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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 5m
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 1h
“It’s really important for the public to get more information about how these private companies are operating AI systems that influence Medicare beneficiaries’ access to care,” EFF’s Lena Cohen told @azfamily.com.
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Newly released records detail rocky rollout of Medicare pilot program in Arizona
Arizona is one of six states nationwide in a pilot program for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) model through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 2h
Tune into the latest EFFector podcast: "Hey Siri, How Do I Limit AI Data Access?" This time, we're talking about the privacy complications of AI phone features. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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📱 Hey Siri, How Do I Limit AI Data Access? | EFFector 38.17
With the launch of iOS 27, Apple is rolling out a variety of new AI features to its familiar voice assistant, Siri. But how are AI tools like these handling our data? In our latest EFFector
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 3h
Getting Signal up and running on your phone only takes a couple minutes. If you've already got it set up, take a minute to help your friends, too. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
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How to: Use Signal
Download location: Google Play Store, Apple App Store System requirements: Android 5 or later, iOS 13 or later Version used in this guide: Android: 7.38.6 iPhone: 7.5.1 License: GPLv3 Level: Beginner Time required: 15-20 minutes Other reading: https://signal.org/ https://support.signal.org/ https://signal.org/blog/ Table of Contents Download and Install Signal Register and Verify...
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Nathaniel Borenstein @drmime.bsky.social · 4h
I'm raising money for the Electronic Frontier Foundation around my book release! Donate to EFF and get a signed "Spirit of a Cyborg" bookplate from me!
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Cyborgs for Digital Freedom!
Support EFF and get a custom Spirit of a Cyborg bookplate! I’m using the release of my book, The Spirit of a Cyborg, to try to raise some money for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which i…
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 21h
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A vibrant promotional graphic features various programming-themed puzzle games, highlighting a bundle sale benefiting EFF.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 23h
“In some ways, Axon is actually worse than Flock,” EFF's @maassive.bsky.social told @indyweek.bsky.social. “Flock never had mobile license plate cameras, and Axon does. They install them on patrol cars, and that means patrol cars become like roving data vacuums.”
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Apex Town Council Committee to Make Recommendation on Flock
Under pressure from residents, the town council is reconsidering the Apex Police Department’s contract with Flock.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 29/09/2026
Organizing begins at home. Follow us for updates from Oakland Tech Week as we join with @mediajustice.bsky.social to explore the terrain of technology and power in California—and what to do about it.
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Oakland Tech Week 2026 - Where Innovation Meets Community
Join Oakland Tech Week September 27 – October 3, 2026. Connect with founders, investors, and builders. AI-powered matchmaking, killer sessions, and authentic community.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 29/09/2026
There's less need to stress about advertisers following where you go online when you have Privacy Badger installed. privacybadger.org/
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Privacy Badger
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 29/09/2026
Our new “Privacy’s Defenders” podcast talks to the activists, lawyers and technologists who have fought for a better, more secure and private digital future – a future that’s still attainable. Episode 1, “Cowboys, Cypherpunks and Visionaries,” is our origin story.
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Privacy’s Defenders Podcast: Cowboys, Cypherpunks and Visionaries
People are increasingly concerned about the ways in which mass surveillance is tracking our every move: from Flock license plate readers to face recognition to creepy ads that – based on what we see a...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 29/09/2026
“We believe [these age verification laws] burden adults’ rights to access lawful speech, that they can destroy people’s ability to be anonymous online, and that they are privacy and data security disasters waiting to happen,” EFF’s @aaronmackey.bsky.social told @penncapital-star.com.
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Pa.'s latest online age verification bill would restrict access to adult content • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Experts warn that, while such measures may be intended to protect children, they can ultimately wind up burdening adults, posing data privacy concerns, and restricting access to First Amendment-protec...
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Tasselfoot @tasselfoot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Someone asked me what my favorite Armor Games Studios game is… and I said SOLAS 128 by @amicableanimal.bsky.social (I love all our games though. Like children.) You can get SOLAS + 6 other great games all while helping to support the @eff.org www.humblebundle.com/games/progra...
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Programing Puzzles Bundle
Test your skills with this bundle of programming puzzle games! Pay what you want and support the Electronic Frontier Foundation!
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 28/09/2026
For only $5 a month you can ensure EFF's lawyers and activists are prepared to defend your right to speak freely online. eff.org/join-m
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Defend Privacy and Free Speech
Renew Your Support for Online Rights Thanks for renewing your support towards our mission to defend civil liberties and human rights online! Use the same email address to...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 28/09/2026
EFF’s @Maassive.bsky.social joins Spectacles to discuss the AI integrated surveillance towers that line the US-Mexico border – and that could be coming soon to a city near you.
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Something Worse than Flock is Coming.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 28/09/2026
Everything you do online is tracked, saved, and shared for what feels like a lifetime. But there are some steps you can take to minimize what data is out there. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
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How to: Manage Your Digital Footprint
Search for your name in any search engine and you’ll likely encounter dozens of results, some of which might include personal information like addresses, email accounts, usernames, or family members. Each piece of information is often public and not typically seen as harmful. But together these parts of your identity...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 28/09/2026
LISTEN: EFF’s @davidgreene.bsky.social joins the @legalafmtn.bsky.social podcast to discuss the turbocharged surveillance state and what EFF is doing to make sure your constitutional rights survive.
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Trump DESPERATE As His Spying Programs using Big Tech Increasingly BLOCKED by Federal Courts!!!
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 28/09/2026
Nobody wants to be on camera everywhere, all the time. Tell the world you’re saying “NO” to warrantless mass surveillance with this striking new EFF sticker; proceeds help us keep fighting for your privacy.
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Surveillance Is For the Birds Sticker
Your movements are your business. Show your opposition to invasive surveillance with this bold EFF sticker. Featuring a striking black, white, and red design, it’s a reminder that our movements should...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 28/09/2026
EFF’s @nicoleozer.bsky.social and @htsuka.bsky.social will be talking about how Bay Area organizing can help us build the future we want at @mediajustice.bsky.social’s #OaklandTechWeek convening.
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Oakland Tech Week 2026 - Where Innovation Meets Community
Join Oakland Tech Week September 27 – October 3, 2026. Connect with founders, investors, and builders. AI-powered matchmaking, killer sessions, and authentic community.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 27/09/2026
What DraftKings is doing with their targeted promotions is just one example of how online behavioral advertising causes real harm to real people.
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DraftKings Is Using AI to Supercharge the Harms of Online Behavioral Advertising
Online sports betting company DraftKings is using AI to target customers who are most likely to place losing bets and respond to gambling promotions. This kind of targeting is a form of online behavio...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 27/09/2026
For decades, advocates have fought for strong cybersecurity standards at polling places and for the privacy of voting records. Learn what's at stake this election season—10/8 at 11AM PT. eff.org/livestream-...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 25/09/2026
Americans have a First Amendment right to equal access to official government statements, and President Trump violates that right when Truth Social sells early access to his posts, EFF told a federal court.
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EFF to Court: Trump's Use of Truth Social's Pay-To-See-Posts-First Scheme Violates Americans' 1st Amendment Equal Access Rights
Americans’ First Amendment right to equal access to official government statements is violated by the Trump administration’s use of Truth Social’s preferential treatment scheme, which blocks people wh...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 25/09/2026
Online behavioral advertising has always been creepy. AI makes it worse.
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DraftKings Is Using AI to Supercharge the Harms of Online Behavioral Advertising
Online sports betting company DraftKings is using AI to target customers who are most likely to place losing bets and respond to gambling promotions. This kind of targeting is a form of online behavio...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 25/09/2026
“This is one part of the surveillance and intelligence wing that ICE is building,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @fedscoop.bsky.social. “It’s a big part of it, but it’s still just one part. ... It’s going to feed in and be indexed alongside all this other surveillance equipment and pipelines.”
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ICE awards contested, controversial surveillance contract to Thomson Reuters
Documents shared exclusively with FedScoop offer insight into the initial contract awarded six years ago that acted as a critical building block in DHS’s current surveillance apparatus.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 25/09/2026
EFF sued to get documents about WISeR, a pilot program that uses AI to authorize or deny certain types of care for patients with Medicare. “According to the documents released by the EFF, the program’s implementation was rushed, and the technology wasn’t ready,” @arstechnica.com reports.
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Trump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experiment
Vendors rolling out AI have an "incentive to deny as many claims as possible."
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 25/09/2026
What actually happens to your ballot after you submit it? Join EFF's livestream on election privacy and cybersecurity, 10/8 at 11AM PT, with live Q&A to follow. eff.org/livestream-...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 25/09/2026
EFF is excited to be a part of #OaklandTechWeek, and joining @mediajustice.bsky.social on Wednesday 9/29 to focus on building the future we want.
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Oakland Tech Week 2026 - Where Innovation Meets Community
Join Oakland Tech Week September 27 – October 3, 2026. Connect with founders, investors, and builders. AI-powered matchmaking, killer sessions, and authentic community.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 24/09/2026
A few practical tips, combined with a cautious outlook, can help you avoid many phishing attacks. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
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How to: Avoid Phishing Attacks
On your path to improving your digital security, you may encounter bad actors who attempt to undermine your security goals. We call these bad actors adversaries. When an adversary sends an email (or text message or message in an app) or link that looks innocent, but is actually malicious it’s...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 24/09/2026
Online sports betting company DraftKings is using AI to target losing gamblers. This is yet another example of how online behavioral advertising hurts real people.
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DraftKings Is Using AI to Supercharge the Harms of Online Behavioral Advertising
Online sports betting company DraftKings is using AI to target customers who are most likely to place losing bets and respond to gambling promotions. This kind of targeting is a form of online behavio...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 24/09/2026
Digitizing incarcerated people’s mail means companies can store those scans for years, which can chill speech, EFF’s @caragagliano.bsky.social told @jpradio.bsky.social. “We've talked to a lot of people...who stopped sending mail because they didn't want it to be scanned and put in this database.”
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Humboldt County jail joins others in banning physical mail amid contraband concerns
Humboldt County inmates will soon be unable to receive physical mail as authorities crack down on contraband. Critics say the policy could have unintended consequences.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 24/09/2026
Our right to conversational privacy must include freedom from others using tech to document what we are saying without our clear opt-in consent. "Otherwise, people will self-censor, and conversation will lose its spontaneity and intimacy," EFF’s @adamdschwartz.bsky.social told @yahoofinance.com.
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Welcome to the age of listening devices
Devices that can listen and record us are becoming more popular, raising privacy concerns.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 24/09/2026
Continued annual support is the backbone of what makes EFF's work possible. Set a recurring donation today to make sure your membership never expires, get new gear every year, and make sure EFF can continue the work that we do! eff.org/join-r
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Fight Surveillance and Protect Free Speech
Protect digital privacy and free expression. EFF's public interest legal work, activism, and software development preserve fundamental rights. EFF is a U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit, tax ID #04-3091431.
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No Starch Press @nostarchpress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
someone's charging $1,999 for a folding phone? suddenly $40 for $787 worth of programming books feels extremely financially responsible. Think Like a Programmer @humblebundle.com is still live! Proceeds support @eff.org ⚡ Get it before it's gone: bit.ly/4dkSw69
Purple Think Like a Programmer 2026 Humble Book Bundle graphic featuring covers of Quantum Computing, Total TypeScript, Algorithmic Thinking, The Rust Programming Language, and Writing a C Compiler, with No Starch Press and Humble logos.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 24/09/2026
“While estimating age based on user behavior is less invasive than requiring users to upload photos, credit card information or a state-issued ID, age-gating the internet creates dangerous new forms of surveillance, censorship, and exclusion,” EFF’s @davidgreene.bsky.social told @cnet.com.
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Discord Introduces Alternative Age Verification Tools After Pushback - CNET
Teenage users have options, but some appear safer than others. We pick the best options.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 24/09/2026
“They don’t have to go to a judge, they don’t need to justify why they’re making a search of all this historic (Flock ALPR) data, they can just sit (with) a computer and run a search. And so it is tailor-made for this abuse,” EFF’s @mguariglia.bsky.social told Atlanta’s WSB ABC2.
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Flock cameras are everywhere. Avoiding them can be next to impossible
Critics see a surveillance network. Police see a crime-fighting tool.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 23/09/2026
Voting is a right—but your voting record is highly sensitive. Join EFF, Verified Voting, the Brennan Center for Justice, and TechEquity on 10/8 at 11AM PT to learn what protects your vote after you cast it. eff.org/livestream-...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 23/09/2026
Think like a programmer—move like a programmer. The new Humble Bundle from No Starch press features 18 titles. Pay what you want and support EFF at the same time! www.humblebundle.com/books/think...
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Humble Tech Book Bundle: Think Like a Programmer 2026 by No Starch Press
Think like a programmer and move like a programmer with a collection of learning courses from the experts at No Starch Press!
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 23/09/2026
“If you’re looking at society’s interests, the interests of the community in general, it is not helpful to take away something (like physical mail) that experts say is so important to rehabilitation and … avoiding recidivism,” EFF’s @caragagliano.bsky.social told @lostcoastoutpost.bsky.social.
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Humboldt County Jail to Stop Accepting Personal Mail for Inmates, Diverting it to Maryland for Scanning and Digital Delivery Via Tablets
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 23/09/2026
ALPRs' threat to privacy and safety can’t be solved by city protocols, EFF's @adamdschwartz.bsky.social told @mercurynews.com. “At minimum, officers should be required to get a warrant issued by a judge before searching the stored location data. Even better, cities should not use ALPRs at all.”
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San Jose pushes for tighter controls on Flock camera data after police officer abuse
Mayor Matt Mahan is pushing for more real-time supervision of license-plate reader data and the closure of a legislative loophole to make unauthorized access expressly illegal.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 23/09/2026
However they’re designed, age gates undermine civil liberties, reduce safety, and create barriers to internet entry, often at the expense of marginalized groups. We call on the EU Parliament to fix the flawed EU Kids Act proposal eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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EU Kids Act Won't Keep the Internet Accountable and Trustworthy
The EU Commission draft law to restrict young people’s access to the internet that it presented last week will come at a high cost: it will make internet access contingent on age, expand the use of
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 22/09/2026
EFF joined an amicus brief urging the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate an FAA drone flight restriction that violated the First Amendment right to record law enforcement. The government can’t avoid accountability by punishing those who exercise their rights.
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D.C. Circuit Must Vacate a Drone Flight Restriction That Criminalized Recording Immigration Agents
EFF joined an amicus brief with ACLU, ACLU of D.C., National Press Photographers Association, and Professional Photographers of America to urge the D.C. Circuit to vacate an FAA drone flight restricti...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 22/09/2026
Most people should use a password manager, but there's no one-size-fits-all recommendation. ssd.eff.org/module/choo...
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Choosing a Password Manager
Password breaches are a common occurrence, and if you use the same password on every site, that may grant access to bad actors who try out that password elsewhere to get into your accounts. The best way to protect yourself is to use a unique password everywhere (and two-factor authentication,...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 22/09/2026
“There’s a lot of focus on the killer robots and the apocalypse that’s coming and not enough attention on the sort of real harms that we already know are happening,” EFF’s Corynne McSherry told Gray Media, explaining why AI regulation shouldn't be based on speculation.
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President Trump announces new ‘AI Force’
President Donald Trump announced over the weekend that he is creating an “AI Force” without offering many details about its purpose.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 22/09/2026
You and your friends can say no to the search of your devices with a three-pack of our stickers. shop.eff.org/products/i-...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 22/09/2026
Protecting children online matters—but age verification is not how you do it. Read our analysis of the new EU Kids Act, which is a threat to the open internet and our privacy eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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EU Kids Act Won't Keep the Internet Accountable and Trustworthy
The EU Commission draft law to restrict young people’s access to the internet that it presented last week will come at a high cost: it will make internet access contingent on age, expand the use of
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 21/09/2026
Tired of being Flocked over? Tell the world you oppose warrantless mass surveillance with this bold new EFF sticker. Speak out for your privacy, and help support EFF!
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Surveillance Is For the Birds Sticker
Your movements are your business. Show your opposition to invasive surveillance with this bold EFF sticker. Featuring a striking black, white, and red design, it’s a reminder that our movements should...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 21/09/2026
When you talk to an AI, you are talking to the company hosting the AI, EFF’s @falsemirror.masto.nyc.ap.brid.gy told @WIRED.com. “These chat windows—that we’re used to being connections between us and another person—are really just us directly putting information into Meta servers about ourselves.”
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Meta's Muse Is Better at Surveilling Than Helping Me
The Muse app continues Meta’s trend of opting users into data collection for AI training. It also nudges you to share your bank account, email, and passport information.
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Privacy Badger @privacybadger.org · 21/09/2026
Worried about OpenAI following you around the web? Privacy Badger blocks OpenAI trackers on websites you visit. www.buchodi.com/chatgpt-now-...
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ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector
OpenAI's ad collector at bzr.openai.com sets a cookie called __obi, scoped to .openai.com. The value is while you are on ChatGPT and tied to your ChatGPT account. __obi is then sent to OpenAI from ord...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 21/09/2026
“We need a comprehensive federal privacy law that covers this sort of data collection and misuse,” EFF’s @thorinklosowski.com told @theverge.com. That means requiring opt-in consent, no deceptive design tricks, & data minimization that limits companies to only what’s needed to provide the service.
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There are ways to protect yourself from your spying TV
“Hi, LG”
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 21/09/2026
Yes.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 21/09/2026
“Algorithmic censorship doesn’t need to erase testimony. It can leave it online while gradually stripping it of reach, discoverability and an audience,” EFF’s @jillian.bsky.social told @aljazeera.com.
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Echoicide: Who decides which truths survive in Gaza?
From Gaza to the digital age, visibility has become one of the central political struggles of modern conflicts.
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