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Español The mandatory retention of metadata is an evergreen of European digital policy. Despite a number of rulings by Europe’s highest court, confirming again and again the incompatibility of general and indiscriminate data retention mandates with...

Español This post was originally published by the Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF). This checklist complements the recent training module for journalism students in border communities that EFF and FPF developed in partnership with the Universi...

SAN FRANCISCO – A new college journalism curriculum module teaches students how to protect themselves and their digital devices when working near and across the U.S.-Mexico border. “Digital Security 101: Crossing the US-Mexico Border” was developed...

Español A bill purporting to target the issue of misinformation and defamation caused by generative AI has mutated into something that could change the internet forever, harming speech and innovation from here on out. The Nurture Originals, Foster...

Español Like users of all technologies, ChatGPT users deserve the right to delete their personal data. Nineteen U.S. States, the European Union, and a host of other countries already protect users’ right to delete. For years, OpenAI gave users the...

Sky’s war on TV piracy has raged for well over thirty years and despite the passing of time, the goal remains the same. In broad terms, pirates retain their original goals too, but how that can be achieved is always subject to change, largely depen...

Last year, Italy officially implemented the ‘Piracy Shield‘, a system that aims to deter and decrease live sports streaming piracy. Since then, Piracy Shield has blocked access to thousands of IP-addresses and domain names associated with unauthorize...

The most obvious downward piracy trends have arrived in response to rightsholders addressing market demands. But, when authorities feel something drastic needs to be done, legal crackdowns can also be the weapon of choice. The idea is that these ac...

Español Researchers recently caught Meta using an egregious new tracking technique to spy on you. Exploiting a technical loophole, the company was able to have their apps snoop on users’ web browsing. This tracking technique stands out for its flag...

In a complaint filed at a Nashville federal court two years ago, Universal Music, Sony Music, EMI and others, accused X Corp of ‘breeding’ mass copyright infringement. The social media company allegedly failed to respond adequately to takedown notice...