Publications

Three years ago, pirated Blu-ray copies of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” began circulating on pirate sites, weeks before their official release. Such high-profile leaks are rare, and the source of the breach remained unknown until earlier this year. In...

Earlier this year, accounting firm Grant Thornton published a report in partnership with the Live Content Coalition to evaluate the effectiveness of takedown notices. One of the main conclusions was that, in 2024, only a small fraction of takedown...

The Labour Party’s general secretary is married to a lobbyist for an Israeli arms firm, Declassified can reveal. Pearson Engineering is based in England, but is part of Israel’s state-owned arms giant, Rafael. The company makes a range of military eq...

Prime minister Keir Starmer avoided questions from Declassified as he welcomed Israel’s president to Downing Street yesterday. Isaac Herzog was greeted outside Number 10, where he was said to be on a mission to stop the UK from recognising a Palestin...

Major sports rightsholders and broadcasters are building momentum for what could be a crucial couple of years ahead. The USTR has promised to focus on live sports in its Notorious Markets review before rightsholders’ eyes turn to the European Commiss...

All this season, “How to Fix the Internet” has been focusing on the tools and technology of freedom – and one of the most important tools of freedom is a library. Access to knowledge not only creates an informed populace that democracy requires, but...

A little over a year ago we released Rayhunter, our open source tool designed to detect cell-site simulators. We’ve been blown away by the level of community engagement on this project. It has been installed on thousands of devices (or so we estimate...

San Francisco billionaire Chris Larsen once again has wielded his wallet to keep city residents under the eye of all-seeing police surveillance. The San Francisco Police Commission, the Board of Supervisors, and Mayor Daniel Lurie have signed off on...

If the Supreme Court doesn’t reverse a lower court’s ruling, internet service providers (ISPs) could be forced to terminate people’s internet access based on nothing more than mere accusations of copyright infringement. This would threaten innocent u...

Nearly five years ago, a Virginia jury ordered Cox Communications to pay a billion dollars in damages to a coalition of record labels, including Sony and Universal. The jury concluded that the Internet provider was liable for the pirating activities...