Publications

One of the reasons we opposed the TikTok "ban" is that the First Amendment is supposed to protect us from government using its power to manipulate speech. But as predicted, the TikTok "ban" has only resulted in turning over the platform to the allies...

Police are using their drones as flying automated license plate readers (ALPRs), airborne police cameras that make it easier than ever for law enforcement to follow you. "The Flock Safety drone, specifically, are flying LPR cameras as well,” Rahul S...

Published in partnership with Irish investigative news site The Ditch On 26 August, four activists from the group ‘Palestinian Martyrs for Justice’ crashed through the gates of a factory in Wolverhampton and climbed onto its rooftop. The target was M...

In April 2011, a modest Russian‑language news portal, ‘bal‑con.ru’, ran an interview with two young entrepreneurs. The men were quietly working to solve a problem, identified by both as a barrier to book consumption in Russia. “We found it strange...

Pirate streaming apps and unauthorized IPTV services have become increasingly popular globally in recent years. Latin America is no exception to this trend, with MagisTV establishing itself as one of the top piracy brands. Earlier this year, the Offi...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Washington Post reported today that officials plan to require Pentagon reporters to pledge not to gather or report any information that the government has not authorized for release, whether classified or unclassified. Viol...

Up until a few years ago, rightsholders complained that cable operators in the Dominican Republic broadcast their content without permission. After HBO repeatedly pointed this out to the U.S. Government, the Dominican authorities eventually stepped...

Private torrent sites, or private trackers as they are commonly known, have a special place in the piracy ecosystem. These sites tend to be more community-oriented than public torrent and streaming sites, which most people simply visit with a hit-and...

BY JILLIAN C. YORK | September 19, 2025 This is the third installment in a blog series documenting EFF's findings from the Stop Censoring Abortion campaign. You can read additional posts here. Imagine sharing information about reproductive health ca...

Law enforcement operations against pirate IPTV networks are now a regular occurrence, particularly inside the EU. Yet those that manage to physically take down or seriously disrupt an entire supply chain are very rare indeed and in practical terms,...