Publications

A new legal framework to tackle online infringement in Greece went live just a couple of months ago, and reports of prosecutions are already coming in. Early September, it was reported that a man from Sparta faces prosecution and a fine of up to 6,00...

Legal Intern Alexandra Rhodes contributed to this blog post. EFF filed an amicus brief urging the Arizona District Court to protect public school students’ freedom of speech and privacy by holding that the use of a school-issued laptop or email acco...

Pro-Israel lobby groups have flown British MPs out to the country at least 56 times since the Gaza genocide started. An investigation by Declassified found that more than £133,000 has been spent on trips for Labour, Conservative and Reform MPs over t...

British military personnel trained in Israel amid the Gaza genocide, Declassified can reveal. The information comes in response to a parliamentary question tabled by Zarah Sultana MP. On 18 November, Sultana asked the Ministry of Defence “whether any...

Mobile Fortify, the new app used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to use face recognition technology (FRT) to identify people during street encounters, is an affront to the rights and dignity of migrants and U.S. citizens alike. That's wh...

Even with the holidays coming up, the digital rights news doesn't stop. Thankfully, EFF is here to keep you up-to-date with our EFFector newsletter! In our latest issue, we’re explaining why politicians latest attempts to ban VPNs is a terrible idea;...

The long-running legal battle between News-Service Europe (NSE) and anti-piracy group BREIN has quietly come to an end. NSE was once one of the largest Usenet providers, but its legal troubles started in 2009, when BREIN took legal action on behalf o...

In the past few years, governments across the world have rolled out different digital identification options, and now there are efforts encouraging online companies to implement identity and age verification requirements with digital ID in mind. This...

Interviewer: Jillian York Laura Vidal is a Venezuelan researcher and writer focused on digital rights, community resilience, and the informal ways people learn and resist under authoritarian pressure. She holds a Doctorate in Education Sciences and i...

For years, powerful rightsholders and media groups have demanded urgent and decisive action from the European Commission to tackle IPTV piracy of live sports and events. From the MPA, to the Premier League, Sky, LaLiga and Serie A, the message coul...