Meta admits that some categories of speech aren’t eligible for recommendation. Abortion content doesn’t clearly fit those rules, but content creators who use their platforms to spread educational information about abortion are feeling the consequences of being shadowbanned anyway.
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Going Viral vs. Going Dark: Why Extremism Trends and Abortion Content Gets Censored
BY KENYATTA THOMAS | September 22, 2025This is the fourth installment in a blog series documenting EFF's findings from the Stop Censoring Abor...
Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned the prominent British-Egyptian coder, blogger, and activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, who has been imprisoned for six years, state media and his family say.
Alaa Abdel Fattah: Egypt's president pardons prominent activist
The British-Egyptian activist is one of six people whose sentences President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi commuted, according to state media.
Drones from Flock Safety are also flying ALPR cameras, a terribly dangerous combo for privacy.
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That Drone in the Sky Could Be Tracking Your Car
Police are using their drones as flying automated license plate readers (ALPRs), airborne police cameras that make it easier than ever for law enfo...
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Legal Internship Opportunities
Applications are now open for the Summer 2026 Intern Class, with a deadline of February 15. See below for instructions and a link to the applicatio...
A VPN is not a tool for anonymity, and while it can protect your location from some companies, there are many other ways companies may track you.
Choosing the VPN That's Right for You
VPN stands for “Virtual Private Network.” When you connect to a VPN, all data that you send (such as the requests to servers when browsing the ...
Want safer tech? It starts with real consent.
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Dating Apps Need to Learn How Consent Works
Staying safe whilst dating online should not be the responsibility of users—dating apps should be prioritizing our privacy by default, and laws s...
Zero‑Knowledge Proofs let users prove they are over 18 without exact birthdates, but they don’t stop verifiers from collecting information like your IP address. These alone aren’t enough to protect privacy and shouldn’t be pushed forward without proper protections in place.
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Por sí solas, las pruebas de conocimiento cero no bastan como solución de identificación digital para proteger la privacidad de los usuarios.
In the past few years, governments across the world have rolled out digital identification options, and now there are efforts encouraging online co...
Both Windows and Mac computers include a free way to encrypt your entire storage drive. You should turn it on, if you haven't already.
How to: Encrypt Your Windows, Mac, or Linux Computer
Encrypting your computer's storage drive is a simple, but powerful tool to secure your data. When enabled, "full-disk" encryption (also known as de...
When platforms are forced to block “anything that might harm kids,” the result is overreach. A real rights-respecting solution to keeping people safe online is one that's built on user control, privacy, and smart design, not censorship.
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Blocking Access to Harmful Content Will Not Protect Children Online, No Matter How Many Times UK Politicians Say So
The UK is having a moment. In late July, new rules took effect that require all online services available in the UK to assess whether they host con...
EFF has been investigating stories from users whose abortion-related content has been taken down. What did we find? Over and over again, the policies say one thing, but the actual enforcement says another.
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Our Stop Censoring Abortion Campaign Uncovers a Social Media Censorship Crisis
For months, EFF has been investigating stories from users whose abortion-related content has been taken down or otherwise suppressed by major socia...