Patent trolls couldn’t kill patent challenges in Congress. They couldn’t kill them in court. Now the Patent Office is trying to do it for them.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
The Patent Office Is About To Make Bad Patents Untouchable
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed new rules that would effectively end the public’s ability to challenge improperly grant...
Left unchecked, company and government use of automated decision-making systems in areas such as housing, health care, law enforcement, and employment have already caused discriminatory outcomes based on protected statuses.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
The Trump Administration’s Order on AI Is Deeply Misguided
Widespread news reports indicate that President Donald Trump’s administration has prepared an executive order to punish states that have passed l...
Police can’t spy on the private electricity data of thousands of people with zero suspicion. Not in Sacramento. Not anywhere.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Victory! Court Ends Dragnet Electricity Surveillance Program in Sacramento
For more than a decade, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District coordinated with police to sift through the granular smart meter data of resident...
In October, AG Pam Bondi demanded that companies like Apple remove apps that allow users to document immigration activity in their community. We're suing to get the underlying communications.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF Demands Answers About ICE-Spotting App Takedowns
SAN FRANCISCO – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS) today to uncover infor...
Colorado is off to an important start with its AI Act, which protects us from automated decision-making. Now that state should strengthen its law, and other states should enact their own laws.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Strengthen Colorado’s AI Act
Powerful institutions are using automated decision-making against us. Fortunately, workers, patients, and renters are resisting. The Colorado AI Ac...
“This is a wake-up call for leaders: Flock (ALPR) technology is a threat to our core democratic values,” EFF’s Dave Maass told @npub1n6lz...zmz9.
404 Media
Cops Used Flock to Monitor No Kings Protests Around the Country
A massive cache of Flock lookups collated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows as many as 50 federal, state, and local agencies used F...