Publications

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the EU issued several waves of broad sanction packages against the country. These measures included bans on state-owned news outlets, such as Russia Today and Sputnik, and also applied to the websites o...

Across ideologically diverse communities, 2025 campaigns against automated license plate reader (ALPR) surveillance kept winning. From Austin, Texas to Cambridge, Massachusetts to Eugene, Oregon, successful campaigns combined three practical elements...

A functioning patent system depends on one basic principle: bad patents must be challengeable. In 2025, that principle was repeatedly tested—by Congress, by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and by a small number of large patent owners de...

A weapons firm owned by the Israeli government paid a group of MPs as part of a “PR and marketing campaign”, an inquiry has found. It follows an investigation by Declassified earlier this year into the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Defence...

Lufthansa Cargo has resumed the transport of military and security-related shipments to and from Israel, the company confirmed to Declassified on Wednesday. Earlier this month, the German air freight carrier announced that it had halted the shipments...

Another year has come and gone, and with it, thousands of data breaches that affect millions of people. The question these days is less, Is my information in a data breach this year? and more How many data breaches had my information in them this yea...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New York, Dec. 16, 2025 — President Donald Trump on Monday followed through on his threats to sue the BBC over its editing of his remarks on Jan. 6, 2021, for a documentary. The following can be attributed to Seth Stern, direct...

The filing fee for a DMCA subpoena application is just $52.00, so given their potential to expose an alleged infringer’s personal details, they punch well above their weight. Provided the paperwork is in order, DMCA subpoenas are usually signed off...

The Foreign Office’s top lawyer advised David Cameron meet with the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan to show Britain’s “strong support” for the institution. Cameron, who was then foreign secretary, received the advice just...

The final EFFector of 2025 is here! Just in time to keep you up-to-date on the latests happenings in the fight for privacy and free speech online. In this latest issue, we're sharing how to spot sneaky ALPR cameras at the U.S. border, covering a host...