Publications

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...

BY JASON KELLEY | October 2, 2025 This is the ninth inst__allment in a blog series documenting EFF’s findings from the Stop Censoring Abortion campaign. You can read additional posts here. Meta has been getting content moderation wrong for years, l...

The American copyright industry generates billions of dollars in annual revenue and its content is generally viewed as one of the country’s primary exports. Whether they produce movies, music, software, or content for the publishing sector, U.S. co...

Italy generates more headlines concerning boots-on-the-ground anti-piracy operations than any other country in Europe. If we consider volume of events, no other member state comes anywhere close. If the claimed number of subscribers of every servic...

It’s not every day a student newspaper takes on the federal government. But that’s exactly what The Stanford Daily is doing. Backed by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, the Daily sued Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of...

Every day, corporations track our movements through license plate scanners, building detailed profiles of where we go, when we go there, and who we visit. When they do this to us in violation of data privacy laws, we’ve suffered a real harm—period. W...

It's spooky season—but while jump scares may get your heart racing, catching up on digital rights news shouldn't! Our EFFector newsletter has got you covered with easy, bite-sized updates to keep you up-to-date. In this issue, we spotlight new ALPR-e...