Interoperability makes good things great! We deserve the right to repair our devices and move from one platform to another. Jacques the Jackalope tells more here: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/m-jackalope
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Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2024 06:29:11 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2024 05:49:02 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation
With a matching grant from Craig Newmark Philanthropies, we are pleased to double the impact of EFF's latest monthly and annual Sustaining Donors. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/cnp-match
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Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2024 05:00:12 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation
We chatted with the North Carolina chapter of Encode Justice, a community of youth that believes human-centered AI must be built, designed, and governed by and for diverse stakeholders: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/encode-justice-nc-movement-safe-equitable-ai
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Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2024 04:03:09 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation
The right to have a private conversation, online or offline, is a bedrock human rights principle. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/now-eu-council-should-finally-understand-no-one-wants-chat-control
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Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-Jul-2024 22:58:10 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation
Congress members called out the ShotSpotter product as inaccurate and discriminatory in a letter to DHS, asking to investigate the department’s subsidizing of the company for local police use. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/shots-fired-congressional-letter-questions-dhs-funding-shotspotter
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Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-Jul-2024 22:11:08 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF believes in preserving an internet that is free for everyone, and despite some harms, online digital spaces are often a lifeline for queer youth, particularly those living in repressive environments. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/global-suppression-online-lgbtq-speech-continues
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Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-Jul-2024 13:12:05 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation
Instead of a handful of platforms trying to control your life online, people are reclaiming control by building more open and empowering approaches to social media. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/whats-difference-between-mastodon-bluesky-and-threads
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Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-Jul-2024 11:26:08 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation
Universities are using a range of surveillance tools to track and potentially retaliate against student protesters. Activists need to take precautions and think through the changing risks on college campuses. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/surveillance-defense-campus-protests
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Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-Jul-2024 06:09:10 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation
Many social media age verification bills would restrict access to vital content, including education and resources that LGBTQ+ youth without local support often rely upon. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/global-suppression-online-lgbtq-speech-continues
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Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-Jul-2024 05:08:11 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation
The best way to avoid phishing attacks is to know how they work and what they’re after. Here’s a primer to get you started. https://ssd.eff.org/module/how-avoid-phishing-attacks
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Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-Jul-2024 03:45:06 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation
Listen as @pluralistic, Cindy Cohn, and @jgkelley discuss how antitrust actions provide hope that megacompanies can still be forced to do better for users, on the new episode of EFF’s “How to Fix the Internet.” https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/podcast-episode-fighting-enshittification
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Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-Jul-2024 01:21:21 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation
ヽ〳 ՞ ᗜ ՞ 〵ง That feeling when you get a limited-edition pin and stickers for supporting EFF's work during our summer membership drive! https://eff.org/summer
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Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-Jul-2024 01:07:26 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation
The Supreme Court’s decision reinforces that lawmakers have many paths to addressing many of the harms occurring online, and that they can do so without violating the First Amendment. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/its-time-lawmakers-listen-courts-your-law-regulating-online-speech-will-harm
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Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jul-2024 07:30:05 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation
Lawmakers should focus on advancing measures protecting user privacy and encouraging greater competition, rather than harming users’ ability to speak online. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/its-time-lawmakers-listen-courts-your-law-regulating-online-speech-will-harm
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Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jul-2024 04:07:46 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation
Join EFF's Civil Liberties Director David Greene on July 18th for a livestream discussion about the U.S. Supreme Court's recent opinions on technology and civil liberties. eff.org/livestream-scotus
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Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jul-2024 02:17:51 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation
Analyzing the enshittification of big online platforms can help identify ways to make companies treat users better, @pluralistic tells EFF’s Cindy Cohn and @jgkelley on the new episode of “How to Fix the Internet.” https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/podcast-episode-fighting-enshittification
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Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jul-2024 04:11:09 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation
The Encryptids are back! 🌕 Wolfgang Von Lycanz illustrates how the internet can amplify the best parts of us: https://eff.org/encryptids
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Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jul-2024 02:14:48 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation
NEW on EFF’s “How to Fix the Internet”— award-winning author @pluralistic joins Cindy Cohn & @jgkelley to talk about a future in which all internet users enjoy the benefits of technological self-determination. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/podcast-episode-fighting-enshittification
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Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 11:26:06 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation
Site blocking means the right to choose what websites you visit would be taken away from you and given to giant media companies and ISPs. And the very shape of the internet would have to be changed to allow it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/mpa-doesnt-get-decide-who-first-amendment-protects
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Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 07:18:02 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation
Repair advocates have been winning big. As right-to-repair laws in California and Minnesota take effect, EFF is joining our friends today to recognize Repair Independence Day. How will you celebrate? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/celebrate-repair-independence-day
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