Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

When confronted with age estimation face scans, many people will refrain from accessing restricted websites, even if they have a legal right to use them. Government should restrain this hazardous technology, not normalize it via age verification mandates.

As more U.S. states and countries pass age verification laws, it is crucial to recognize the broader implications these measures have on privacy, free speech, and access to information.

A federal court has declared that warrantless searches of US person’s communications collected for national security purposes is unconstitutional. Now it’s our job to make sure Congress knows that when they renew this law in a little over a year.

This week’s ruling should “push the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to understand that the data that they are helping to accumulate can’t be used for domestic law enforcement purposes without a warrant,” EFF’s Matthew Guariglia told Medill on the Hill.

Social media platforms like Meta’s still have a long way to go toward being transparent and helping users understand how to adjust their own settings to avoid content they don’t want, EFF’s Corynne McSherry told CBS News.

VICTORY! After over a decade, a federal court has declared that warrantless backdoor searches of US person’s communications collected under Section 702 of FISA is unconstitutional.

“If companies like PowerSchool practiced a privacy-first approach…only collecting and storing what they absolutely need to provide the services they promise, many data breaches would be far less harmful,” EFF’s Thorin Klosowski told K12 Dive.

"Geospy providing this service to law enforcement at scale could present a serious threat to the public,” EFF’s Cooper Quintin told 404 Media, especially if police use it “to gather intelligence on people not engaged in suspected criminal activity.”

EFF isn't backing down on our privacy and free expression priorities under the new Congress and administration. Here's our memo to incoming officials previewing how we'll fight for the rights of the American public.

Police often claim that face recognition is just an investigative lead, but that’s not the way officers use it on the ground. A new report names two more people wrongfully arrested and jailed because of this dangerous technology.