Publications

At the start of the year, TorrentGalaxy was one of the most-visited torrent sites, welcoming millions of users every day. Launched by former members of ExtraTorrent which had shut down in 2018, TorrentGalaxy soon established itself as one of the mo...

For more than two years, Hanan Samir has not known a full night’s sleep or a moment of peace. Each day brings the same hope and despair as she continues the search for her husband, Abdullah Fayez Abu Sharif, 35 years old, who went missing in the ear...

In May 2024, the Paris Judicial Court ordered Google, Cloudflare, and Cisco to block access to several pirate sports streaming sites. The move was a major enforcement escalation by French rightsholders, but in hindsight it was only the beginning. In...

There’s a common belief that people pirate content to save money, whether on another streaming subscription or a pricey box office ticket. That said, movie theaters still draw millions of visitors, many of whom may also turn to pirate sites occasiona...

Dear Friend of Press Freedom, Rümeysa Öztürk has been facing deportation for 227 days for co-writing an op-ed the government didn’t like, and the government hasn’t stopped targeting journalists for deportation. Read on for news from Illinois, our lat...

Filing lawsuits against internet users who allegedly shared copyrighted content online without permission, has led to countless cash settlements over the years and for some, a lucrative business model in its own right. There’s also no shortage of cas...

Last week, Sen. Ted Cruz convened yet another congressional hearing on Biden-era “jawboning” of Big Tech companies. The message: Government officials leaning on these multibillion-dollar conglomerates to influence the views they platform was akin to...

Every year, the office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) publishes the National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers. The report is compiled based on input from key industry players. This includes submissions from copyrigh...

Cultivating community Logos is a movement dedicated to redefining the way people connect and collaborate. Bringing this vision to reality depends on the drive and imagination of a passionate community. If our principles resonate with you, we invite...

EFF has, for many years, raised the alarm about the proliferation of stalkerware—commercially-available apps designed to be installed covertly on another person’s device and exfiltrate data from that device without their knowledge. In particular, we...