Notices by Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social), page 4

GM will be banned from selling driver behavioral data and geolocation. Good, but all automakers need privacy regulation. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/ftcs-ban-gm-and-onstar-selling-driver-behavior-good-first-step

Los anuncios basados en el comportamiento en línea están en el centro de la industria de la vigilancia. ¿Te preocupa cómo se utilizan tus datos? Infórmate y toma medidas para proteger tu privacidad. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/online-behavioral-ads-fuel-surveillance-industry-heres-how?language=es #ProtegeTuDatos #Privacidad

As more U.S. states and countries pass age verification laws, it is crucial to recognize the broader implications these measures have on privacy, free speech, and access to information. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/impact-age-verification-measures-goes-beyond-porn-sites

When most people arrive at most age verification checkpoints, they won’t know whether the face scan minimized the privacy risks. Many people will forego the restricted content. Government must stop encouraging face scans as a way to comply with age verification mandates. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/face-scans-estimate-our-age-creepy-af-and-harmful

Companies violating state privacy laws should be found and taken to task. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/texas-enforcing-its-state-data-privacy-law-so-should-other-states

EFF’s transition memo to the new Administration and the 119th Congress is our blueprint for how to make the internet better for users. https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-sends-transition-memo-digital-policy-priorities-new-administration-and-congress

Las redes sociales enfrentan una paradoja: permiten publicaciones ofensivas y violentas, pero censuran tarjetas de 'Most Wanted CEO'. Necesitamos coherencia y justicia en la moderación de contenido. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/platforms-systematically-removed-user-because-he-made-most-wanted-ceo-playing?language=es #DerechosDigitales #Censura

While VPNs may be able to disguise the source of your internet activity, they are not foolproof—nor should they be necessary to access legally protected speech.https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/vpns-are-not-solution-age-verification-laws

For over a decade EFF has argued that warrantless backdoor searches of 702 data are unconstitutional—and now a federal court agrees with us.

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Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, “there’s been a massive uptick in social media platforms removing content related to reproductive health care and specifically abortion pills,” EFF’s Lisa Femia told @newyorktimes. "This is an ongoing, increasing problem.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/technology/instagram-facebook-abortion-pill-providers.html

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We must recognize the danger that age verification laws have beyond pornography. They could clear the way for politicians to deem harmful any content they disagree with, such as LGBTQ+ content or content about abortion. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/impact-age-verification-measures-goes-beyond-porn-sites

When confronted with age estimation face scans, many people will refrain from accessing restricted websites, even if they have a legal right to use them. Government should restrain this hazardous technology, not normalize it via age verification mandates.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/face-scans-estimate-our-age-creepy-af-and-harmful

As more U.S. states and countries pass age verification laws, it is crucial to recognize the broader implications these measures have on privacy, free speech, and access to information. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/impact-age-verification-measures-goes-beyond-porn-sites

A federal court has declared that warrantless searches of US person’s communications collected for national security purposes is unconstitutional. Now it’s our job to make sure Congress knows that when they renew this law in a little over a year. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/victory-federal-court-finally-rules-backdoor-searches-702-data-unconstitutional

In our latest Speaking Freely, journalist Lina Attalah discusses how the state of free expression has evolved in the region since the 2011 Egyptian revolution and the recent fall of Syria’s Assad regime. Read more, here: https://www.eff.org/pages/speaking-freely-lina-attalah

This week’s ruling should “push the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to understand that the data that they are helping to accumulate can’t be used for domestic law enforcement purposes without a warrant,” EFF’s Matthew Guariglia told Medill on the Hill. https://medillonthehill.medill.northwestern.edu/2025/01/cabinet-nominees-support-for-surveillance-law-reignites-privacy-concerns-experts-say/

Social media platforms like Meta’s still have a long way to go toward being transparent and helping users understand how to adjust their own settings to avoid content they don’t want, EFF’s @cmcsherr told @CBSNews. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meta-users-following-trump-facebook-instagram/

VICTORY! After over a decade, a federal court has declared that warrantless backdoor searches of US person’s communications collected under Section 702 of FISA is unconstitutional. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/victory-federal-court-finally-rules-backdoor-searches-702-data-unconstitutional

“If companies like PowerSchool practiced a privacy-first approach…only collecting and storing what they absolutely need to provide the services they promise, many data breaches would be far less harmful,” EFF’s @Thorin told K12 Dive.
https://www.k12dive.com/news/powerschool-data-breach-lawsuits-negligence/737900/