Publications

In April 2011, a modest Russian‑language news portal, ‘bal‑con.ru’, ran an interview with two young entrepreneurs. The men were quietly working to solve a problem, identified by both as a barrier to book consumption in Russia. “We found it strange...

Pirate streaming apps and unauthorized IPTV services have become increasingly popular globally in recent years. Latin America is no exception to this trend, with MagisTV establishing itself as one of the top piracy brands. Earlier this year, the Offi...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Washington Post reported today that officials plan to require Pentagon reporters to pledge not to gather or report any information that the government has not authorized for release, whether classified or unclassified. Viol...

Up until a few years ago, rightsholders complained that cable operators in the Dominican Republic broadcast their content without permission. After HBO repeatedly pointed this out to the U.S. Government, the Dominican authorities eventually stepped...

Private torrent sites, or private trackers as they are commonly known, have a special place in the piracy ecosystem. These sites tend to be more community-oriented than public torrent and streaming sites, which most people simply visit with a hit-and...

BY JILLIAN C. YORK | September 19, 2025 This is the third installment in a blog series documenting EFF's findings from the Stop Censoring Abortion campaign. You can read additional posts here. Imagine sharing information about reproductive health ca...

Law enforcement operations against pirate IPTV networks are now a regular occurrence, particularly inside the EU. Yet those that manage to physically take down or seriously disrupt an entire supply chain are very rare indeed and in practical terms,...

The San Francisco Police Department is the latest California law enforcement agency to get caught sharing automated license plate reader (ALPR) data with out-of-state and federal agencies. EFF and the ACLU of Northern California are calling them out...

It's been a year full of challenges, but also important victories for digital freedoms. From EFF’s new lawsuit against OPM and DOGE, to launching Rayhunter (our new tool to detect cellular spying), to exposing the censorship of abortion-related conte...

As the 2025–2026 academic year begins, students across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are returning to classrooms with sharpened pencils, blank copybooks, and renewed hopes — although not everyone in the region has that chance. In Gaza, wher...