Publications

It's no secret that digital surveillance and other tech-enabled oppressions are acute dangers for liberation movement workers. The rising tides of tech-fueled authoritarianism and hyper-surveillance are universal themes across the various threat mode...

As one of the leading Internet infrastructure companies, Cloudflare finds itself at the center of various copyright disputes. The American company says it powers nearly 20% of the web. This includes several Fortune 500 companies, but also many pira...

Defending encryption has long been a bedrock of our work. Without encryption, it's impossible to have private conversations or private data storage. This year, we’ve seen attacks on these rights from all around the world. Europe Goes All in On Break...

In 2025, elected officials across the country began treating surveillance technology purchases differently: not as inevitable administrative procurements handled by police departments, but as political decisions subject to council oversight and const...

This year, you may have heard EFF sounding off about our civil liberties on NPR, BBC Radio, or any number of podcasts. But we also started sharing our voices directly with listeners in 2025. In June, we revamped EFFector, our long-running electronic...

In October, several Reddit posts appeared online that supposedly linked to a leaked copy of the Minions 3 audio. These postings were swiftly removed by Reddit, presumably after they were targeted by DMCA takedown notices, but the user kept submitti...

At the end of every year, we take a look at the most-downloaded TV shows among torrenting pirates. When we started our annual list in the late 2000s, it was headed by network TV shows such as Heroes and Lost, but the TV landscape has changed dramatic...

Earlier this year, both chambers of Congress passed the TAKE IT DOWN Act. This bill, while well-intentioned, gives powerful people a new legal tool to force online platforms to remove lawful speech that they simply don't like. The bill, sponsored by...

2025 was a stellar year for EFF’s award-winning podcast, “How to Fix the Internet,” as our sixth season focused on the tools and technology of freedom. It seems like everywhere we turn we see dystopian stories about technology’s impact on our lives...

In France, YggTorrent is by far the largest and most active torrent community, serving millions of users. The torrent site is not a typical torrent indexer. The community is powered by a dedicated tracker, something that’s quite rare these days. Las...