Publications

The Financial Times reports that the U.K. is once again demanding that Apple create a backdoor into its encrypted backup services. The only change since the last time they demanded this is that the order is allegedly limited to only apply to British...

Earlier this summer, a journalist named Amun Bains received an unusual message on TikTok. It was from an account named Good News Britain, which said it was working with a group called The Amplifiers to build “a network of digital producers countering...

BY MOLLY BUCKLEY | October 1, 2025 This is the eighth installment in a blog series documenting EFF's findings from the Stop Censoring Abortion campaign. You can read additional posts here. In our Stop Censoring Abortion series, we’ve documented the...

Trying to take control of your online privacy can feel like a full-time job. But if you break it up into small tasks and take on one project at a time it makes the process of protecting your privacy much easier. This month we’re going to do just that...

Federal employees play a key role in safeguarding the civil liberties of millions of Americans. Our rights to privacy and free expression can only survive when we stand together to push back against overreach and ensure that technology serves all peo...

Dramacool and several associated sites suddenly shut down last November, with the operators mentioning copyright pressure as a prime reason. The move disappointed millions of Asian drama and anime pirates but the nature of Dramacool’s legal trouble...

BY LISA FEMIA | September 30, 2025 This is the seventh installment in a blog series documenting EFF's findings from the Stop Censoring Abortion campaign. You can read additional posts here. For users hoping to promote or boost an abortion-related po...

Whether due to generative AI hallucinations or human sloppiness, the internet is increasingly rife with bogus news content—and you can count EFF among the victims. WinBuzzer published a story June 26 with the headline, “Microsoft Is Getting Sued ove...

There is a lot of bad on the internet and it seems to only be getting worse. But one of the things the internet did well, and is worth preserving, is nontraditional paths for creativity, journalism, and criticism. As governments and major corporation...

An Israeli pharmaceutical company that operates at the heart of the NHS has been aiding the Israeli military during its genocide in Gaza. Teva, one of the world’s largest drugs producers, supplies around 14% of the prescribed medicine packs given out...