Notices by Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social), page 31

For our 34th anniversary we're sharing campfire tales from our friends, The Encryptids—the rarely-seen creatures who've become internet legends. Read their stories, and the digital rights issues they care about the most, here: https://eff.org/encryptids

Local community groups in the Electronic Frontier Alliance are making a difference. We recently highlighted member CCTV Cambridge and their work towards broadband access in Massachusetts. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/cctv-cambridge-addressing-digital-equity-massachusetts

Electronic Frontier Alliance members in the @TRUSTCoalition fought for an ordinance for public oversight over San Diego police surveillance and won. This year, the San Diego City Council reversed course, without even having implemented the ordinance.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/san-diego-city-council-breaks-trust

Vous êtes-vous déjà demandé si vous deviez répondre à ces questions de sécurité, comme « quel est le nom de votre premier animal de compagnie ? » sincèrement ? Il existe une meilleure approche. https://ssd.eff.org/fr/module/créer-des-mots-de-passe-robustes

Introducing a new way to show your support for civil liberties: Encryptids stickers! With these, you can share your love for privacy, free expression, and campfire stories 🏕️ https://eff.org/summer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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