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    EFF
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    Apr 9
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    When you go online, your rights should go with you. X is no longer where the fight is happening. EFF takes on big fights, and we win by putting our time, skills, and members’ support where they will have the most impact. Right now, that means Bluesky, Mastodon, LinkedIn,
    eff.org
    Electronic Frontier Foundation
    Defending your rights in the digital world
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    Nov 12, 2019
    BREAKING: a federal judge has ruled that suspicionless searches of travelers’ cell phones, laptops, and other electronic devices when we cross the U.S. border are unconstitutional. This is an enormous victory for privacy.
    Federal Court Rules Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and
    From eff.org
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    May 23, 2023
    "Normalizing the surveillance is like normalizing a violation of our rights,” EFF’s @Maassive told KRNV’s @RenoKimBurrows. Instead, EFF and @RSJNevada are normalizing transparency through FOIA requests and the Atlas of Surveillance project.
    What surveillance tools Nevada police use and why critics are worried about privacy
    From mynews4.com
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    May 1, 2020
    BREAKING: ICANN has voted to REJECT the sale of the .ORG registry to private equity firm Ethos Capital. This is a major victory for the millions of nonprofits, civil society organizations, and individuals who make .ORG their home online. #SaveDotOrg icann.org/news/blog/ican…
    The text of the first two paragraphs of the accompanying URL: Today, the ICANN Board made the decision to reject the proposed change of control and entity conversion request that Public INterest Registr (PIR) submitted to ICANN
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    EFF
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    Dec 14, 2017
    The FCC's decision to abandon its traditional role in protecting an open and free Internet will go down as one of the biggest mistakes in Internet policy history. We will fight in the courts, in the states, and in Congress to restore #NetNeutrality.
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    Jul 5, 2018
    BREAKING: In a huge victory, the European Parliament has voted 318-278 against #Article13 and #Article11—the disastrous #CensorshipMachine and #LinkTax copyright proposals. That means we’re close to stopping these terrible proposals—and we’re gaining momentum.
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    Jun 22, 2018
    BREAKING: The Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 that cell phone location data is protected by the Fourth Amendment.
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    Aug 15, 2022
    EFF is deeply concerned that the U.S. Treasury Department has included an open source computer project, Tornado Cash, on its list of sanctioned individuals. Tornado Cash is an open source software project and website that published a decentralized cryptocurrency mixer.
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    Dec 17, 2018
    Tumblr's new "adult content" filter is so bad at its job, it flagged Tumblr's own examples of acceptable nudity
    Tumblr's Porn Filter Flags Its Own Examples of 'Permitted' Nudity
    From gizmodo.com
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    Jan 28, 2020
    BREAKING: We’ve confirmed that the Ring doorbell app on Android covertly shares personally identifiable information on its users with third-party companies, including Facebook.
    Ring Doorbell App Packed with Third-Party Trackers
    From eff.org
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    Oct 23, 2020
    Youtube-dl is a legitimate tool with a world of a lawful uses. Demanding its removal from Github is a disappointing and counterproductive move by the RIAA.
    dmca/2020/10/2020-10-23-RIAA.md at master · github/dmca
    From github.com
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    Oct 1, 2018
    BREAKING: #NetNeutrality is now law in California.
    Picture of press release from Scott Weiner's office about SB822 being signed.
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    Aug 11, 2018
    |￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| | CRYPTO | | MEANS | | CRYPTOGRAPHY | |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| (\__/) || (•ㅅ•) || / 　 づ
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    EFF
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    Feb 7, 2018
    The Internet lost a hero today. EFF is mourning the loss of our visionary co-founder, John Perry Barlow.
    John Perry Barlow, Internet Pioneer, 1947-2018
    From eff.org