Notices by Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social), page 36

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Many young people experience help, education, friendship, and a sense of belonging on social media—precisely because it allows them to explore, something KOSA is likely to hinder. In their own words, here’s why they’re advocating against the bill. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/thousands-young-people-told-us-why-kids-online-safety-act-will-be-harmful-minors

A blanket ban of the phrase “From the river to the sea” would constitute disproportionate censorship of the phrase. Meta must moderate cases on an individualized basis. Read more in our recent submission to the Oversight Board. https://www.eff.org/document/eff-submission-oversight-board-posts-include-river-sea
 

Putting together a security plan is an essential first step to protect yourself from surveillance. We walk through some considerations for campus protesters. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/surveillance-defense-campus-protests

The recent wave of protests calling for peace in Palestine have been met with unwarranted and aggressive suppression from law enforcement, universities, and other bad actors. Here are some common considerations to help guide campus activists. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/surveillance-defense-campus-protests

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 proposed UN Cybercrime Convention remains too dangerous to be approved. Democratic countries from all regions must demand stronger data protection and human rights safeguards or reject the treaty altogether.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/un-cybercrime-draft-convention-blank-check-unchecked-surveillance-abuses

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Attending a protest at your local university? Keep some of these questions in mind to keep yourself—and your data—safe. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/surveillance-defense-campus-protests

Cell-site simulators are fishing with a net: people in the vicinity are caught in their widespread data collection, even those who have not been involved with a crime. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/next-generation-cell-site-simulators-here-heres-what-we-know

The #UNCybercrimeConvention’s latest draft remains too flawed to adopt. Its vague language threatens to punish the very researchers who keep us safe from cybercrime. Unless these issues are fixed, the proposed Convention must be rejected!

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/if-not-amended-states-must-reject-flawed-draft-un-cybercrime-convention

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The #UNCybercrimeTreaty’s latest draft “still authorizes broad surveillance powers without robust safeguards and fails to spell out data protection principles essential to prevent government abuse of power," EFF’s Katitza Rodriguez wrote.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2024/06/14/human-rights-groups-raise-alarm-over-un-cybercrime-convention/

EFF and Jacques the Encryptid believe companies shouldn't control how you can connect, fix, or play with the tech that you own. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/m-jackalope

“There’s little transparency” around bossware that employers use to surveil workers, EFF’s @htsuka told @washingtonpost. “Even figuring out what is on your computer can be a huge step to figuring out how you want to deal with it.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/06/13/work-surveillance-tips/

“I want to see what the stats are” on San Francisco’s ALPRs, EFF’s Saira Hussain told KQED News. “The studies that are out there have shown that actually automated license plate readers do not have a discernible effect on solving crime.” https://www.kqed.org/news/11989977/san-franciscos-new-license-plate-readers-are-leading-to-arrests-and-concerns-about-privacy

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Thanks to new records spotted by the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, we now know more about the current generation of cell-site simulators being used by law enforcement. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/next-generation-cell-site-simulators-here-heres-what-we-know

San Francisco Police are “not able to just say ‘we’re collecting data on criminals,’” EFF’s Dave Maass told the San Francisco Chronicle. “They’re collecting data, in fact, on innocent people going about their lives.”
https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/sfpd-arrests-license-plate-readers-19509117.php

Bigfoot, the most famous of The Encryptids, values his privacy. But being private doesn't mean hiding away in a forest! Instead, we should be able to reveal what we want on our own terms. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/bigfoot