The GDPR set the global standard for privacy legislation. Now the European Commission wants to gut GDPR privacy protections with its "Digital Omnibus" proposal. Don't be fooled—this threatens everyone's privacy rights.
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...
“Mr. Zuckerman was clearly hoping that if he laid low for a few years, everyone would forget about the reasons why the FTC issued a ban not only against the company, but against him specifically,” EFF’s @npub1dzv5...5v2p told @npub1jncp...h8xx.
TechCrunch
FTC upholds ban on stalkerware founder Scott Zuckerman | TechCrunch
Zuckerman, who used to run the stalkerware apps SpyFone and SpyTrac, claimed the ban is hurting his unrelated business.
LISTEN: Those “year-in-review” insights from your apps might seem fun to see and share, but they’re a symptom of the surveillance culture that permeates the internet and threatens your privacy, EFF’s India McKinney told KCBS Radio. https://www.audacy.com/podcast/kcbs-radio-on-demand-011f4/episodes/the-privacy-paradox-behind-your-personalized-year-in-review-350bd
“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.