Publications

For major companies like Nintendo, tackling online piracy isn’t just about punishing individual infringers; it’s about strategic deterrence. Filing lawsuits against casual gamers who may have made an isolated mistake is not a good look and could po...

Español Enacting strong federal consumer data privacy laws is among EFF’s highest priorities. For decades, EFF has advocated for federal privacy law that is concrete, ambitious, and fully protective of all Americans’ data privacy. That’s why, when...

Español We’re in the midst of a long-overdue resurgence in antitrust litigation. In the past 12 months alone, there have been three landmark rulings against Google/Alphabet (in search, advertising, and payments). Then there’s the long-running FTC v...

Five years ago, the World Health Organization formally declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. Follow-up measures taken by governments and organizations around the world directly affected the lives of billions of people. Those who were lucky en...

When the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment launched in 2017, the globalization of online piracy had been apparent for some time. In the relatively calm waters of a decade earlier, the Hollywood majors tackled pirate adversaries all around t...

Dear Friend of Press Freedom, Here are this week’s top press freedom stories, plus updates on our work at Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF). A series to spotlight public-records-based local journalism A major reason why politicians are able to at...

With millions of daily users, Reddit is undoubtedly one of the most visited sites on the Internet. The community-oriented platform has “subreddits” dedicated to pretty much every topic one can think of, including several that are linked to online p...

When journalists at The Oregonian started reporting on a sexual harassment lawsuit against Nike, they knew that sealed documents in the case could provide vital information. Little did they know that going to court to get them could mean undercutting...

This is the first in a series of profiles of independent journalists who use public records to hold local governments accountable. The second, about Hannah Bassett's investigation of Medicaid fraud in Arizona, is here. Lisa Pickoff-White fell in love...

A trio of DMCA subpoena applications filed in the United States this week aim to extract any information held by three well-known internet companies, on potentially dozens of pirate site operators using their services. The vast majority of the requ...