Publications

Creating and sharing knowledge are defining traits of humankind, yet copyright law has grown so restrictive that it can require acts of civil disobedience to ensure that students and scholars have the books they need and to preserve swaths of culture...

Both Google and Apple are cramming new AI features into their phones and other devices, and neither company has offered clear ways to control which apps those AI systems can access. Recent issues around WhatsApp on both Android and iPhone demonstrate...

Every year, the US Trade Representative (USTR) issues an updated overview of “Notorious Markets” that allegedly facilitate copyright infringement. This review is put together based on recommendations from copyright holders and other interested stakeh...

Watch out for our upcoming documentary about Britain’s spy flight programme on our YouTube channel. A spy plane hired by Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) to surveil Gaza has continued flights over the Mediterranean after its mission ended last wee...

As pirate IPTV services have continued to grow in recent years, TV broadcasters and distributors have intensified their efforts to combat piracy. Pay TV provider DISH Network has been at the forefront of these efforts. In April, the company sued then...

It’s been over a decade since Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) began analyzing the human rights performance of the world’s largest tech companies. The current geopolitical context, in which authoritarianism, political instability, and conflict are increa...

On 8 June 2024, Israeli forces killed 276 Palestinians in Gaza while rescuing four hostages: Noa Argamani, Shlomi Ziv, Almog Meir Jan, and Andrey Kozlov. The White House’s national security advisor at the time, Jake Sullivan, claimed that the US “di...

Technology is supercharging the attack on democracy by making it easier to spy on people, block free speech, and control what we do. The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s activists, lawyers, and technologists are fighting back. Join the movement to Ta...

With an industrial-scale Piracy Shield blocking program not quite the panacea some had predicted, Italian authorities and rightsholders have recently upgraded their deterrent messaging capabilities. After a database of 2,200 individuals who subscri...

EFF usually warns of new horrors threatening your rights online, but this Halloween we’ve summoned a few of our own we’d like to share. Our new Signal Sticker Pack highlights some creatures—both mythical and terrifying—conjured up by our designers f...