Electronic Frontiers Georgia
@ef-georgia.bsky.social
Protecting and promoting online civil liberties in the state of Georgia, U.S.A.
The SCREEN Act Threatens Privacy Far Beyond Adult Websites www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
The SCREEN Act Threatens Privacy Far Beyond Adult Websites
The Senate Commerce Committee is set to consider S. 737, the SCREEN Act, a sweeping age-verification bill that would require online services to verify users’ ages before they can access any sexually e...
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Despite being the most surveilled city in the U.S., crime clearance rates have not improved, even though some vendors claimed they would. atlpresscollective.com/2026/07/28/f...
28,000 cameras and counting, but Atlanta's clearance rates aren't rising
Despite the eight-fold growth of surveillance cameras directly accessible by Atlanta PD officers, crime clearance rates haven't increased.
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Due to scripted attacks, we’ve had to temporarily disable the web site at www.ef-georgia.org. Service will be restored when we have the capacity to do so. Please visit our social media sites to keep up with us in the mean time.
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Legal and Constitutional Issues of License Plate Readers, Sat, Jun 20, 2026, 2:00 PM | Meetup
This month we are presenting a joint meeting with DC404 (dc404.org) at Manuel's Tavern. Manuel's does not charge us for the room; please order an item and tip generously.
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New York's ban on 3D-printed guns sparks First Amendment concerns www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
New York's ban on 3D-printed guns sparks First Amendment concerns
Proponents have called the law a necessary step to address gun violence, but critics say the requirements aren't tenable and threaten free expression.
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🛎️ FPF, @wbaidlaw.bsky.social and @spj-posts.bsky.social are hosting an off-the-record webinar for reporters about how to safely, legally disclose wrongdoing when their employers trade independence to curry favor with the gov. It’s sad this is needed, but it is. 🗓️ Tuesday, May 19, 8:30 pm ET RSVP:
Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing
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Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester www.404media.co/proton-mail-...
Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester
A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the ...
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Electronic Frontiers Georgia strongly opposes "disabling the safeties" for AI-based weapons systems. The life you save may be your own. www.commoncause.org/resources/pe...
Pete Hegseth vs. Anthropic: Read Our Letter On AI Surveillance
Congress must step in to ensure these tools are used lawfully and that this administration commits to respecting our constitutional rights.
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Georgia lawmakers weigh $550K drone pilot program for schools. Only 4 schools for this price. youtube.com/shorts/qDO6I...
Georgia lawmakers weigh $550K drone pilot program for schools
YouTube video by Atlanta News First
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Fulton County Judge Officially Dismisses RICO Charges Against All 61 #StopCopCity Defendants atlantadailyworld.com/2025/12/31/f...
Fulton County Judge Officially Dismisses RICO Charges Against All 61 #StopCopCity Defendants
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr Failed to Obtain Constitutional Authority from Governor Brian Kemp to File Sweeping RICO Conspiracy Indictment More than three months after a pretrial hearing in th...
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Judge To Texas: You Can’t Age-Gate The Entire Internet Without Evidence www.techdirt.com/2025/12/31/j...
Judge To Texas: You Can’t Age-Gate The Entire Internet Without Evidence
Over the summer, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority upended decades of traditional First Amendment standards to say that Texas could put in place an age verification law if that law was inte…
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Smyrna City Council OKs 70 new Flock Safety cameras for $5.7 million www.wsbtv.com/news/local/c...
Smyrna City Council OKs 70 new Flock Safety cameras for $5.7 million
Two of the new cameras will be drones.
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Take Back Tech 3 will be in Atlanta this year, April 17-19, 2026. www.takebacktech.com
TAKE BACK TECH III 🗓️ APRIL 17-19 🍑 ATLANTA
Come and gather with organizers, artists, advocates, academics, and workers who are ready to build the tech justice movement we need right now.
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We all want the internet to be a safer place. But ID checks won’t make us safer, no matter who you are, how old you are, or what you’re doing online.
A Vast Camera System Now Feeds Information to Police on Drivers Across the US truthout.org/articles/a-v...
A Vast Camera System Now Feeds Information to Police on Drivers Across the US
Flock cameras have been called invasive, insecure, and unconstitutional. Can a grassroots movement beat them back?
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Protecting young people’s online safety is incredibly important, but to do so by forcing invasive ID checks, criminalizing AI tools, and banning teens from legitimate digital spaces is not a good way out of this. Tell Congress to oppose the GUARD Act today. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
A Surveillance Mandate Disguised As Child Safety: Why the GUARD Act
A new bill sponsored by Sen. Hawley (D-MO), Sen. Blumenthal (D-CT), Sen. Britt (R-AL), Sen. Warner (D-VA), and Sen. Murphy (D-CT) would require AI chatbots to verify all users’ ages, prohibit minors
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Exclusive: Democratic-led states are inadvertently sharing drivers' data with ICE, officials say www.reuters.com/world/democr...
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Application Gatekeeping: An Ever-Expanding Pathway to Internet Censorship www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Application Gatekeeping: An Ever-Expanding Pathway to Internet Censorship
Apple and Google use their app stores to shape what apps you can and cannot have on devices, but now more governments—including the U.S. government—are using legal and extralegal tools to lean on thes...
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Interested in the Georgia PSC, data centers, and our future utility rates? EFGA presents "Understanding the Georgia Public Service Commission", this Wednesday, October 29th, 7:00pm (presentation starts at 7:30pm), hybrid meeting. www.meetup.com/electronic-f...
Understanding the Georgia Public Service Commission, Wed, Oct 29, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup
At a time when data centers are in the news, and models of cost sharing for their power requirements are up for debate, one state government agency holds a key position: Th
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Who should pay for the future power requirements of data centers? If you are in Georgia, please vote (and share this)! www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgvE...
I Need 1% of Georgia to Watch This Video
YouTube video by Hank Green
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Don’t flash your ID online, it will be used against you. alecmuffett.com/article/114807
An age verification provider is potentially leaking information about people visiting pornographic websites
We observed that, despite claiming to offer “double anonymity” options (intended to hide user traffic), AgeGO collects the URL of the video the user attempts to watch … when users select the “Selfi…
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