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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Cities Should Act NOW to Ban Predictive Policing…and Stop Using ShotSpotter, Too
By Matthew Guariglia and Jason Kelley Sound Thinking, the company behind ShotSpotter—an acoustic gunshot detection technology that is rife with problems—is reportedly buying Geolitica, the…
Get Real, Congress: Censoring Search Results or Recommendations Is Still Censorship
By Jason Kelley For the past two years, Congress has been trying to revise the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) to address criticisms from EFF,…
UK Online Safety Bill Will Mandate Dangerous Age Verification for Much of the Web
By Jason Kelley This blog post was co-written by Dr. Monica Horten, and is also available on the Open Rights Group website. Under new age verification rules…
The NDAA is No Place for Sweeping Internet Legislation Like the STOP CSAM Act
By Jason Kelley and Sophia Cope The STOP CSAM Act of 2023 would undermine services offering end-to-end encryption and push internet companies to take down lawful…
You Can Help Stop These Bad Internet Bills
By Jason Kelley Red alert! For the last six months, EFF, our supporters, and dozens of other groups have been sounding the alarm about several…
The Broad, Vague RESTRICT Act is a Dangerous Substitute for Comprehensive Data Privacy Legislation
By Jason Kelley and David Greene The recently introduced RESTRICT Act (S. 686, Sen. Warner and Sen. Thune) rightfully is causing a lot of concern….
Age Verification Mandates Would Undermine Anonymity Online
By Jason Kelley and Adam Schwartz Age verification systems are surveillance systems. Mandatory age verification, and with it, mandatory identity verification, is the wrong approach…
Nigerian Twitter Ban Declared Unlawful by Court: Victory by EFF and Partners
By Jason Kelley The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court has ruled that a seven-month ban on Twitter by Nigerian authorities in 2021…
Ring Reveals They Give Videos to Police Without User Consent or a Warrant
By Jason Kelley and Matthew Guariglia Amazon’s Ring devices are not just personal security cameras. They are also police cameras—whether you want them to be…
The Kids Online Safety Act Is a Heavy-Handed Plan to Force Platforms to Spy on Young People
By Jason Kelley Putting children under surveillance and limiting their access to information doesn’t make them safer—in fact, research suggests just the opposite. Unfortunately those…
If EARN IT Passes, What Happens On Your iPhone Won’t Stay On Your iPhone
By Jason Kelley Last year, Apple announced a controversial plan to install photo scanning software in every device. Apple has long been seen as a…
After Years of Delays and Alarmingly Flimsy Evidence, Security Expert Ola Bini’s Trial Set for This Week
By Jason Kelley For over two years EFF has been following the case of Swedish computer security expert Ola Bini, who was arrested in April,…
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…