“The government acted unlawfully when it demanded Apple remove ICEBlock,” EFF’s Mario Trujillo told @npub1su4t...a0dw. “While this case is rightfully only against the government, Apple should also take a hard look at its own capitulation.”
Ars Technica
ICEBlock lawsuit: Trump admin bragged about demanding App Store removal
ICEBlock creator sues to protect apps that are crowd-sourcing ICE sightings.
The UK's age verification rollout has been chaotic. “What we are really doing is building surveillance infrastructure around accessing information online,” EFF’s Paige Collings told Tech Policy Press.
Tech Policy Press
Age Verification Is Locking Trans People Out of the Internet | TechPolicy.Press
Experts tell Dia Kayyali and Jasmine Mithani that age verification, sold as a fix for kids’ online safety, expands surveillance and deepens discr...
This kind of surveillance "raises legitimate concerns about privacy and academic freedom in a political climate that’s already chilling to First Amendment rights,” EFF’s @npub1n305...9pvp told The College Fix.
The College Fix
‘Extraordinary intrusion’: Calif. professors demand halt to cybersecurity surveillance software | The College Fix
Tensions between UC faculty and administrators have been growing for more than a year over the controversy.
Every available method of age verification systematically excludes or harms marginalized people. The real question isn’t whether these systems discriminate, but how extensively.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
10 (Not So) Hidden Dangers of Age Verification
It’s nearly the end of 2025, and half of the US and the UK now require you to upload your ID or scan your face to watch “sexual content.” A h...
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“The political climate around Palestine has made it such that a lot of the Silicon Valley-based social media platforms don’t seem particularly willing to ensure that Palestinian content can stay up,” EFF’s @npub1wfxy...4qhu told @npub18gnu...g0a2.
The Intercept
A Journalist Reported From Palestine. YouTube Deleted His Account Claiming He’s an Iranian Agent.
YouTube offered conflicting explanations for deleting the account of Robert Inlakesh, who covered Israel’s occupation of the West Bank.
Police surveil everyone driving in San Jose and search that data thousands of times per month without ever seeking a warrant. It’s an unchecked police power, an end run around the courts & a blatant privacy invasion, EFF’s Lisa Femia wrote for the Mercury News.
San Jose's vast surveillance network is watching you. Be afraid.
The city's license plate cameras are collecting revealing data that police elsewhere are searching — all without warrants.
The European Commission's proposed "Digital Omnibus" package would gut GDPR protections under the guise of cutting red tape. This is a terrible idea that would undermine privacy rights across the EU.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
EU's New Digital Package Proposal Promises Red Tape Cuts but Guts GDPR Privacy Rights
The European Commission (EC) is considering a “Digital Omnibus” package that would substantially rewrite EU privacy law, particularly the landm...