Publications

EFF has filed an amicus brief in Trabajadores v. Bessent, a case concerning the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) sharing protected personal tax information with the Department of Homeland Security for the purposes of immigration enforcement. Our expert...

While other law enforcement agencies and rightsholders can’t be ruled out, those involved in pirate IPTV in the UK should be aware of four names in particular. A specialist unit funded in part by the private sector, the Police Intellectual Property...

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Published in collaboration with The National Britain’s mainstream media have not carried out a single investigation into the extent, impact or legal status of the more than 500 surveillance flights over Gaza that the RAF has carried out since Decembe...

Obtaining a DMCA subpoena to identify an alleged infringer is relatively easy, fairly cheap, and doesn’t require a judge to get involved. A case in California has already stomped all over that general theory, but how far it will be allowed to progr...

Español In 2023, the State of Washington enacted one of the strongest consumer data privacy laws in recent years: the “my health my data” act (HB 1155). EFF commends the civil rights, data privacy, and reproductive justice advocates who worked to p...

Brazil often makes headlines for activities linked to Operation 404, an anti-piracy initiative under the Ministry of Justice and Public Security. Best known for the mass blocking of apps in coordination with anti-piracy and law enforcement agencies a...

In May 2012, Google Search expanded its transparency report with a new section solely dedicated to DMCA takedown requests. For the first time, outsiders were able to see details of the URLs copyright holders were targeting and in what quantity. The d...

Reddit has gone head-to-head with a group of filmmakers over the past two years, aiming to protect the privacy of its users. In three separate cases, the filmmakers subpoenaed Reddit for details of users who commented on various piracy-related topics...

The Spirit of Freedom that once stirred revolutions and lit the fires of self-governance now flickers uncertainly across the modern world. In the United States and many democracies abroad, people feel a growing disconnect between the ideals they cher...