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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

The Encryptids are back! 🌕 Wolfgang Von Lycanz illustrates how the internet can amplify the best parts of us: https://eff.org/encryptids

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

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

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

Bigfoot, chupacabras, and banshees, oh my. Everyone should know privacy and free speech matter so let's gather 'round the laptop for campfire tales with The Encryptids. https://www.eff.org/Encryptids

Mandatory online ID checks won’t just affect minors. They will harm adults’ right to free and anonymous speech. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/california-lawmakers-should-reject-mandatory-internet-id-checks

Start a monthly or annual automated donation to EFF and you'll get an instant match for your first year. Double your impact all year long! https://eff.org/summer-r

There are several types of two-factor authentication out there, here's how to pick the best option (when you have the luxury of choice). https://ssd.eff.org/module/how-enable-two-factor-authentication

A few tips and a cautious mindset can help protect you against some, but not all malware. https://ssd.eff.org/module/how-do-i-protect-myself-against-malware

No matter what the MPA wants to claim, site blocking does not help artists. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/mpa-doesnt-get-decide-who-first-amendment-protects

Want to fight for digital rights in your local school or community, but not sure how? Our Electronic Frontier Alliance toolkits can help you get started. https://www.eff.org/fight

If age verification requirements become law, you’ll have to be lucky every time you are forced to share your private information. Hackers will just have to be lucky once.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/hack-age-verification-company-shows-privacy-danger-social-media-laws

Age verification systems are surveillance systems. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/california-lawmakers-should-reject-mandatory-internet-id-checks

Section 5 of the FTC Act lets the agency clobber "deceptive acts" by companies. What could be more deceptive than replacing a human rep with a chatbot that can't stop "hallucinating" (AKA "lying")?

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/how-ftc-can-make-internet-safe-chatbots

Creativity is fun for the whole family. That's why our newest "Fix Copyright" t-shirt also comes in youth sizes! https://shop.eff.org/products/fix-copyright-t-shirt

“Watermarking” probably isn’t a solution to AI-generated disinformation, EFF’s Jacob Hoffman-Andrews says on the new episode of “How to Fix the Internet.” https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/podcast-episode-ai-kitopia

The federal ban on TikTok must be put under the finest judicial microscope to determine its constitutionality, EFF and others argued in a friend-of-the-court brief filed Wednesday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
https://www.eff.org/press/releases/government-has-extremely-heavy-burden-justify-tiktok-ban-eff-tells-appeals-court

Requiring people to prove they are adults before accessing social media could block millions of Americans from accessing lawful speech. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/mississippi-cant-wall-everyones-social-media-access-protect-children

Companies are firing support reps and replacing them with chatbots, even though no one can figure out how to stop bots from "hallucinating." We think the FTC should put companies on notice that their chatbots' fake info will have real consequences:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/how-ftc-can-make-internet-safe-chatbots