Notices by Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social), page 53

What do House Dems like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Barbara Lee have in common with House GOPers like Thomas Massie and Andy Biggs? Not a lot. But they do know an unconstitutional bill when they see one, like this #TikTok ban. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/why-us-house-members-opposed-tiktok-ban-bill

It’s now more important than ever to protect private reproductive data from being weaponized, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-OR, tells EFF’s Cindy Cohn and @jgkelley on the new episode of “How to Fix the Internet.”
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/podcast-episode-i-squared-governance

#SXSW wants to shut down critics of the festival with trademark and copyright claims. But neither are a free pass to shut down political advocacy. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/sxsw-tried-silence-critics-bogus-trademark-and-copyright-claims-eff-fought-back

Watch as EFF’s @davidgreene explains on PBS NewsHour how a TikTok ban in the U.S. could violate First Amendment rights, and why comprehensive data privacy legislation is what we really need.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-a-tiktok-ban-in-the-u-s-could-violate-1st-amendment-rights

Hey Santa Feans! EFF and Muckrock's annual Sunshine Week report, The Foilies," is now available on news stands in the SantaFeReporter.
https://sfreporter.com/news/coverstories/2024/03/13/the-foilies/

“There are First Amendment issues involved with forcing a sale, which could also force an editorial policy change,” EFF’s @davidgreene told the Washington Examiner: Limiting what the platform can share would affect rights of a U.S.-owned TikTok as well as users' rights. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2916789/overnight-bipartisan-bill-forcing-sale-of-tiktok-could-hit-free-speech-roadblocks/

Rightsholders do not need a new default veto right in works that are intended to “interact and be useable with” their software. They are all too likely to use that right to threaten add-on innovation, security, and repair. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/eff-ninth-circuit-theres-no-software-exception-traditional-copyright-limits

Nevada’s action would “make it easier for criminals to access the communications of children because if you make it easy for law enforcement to access, you make it easier for criminals to access too" — a really bad trade-off, EFF’s Cindy Cohn told Las Vegas' KLAS 8 News Now.
https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/nevada-attempts-to-block-auto-encrypted-messages-for-kids-on-social-media/

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-OR, joins EFF’s Cindy Cohn and @jgkelley on “How to Fix the Internet” to discuss his fight to make intelligence and law enforcement agencies get warrants before accessing Americans’ private telecommunications data under #FISA #Section702. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/podcast-episode-i-squared-governance

The EMFA addresses media capture threats but the protections against spying on journalists aren’t robust enough. EMFA also sets out a 24-hour content moderation exemption for media, which makes platforms host content by force. Here's why this is a bad idea 2/2

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/latest-eu-media-freedom-act-agreement-bad-deal-users

Today, the EU Parliament endorsed the EU Media Freedom Act (EMFA), promising greater transparency about media ownership and protection against government surveillance. Yet, it lacks key safeguards and grants problematic content moderation privileges to media service providers. 1/

Urge your representative to vote no on the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,” the #TikTok ban bill.

We shouldn’t waste time on a law that will get thrown out for silencing the speech of millions of Americans. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/congress-should-give-unconstitutional-tiktok-bans

Happy Sunshine Week! Grab your popcorn and enjoy the "winners" of The Foilies, our annual faux awards that name and shame the agencies that thwarted the public's right to government information. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/foilies-2024

For decades, software developers have relied on the settled view that a work is not derivative under copyright law unless it is “substantially similar” to a preexisting work in both ideas and expression. We’re asking the Ninth Circuit to uphold that view. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/eff-ninth-circuit-theres-no-software-exception-traditional-copyright-limits

EFF and its allies are opposing Nevada’s attempt to stop Meta from offering end-to-end encryption by default to Facebook Messenger users under 18 in the state. Encryption is the best tool we have for safeguarding our privacy and security online. https://www.eff.org/press/releases/reject-nevadas-attack-encrypted-messaging-eff-tells-court

Looking to protect yourself from online spying? Check out EFF’s Surveillance Self-Defense guides at SSD.EFF.ORG

NEW on “How to Fix the Internet”— U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-OR, joins EFF’s Cindy Cohn and @jgkelley to discuss his “I squared” legislative approach, prioritizing individuals and innovation to foster an internet that benefits everyone.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/podcast-episode-i-squared-governance

SXSW’s claim that the Austin for Palestine Coalition infringed its trademark fails because the graphics at issue are constitutionally-protected, non-commercial political parody that won’t create consumer confusion, EFF’s Cara Gagliano said. The Austin Chronicle has the story:
https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2024-03-11/sxsw-sent-cease-and-desist-letter-to-organization-leading-army-sponsorship-protest/

“This bill would fail to protect us from the many threats to our digital privacy posed by criminals, private companies, & foreign actors,” EFF’s @davidgreene told @Vox. We need a comprehensive data privacy law, not bans of certain categories of apps.
https://www.vox.com/politics/24094839/tiktok-ban-bill-congress-pass-biden

To truly divest from Big Tech, you’d probably need to “move into the mountains and live off the grid,” EFF’s @falsemirror told The Hustle. But you could at least try a diet - a sort of digital veganism. https://thehustle.co/originals/i-tried-a-big-tech-diet-it-didnt-go-well