Publications

Most countries have an underlying piracy problem and there’s no shortage of rightsholders prepared to remind governments that work still needs to be done. The prospect of one day being removed from the USTR’s piracy and counterfeiting Watch List ma...

For those interested in how policy takes shape under pressure from a constantly adapting piracy landscape, submissions to the USTR for its annual review of ‘notorious markets’ often carry clues on the performance of current strategies. Beyond the w...

The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has been a key player in the anti-piracy fight for decades, a position that has only strengthened in recent years. As the driving force behind the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, the MPA finds itself at...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Atlanta-area journalist Mario Guevara’s family announced today that he will be deported to El Salvador tomorrow, after spending more than 100 days in detention. Guevara was initially arrested on June 14 while reporting on a “No...

A San Francisco supervisor has proposed that police and other city agencies should have no financial consequences for breaking a landmark surveillance oversight law. In 2019, organizations from across the city worked together to help pass that law, w...

BY MOLLY BUCKLEY | October 3, 2025 This is the tenth and final installment in a blog series documenting EFF's findings from the Stop Censoring Abortion campaign. You can read additional posts here. When we launched Stop Censoring Abortion, our goals...

Every year, dozens of pirate site operators and their affiliates are arrested worldwide. Aside from highlighting the damage to rightsholders and the risks involved, little context is provided. The case against the Argentinian operator of Al Ángulo...

A Labour MP has admitted having “no idea” if voters care that he shook hands with the president of Israel. Peter Prinsley told Declassified: “I really don’t know that they’d be interested in it, to be quite honest.” The Labour backbencher joined a “s...

Amid growing controversy over Donald Trump’s plan to end the war on the Gaza Strip, one aspect has caused particular concern. That is the suggestion Britain’s former prime minister Tony Blair could be a “temporary governor” of Gaza. Palestinians, ex...

Flock Safety, the police technology company most notable for their extensive network of automated license plate readers spread throughout the United States, is rolling out a new and troubling product that may create headaches for the cities that adop...