The New U.S. House Version of KOSA Doesn’t Fix Its Biggest Problems
By Jason Kelley and Aaron Mackey An amended version of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) that is being considered this week in the U.S….
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The Surgeon General’s Fear-Mongering, Unconstitutional Effort to Label Social Media
By Aaron Mackey and Jason Kelley Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s extraordinarily misguided and speech-chilling call this week to label social media platforms as harmful to…
The Internet Dodges Censorship by the Supreme Court
By Aaron Mackey The Supreme Court today refused to weaken one of the key laws supporting free expression online, and recognized that digital platforms are…
Courts Must Not Allow Litigants to Plead Around The First Amendment’s Speech Protections
By Aaron Mackey Meritless defamation lawsuits can deter legal speech by forcing people to spend time and money fighting them. That is why courts must…
The Battle For Online Speech Moved To U.S. Courts: 2022 in Review
By Aaron Mackey and Joe Mullin EFF and our supporters have fought off numerous wrongheaded attempts by Congress to regulate online speech, including several that…
Victory! Court Rules That DMCA Does Not Override First Amendment’s Anonymous Speech Protections
By Aaron Mackey Copyright law cannot be used as a shortcut around the First Amendment’s strong protections for anonymous internet users, a federal trial court…
Victory! California City Drops Lawsuit Accusing Journalists of Violating Computer Crime Law
By Aaron Mackey The City of Fullerton, California has abandoned a lawsuit against two bloggers and a local website. The suit dangerously sought to expand…
President Biden Revokes Unconstitutional Executive Order Retaliating Against Online Platforms
By Aaron Mackey and David Greene President Joe Biden on Friday rescinded a dangerous and unconstitutional Executive Order issued by President Trump that threatened internet…
The SAFE Tech Act Wouldn’t Make the Internet Safer for Users
By Aaron Mackey, India McKinney, and Jason Kelley Section 230, a key law protecting free speech online since its passage in 1996, has been the…
Victory! Federal Appeals Court Confirms FOIA Requests Requiring a Database Query are Allowed Under the Law
By Aaron Mackey At a time when the federal government is collecting and creating massive amounts of digital data that can implicate people’s privacy and…
New Details About How Federal Law Enforcement in Seattle Obtain Private Information Without Warrants
By Aaron Mackey Federal law enforcement in Seattle sought an average of one court order a day to disclose people’s sensitive information such as calling…
EFF Report Shows FBI Is Failing to Address First Amendment Harms Caused By National Security Letters
By Andrew Crocker and Aaron Mackey EFF has long fought to end the FBI’s ability to impose gag orders via National Security Letters (NSLs). They…
Victory! Individuals Can Force Government to Purge Records of Their First Amendment Activity
By Aaron Mackey The FBI must delete its memo documenting a journalist’s First Amendment activities, a federal appellate court ruled this week in a decision…
If Regulators Won’t Stop The Sale of Cell Phone Users’ Location Data, Consumers Must
By Aaron Mackey A Motherboard investigation revealed in January how any cellphone users’ real-time location could be obtained for $300. The pervasiveness of the practice,…