Privacy & Governance

🔒 A Win for Encrypted Messaging | EFFector 38.10

When it comes to keeping our texts, chats, and other digital messages safe from prying eyes, we have a powerful tool: end-to-end e…

Microsoft Took a Step Toward Human Rights Accountability. Google and Amazon (and Others) Should Pay Attention!

For years, civil society organizations, workers, journalists, and human rights experts have warned that major technology companies…

Your Privacy Shouldn't Be A Corporate Decision

“We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would hav…

We Updated Our Privacy Policy. Here's What Changed and Why.

We recently updated our privacy policy for the first time since 2022. Most of the changes are clarifications, reorganizations, and…

We Must Not Normalize Digital Surveillance Abuses. EFF’s New Guide Underlines Concrete Steps to Fight Back.

Poor accountability, feeble control mechanisms, and insufficient legal frameworks have led to systematic human rights violations i…

Help EFF Solve an Issue That's Bigger than Creepy Ads

Millions of people around the world use EFF's Privacy Badger. This browser extension blocks the hidden trackers that twist your we…

The Science is Not Settled: How Weak Evidence is Fueling a National Push to Ban Social Media for Youth

As statehouses ramp up for 2026, we’re seeing a familiar and concerning trend of lawmakers rushing to regulate the internet based…

Broken Promises: RIP Instagram’s End-to-End Encrypted DMs

Last week, Instagram ended its opt-in, and therefore rarely used, end-to-end encryption feature. Years after publicly promising to…

Proofpoint Launches Dedicated MSP Business Unit and Introduces 365 Total Protection for North America

Victory! End-to-End Encrypted RCS Comes to Apple and Android Chats

This week, Apple released iOS 26.5, an update that supports end-to-end encryption for Rich Communication Services (RCS), meaning c…

EFF Launches New Offline Campaign for Saudi Wikipedian Osama Khalid

Osama Khalid was just twelve years old when he began contributing to Wikipedia Arabic. In the height of the blogging era, he becam…

A Hackers Guide to Circumventing Internet Shutdowns

Internet shutdowns are devastating for human rights. When people are disconnected from the internet and digital services, it impac…

Canada’s Bill C-22 Is a Repackaged Version of Last Year’s Surveillance Nightmare

Last year, the Canadian government pushed Bill C-2, which would erode Canadian digital rights in the name of “border security.” Th…

EFF to Fourth Circuit: Electronic Device Searches at the Border Require a Warrant

EFF, along with the national ACLU, the ACLU affiliates in Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, and the National…

EFF Stands in Solidarity With RightsCon and the Global Digital Rights Community

When governments shut down spaces for dialogue, dissent, and collective organizing, the damage extends far beyond a single event.…

The spy who logged me in.

Congress Narrowed the GUARD Act, But Serious Problems Remain

Following criticism, lawmakers have narrowed the GUARD Act, a bill aimed at restricting minors’ access to certain AI systems. The…

Free Signal Guide

EFF friend Guy Kawasaki* has written a book: Everybody Has Something to Hide: Why and How to Use Signal to Preserve Your Privacy,…

Milestone 1.0.0 Release of APK Downloader `apkeep` Powers Research on Android Apps

Last week, we released apkeep version 1.0.0, the latest edition of our command-line Android package downloading software. Rather t…

👎 California's Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Social Media Ban | EFFector 38.9

We'd all like the internet to be a better place—for kids and adults alike. But in the name of online safety, governments around th…

The SECURE Data Act is Not a Serious Piece of Privacy Legislation

The federal SECURE Data Act is not a serious consumer privacy bill, and its provisions—if enacted—would be a retreat from already…

Proofpoint Establishes Innovation Precedent for Source-Agnostic Modern Enterprise Investigations

AI and the New Threat Landscape | Sumit Dhawan with NightDragon | RSAC 2026

EFF and 18 Organizations Urge UK Policymakers to Prioritize Addressing the Roots of Online Harm

EFF joins 18 organizations in writing a letter to UK policymakers urging them to address the root causes of online harm—rather tha…

Shut Down Turnkey Totalitarianism

UPDATE: EFF's spring membership drive ends this week! Join us today to support privacy and free expression for all. William Binney…

EFF Submission to UK Consultation on Digital ID

Last September, the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans to introduce a new digital ID scheme in the count…

The Most Powerful Women Of The Channel 2026: Power 100

Getting Digital Fairness Right: EFF's Recommendations for the EU's Digital Fairness Act

Digital Fairness in the EU The next few years will be decisive for EU digital policymaking. With major laws like the Digital Servi…

A Bridge to Somewhere: How to Link Your Mastodon, Bluesky, or Other Federated Accounts

One of the central promises of open social media services is interoperability—the idea that wherever you personally decide to post…

Utah’s New Law Targeting VPNs Goes Into Effect May 6th

Update, May 11, 2026: Utah has agreed to not enforce the VPN law until Sept. 3, 2026 after Aylo, the parent company of Pornhub.com…