Amazon's new 'About you' page lists many assumptions about shoppers—like their favorite brands, their hobbies, and the shape of their bodies.

There has been a raft of site-blocking bills in the latest Congress, and the latest is called the “Deterring Extraterritorial Foreign Exploitation of Networks Damaging Intellectual Property” aka the

Big tech companies are hell-bent on taking away our agency and forcing us to use their surveillance-based services, apps, and devices. It’s hard to fight against, and it often feels much easier to

Discover new Advanced Protection features on Android designed to defend against sophisticated threats and keep your data safe.

New technology and artificial intelligence are dramatically reshaping how Americans stay informed. Knight Foundation and NORC at the University of Chicago fielded a new national survey to understand A...

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Under pressure from residents, the town council is reconsidering the Apex Police Department’s contract with Flock.

“There’s a lot to be worried about,” the project lead said.

The city’s universal-2K program launched September 10 as an inaugural class of 2-year-olds joined Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center.

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...

The campaign against Flock shows that fighting to protect personal privacy isn’t a lost cause.

The campaign against Flock shows that fighting to protect personal privacy isn’t a lost cause.

A pilot program using artificial intelligence to approve care for Medicare beneficiaries has resulted in high levels of denials and delayed decisions and prompted warnings from a vendor about a lack o...

The EFF found cops writing “idiot,” “WEIRD KID,” "blah," "leave me alone," and button mashing in Flock's 'reason' box.

There’s a growing backlash to the surveillance systems that have quietly wired themselves into American neighborhoods, with concern growing among people who have never felt watched this way before. Ge...

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...

EFF sued the government for information a new Medicare program that uses AI to evaluate prior authorization requests for certain medical services. Today, we’re releasing approximately 1,000 pages of

The platform says hackers targeted a firm that helped to verify the ages of its users.

EFF is pleased to announce that Access Now, 7amleh – The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media, DeFlock, and New Media Rights have received 2026 EFF Awards for their vital work in ensuring t...

Gamers Nexus comes for LG again.

This post is adapted from a video recorded by EFF and the Trevor Project. Head over to our TikTok or Instagram to watch! EFF answers all the queer digital rights questions you submit to us through

Within the last few days, two important state actions have dealt a big blow to automated license plate reader (ALPR) networks. This is just the latest proof of the growing tide of public opposition

U.S. workers form first recognized unit as global union movement builds across Wikimedia Foundation

Training a model on copyrighted work is the same transformative use exception that protects The New York Times' journalism.

From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it "age" verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we've been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn't waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a...