Fourth Circuit’s ruling, ISPs could be forced to cut off entire family homes, schools, and others when one person is repeatedly accused of copyright infringement. SCOTUS should reject this unreasonable ruling. eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Today is the last day to apply to EFF's Trainer Workshop series! If you want to up the digital defense of your community, apply now to join us for four newbie-friendly sessions which will prepare you to host your own grassroots trainings. eff.org/TrainerSerie...

Follow my Wikimedia colleagues at the UN today!

Wikimedia Foundation Policy@wikimediapolicy.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Agreed, @isoclive.bsky.social. Here is the link for the live broadcast: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k15...

Happening today!

United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies@unodet.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🌐 Upcoming Session | Building the Commons: Creating & Maintaining Digital Public Goods 🗓️ 16 Dec, 4:45–6pm ET 📍 CR4, UNHQ Explore how collaborative governance can co-create & scale technologies for inclusive, rights-based digital transformation. 🔗 www.un.org/digital-emer...

“Congress should end the many years of overreach by the U.S. Intelligence Community by requiring warrants for the collection or capture of any communication involving an American,” EFF’s India McKinney told @Militarydotcom. www.military.com/daily-news/...

Americans' Privacy and Data: Congress Warned Over Warrantless Surveillance

Congress is weighing whether to renew or overhaul a powerful surveillance law amid concerns it allows warrantless searches of Americans’ communications.

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