Notices by Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)

Big Tech is censoring abortion content! 🚨

Social media platforms are removing vital info on reproductive health. Have you been censored? Report it here: https://www.eff.org/uncensored.
#StopCensoringAbortion

Going to a protest? Thinking about switching to encrypted messaging? Curious about VPNs? Check out EFF’s Surveillance Self-Defense site: Tips, Tools and How-tos for Safer Online Communications. https://ssd.eff.org/

EFF’s @Thorin joined @thefinalstrawradio to discuss basic tools and ideas for keeping our information a little safer online - Surveillance Self-Defense, as we call it. https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/02/16/surveillance-self-defense-encrypted-chat-apps-and-securing-devices-with-thorin-klosowski/

Infringements on privacy are commonplace across the world, and Europe is no exception. In this blog, find out about how we implement a privacy first approach to fighting online harms in Europe. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/saving-internet-europe-defending-privacy-and-fighting-surveillance

Citizen Lab released a report that highlights three serious security issues in the RedNote app, including that the app retrieves uploaded user content in a way that allows anyone else on your network, at your ISP, or organizations like the NSA, to see everything you look at and upload to RedNote. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/crimson-memo-analyzing-privacy-impact-xianghongshu-aka-red-note

"The same tracking techniques that Google claims are essential for online advertising also expose individuals' sensitive information to data brokers, surveillance companies, and law enforcement," EFF’s Lena Cohen told BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm21g0052dno

“Parents should check reviews of the devices they buy, both within the site they're buying it on as well as separate from that site,” EFF’s @legind told Parents magazine. Also, stick with recognized brands that have good product security histories. https://www.parents.com/mom-sends-warning-after-wifi-baby-monitor-gets-hacked-11681067

Everyone's security plans and situations will always be different. But the first step to a better online world is looking at your community and figuring out what's needed and how to get everyone else on board. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/building-community-privacy-plan

DOJ officials from cybercrime division and FBI were part of team that sought to significantly narrow one of the most important laws for free speech online. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/first-trump-doj-assembled-tiger-team-rewrite-key-law-protecting-online-speech

The Department of Government Efficiency is ransacking multiple federal agencies, without oversight or safeguards, and EFF is glad to join the brigade of lawsuits to protect this critical information. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/eff-sues-doge-and-office-personnel-management-halt-ransacking-federal-data

"You only have one face," EFF’s @falsemirror told @Mashable. "You don't want your face print to wind up in a server permanently and [be] used against you in another context." https://mashable.com/article/is-tinder-photo-selector-ai-tool-safe-to-use

Speakers: Veridiana Alimonti (EFF), Roger Dingledine (Tor Project), Gaspar Pisanu (Access Now). Moderator: Sara Zambrano (CAD). Organized by: Ola Bini Observation Mission, Access Now, CAD and Tor Project. Participate and learn! #RightsCon25 #OlaBini #DigitalPrivacy https://forms.gle/7BNh1mGoBtPTvqrM8

Join the session “Criminalization of Tor use in the Ola Bini case?” at #RightsCon25 in Taipei from February 24-27, 2025. Experts from EFF, Tor Project and Access Now will share key lessons for the Global South. Don't miss it! #DigitalRights #TorProject https://forms.gle/7BNh1mGoBtPTvqrM8

Federal law says DOGE has no authority to send data requests to companies like Meta, EFF’s Andrew Crocker told @verge. "It would have to have the assistance of a law enforcement agency like the FBI.” But end-to-end-encryption is still the best protection. https://www.theverge.com/news/610951/federal-workers-privacy-surveillance-signal-facebook-messenger

BREAKING: We are suing DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to stop the brazen and illegal data sharing of federal employee data with the “government efficiency” group. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/eff-sues-doge-and-office-personnel-management-halt-ransacking-federal-data

“It’s difficult to imagine that the (AI) technology at work here is fit for the purpose of making spending and personnel decisions—and Americans deserve better than to have to guess at how those decisions are being made,” EFF’s @prilkit told @gzeromedia. https://www.gzeromedia.com/gzero-ai/elon-musks-government-takeover-is-powered-by-ai

New Sticker Alert 🚨
Never stop encrypting all the things. EFF and Lady Lock will see you at @CactusCon this weekend.

Washington State prosecutors to police: Don’t use genAI to write police reports. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/prosecutors-washington-state-warn-police-dont-use-gen-ai-write-reports

EFF to Ninth Circuit: Protect young people’s First Amendment right to use social media (and its algorithms): https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/eff-ninth-circuit-young-people-have-first-amendment-right-use-social-media-and-all

Texas SB 336 strips protections for journalists, activists, and everyday Texans facing abusive lawsuits. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/protecting-free-speech-texas-we-need-stop-sb-336