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/