Flock Safety has built a system where ICE can access local police data via informal backchannels and abortion seekers can be tracked under the guise of “missing persons.” And they’re continuing to expand it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/flock-safetys-feature-updates-cannot-make-automated-license-plate-readers-safe

Age-verification laws are being weaponized to censor LGBTQ+ and abortion-related content online, restricting access to critical resources under the guise of protecting children. https://msmagazine.com/2025/02/25/lgbtq-abortion-censorship-age-verification-laws/

Big Tech doesn’t need more loopholes. But S.B. 690 gives them one the size of California: the power to wiretap you online, then turn around and call it “commercial business.” California lawmakers must reject this bill. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/californias-corporate-cover-act-privacy-nightmare

A badly misguided court order in a copyright lawsuit requires OpenAI to store all consumer ChatGPT conversations indefinitely—even if a user tries to delete them. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/copyright-cases-should-not-threaten-chatbot-users-privacy

The Atlas of Surveillance just added 80 agencies in Oregon, Texas and Washington that are using Flock Safety automated license plate readers. Plug in your city or county to see what surveillance tech cops in your area are deploying. https://atlasofsurveillance.org

Tell companies to stop tracking you by installing Privacy Badger today! https://privacybadger.org/

The TAKE IT DOWN Act, while perhaps well-intentioned, opens a gateway to potential abuse by requiring online sources to remove non-copyrighted speech, EFF’s @aaronmackey told The Progressive Magazine. https://progressive.org/latest/going-too-far-bader-20250620/

It’s clear that trans people face unique, advanced, and persistent threats—online and off. Here are some strategies for resisting the tech-enabled violence that trans people face. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/strategies-resisting-tech-enabled-violence-facing-transgender-people

Meta’s track record on privacy was already spotty, but the newest web-to-app trick is particularly brazen. Here’s what to do next.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/protect-yourself-metas-latest-attack-privacy

“You have constitutionally protected rights to protest,” EFF's Matthew Guariglia told @motherjonesmag. "When you have somebody wielding surveillance in a specific way to try to chill & deter people from protesting, that’s a violation of your constitutional rights” https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/los-angeles-ice-protests-helicopter/

Electronic monitoring isn't a humane alternative—it's digital incarceration. If you're fighting EM conditions for your clients, this blog breaks down the constitutional, statutory, and strategic angles worth knowing. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/defense-attorneys-arsenal-challenging-electronic-monitoring

The Copyright Office’s AI training report is legally flawed and tilted toward rightsholders. But firing Shira Perlmutter and Carla Hayden isn’t the fix—it just deepens the politicization. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/us-copyright-offices-draft-report-ai-training-errs-fair-use

Support forums. LGBTQ resources. Mental health info. KOSA puts it all at risk. Content will disappear—not just for kids, but for everyone. Tell the Senate to reject KOSA: https://act.eff.org/action/don-t-let-congress-decide-what-we-re-allowed-to-read-online

In memoriam: Cryptome co-founder John L. Young, who died March 28 at age 89 in New York City, was one of the early, under-recognized heroes of the digital age. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/memoriam-john-l-young-cryptome-co-founder

Flock’s invasive new tool “will certainly help to bring expanded surveillance powers to police departments of all sizes that never needed this much information on any random person who happens to drive by,” EFF’s Beryl Lipton warned @404mediaco. https://www.404media.co/license-plate-reader-company-flock-is-building-a-massive-people-lookup-tool-leak-shows/

Your location data isn’t just a pin on a map. It can reveal where you work, worship, protest, or seek healthcare—and it’s being harvested, sold, and weaponized. Lawmakers must act now to protect our privacy. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/privacy-map-how-states-are-fighting-location-surveillance

Setting a crucial precedent, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that consumers can sue national or multinational companies in the consumers’ home courts if those companies violate state data privacy laws. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/ninth-circuit-hands-users-big-win-californians-can-sue-out-state-corporations

If someone was outside Mar-a-Lago writing down everyone's license plate numbers, “eventually someone from the Secret Service would go over and figure out who they are and what they’re doing,” EFF’s Dave Maass told Politico - so what’s up with the ALPRs? https://www.politico.com/newsletters/digital-future-daily/2025/04/23/the-cops-have-two-license-plate-readers-outside-mar-a-lago-where-does-the-data-go-00306306

Gov't officials mustn't use Signal to evade public records rules. "If you decide to have your communications...in a way that is not trackable or retrievable in response to a FOIA request, what you are doing is circumventing the law," @evacide told @axios. https://www.axios.com/2025/04/22/signalgate-encryption-trump-administration-downloads

“Everyone should have a plan before travel,” EFF’s Sophia Cope told @miamiherald. If an officer wants a device unlocked, “the traveler has to know what they’re going to do in that moment, either they’re going to comply or they’re not going to comply.” https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article304363571.html