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AI is a category of general-purpose tools with myriad beneficial uses. Requiring developers to license the materials needed to create this technology threatens the development of more innovative and inclusive AI models, as well as important uses of AI as a tool for expression and scientific research. Threats to Socially Valuable Research and Innovation Requiring researchers to license...</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-content-thumbnail"> <span class="field-content"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/02/crimson-memo-analyzing-privacy-impact-xiaohongshu-aka-red-note"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/feature/public/banner_library/encryption-OG.png?itok=6DY5cHls" width="780" height="390" alt="" /></a></div></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-front-page-identifier"> <div class="field-content node-content-type-byline">FEATURED UPDATE</div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-entity-title"> <span class="field-content"><h3><a href="/deeplinks/2025/02/crimson-memo-analyzing-privacy-impact-xiaohongshu-aka-red-note">Crimson Memo: Analyzing the Privacy Impact of Xiaohongshu AKA Red Note</a> </h3> </span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content">Early in January 2025 it seemed like TikTok was on the verge of being banned by the U.S. government. In reaction to this imminent ban, several million people in the United States signed up for a different China-based social network known in the U.S. as RedNote, and in China as Xiaohongshu (小红书/ 小紅書; which translates to Little Red Book) . RedNote is an application and social network created in 2013 that currently has over 300 million users. 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<header> <div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/issues/reproductive-rights"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/highlight/public/issues/repro-rights-hd-1.jpg?itok=pjdq0AHN" width="380" height="190" alt="person in dress holding an ultrasound screen in front of their abdomen which displays keys, with a rainbox in the background" /></a></div><div class="node-content-type-byline issues"><a href="/issues">Issues</a> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/issues/reproductive-rights" rel="bookmark">Reproductive Justice</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-field-issue-term field--type-entityreference field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="taxonomy-term--issues taxonomy-term--term-teaser taxonomy-term--issues--term-teaser"> <div class="taxonomy-term__content"> <div class="field field--name-description-field field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>ترتبط العدالة الإنتاجية والوصول الآمن للإجهاض، كالعديد من الجوانب الأخرى لإدارة رعايتنا الصحية، مرتبطة بشكل أساسي بحياتنا الرقمية. مع قرار دوبز ڤي جاكسون بإلغاء الحماية التي وفرها روي ڤي وايد للأشخاص الذين يسعون للحصول على الرعاية الصحية المتعلقة بالإجهاض، والتي كانت من المعلومات الحميدة قبلا، أصبحت اليوم دليلًا جنائيًا محتملًا. هذا التهديد الموسع للحقوق الرقمية خطير بشكل خاص على الأشخاص السود، السكان الأصليون/ات وذوي البشرة الملونة، وذوي الدخل المنخفض، والمهاجرين/ات، وأفراد مجتمع الميم – عين وغيرهم من المجتمعات المهمشة تقليديًا، ومقدمي الرعاية الصحية الذين يخدمون هذه المجتمعات.في هذه الصفحة، قمنا بتجميع أدلة خصوصية البيانات لأي شخص من المحتمل أن يتأثر: أولئك الذين يسعون للحصول على الرعاية الصحية والعيادات والمهنيين/ات الصحيين/ات المتعلقة بالإجهاض، وكذلك أولئك المشاركين/ات في حركات مناصرة الوصول إلى الإجهاض الآمن. ترتبط هذه الصفحة أيضًا بمساعي وتوصيات منظمة الجبهة الالكترونية إلى الهيئات التشريعية والشركات من أجل حماية أفضل للحقوق الرقمية للأشخاص الذين يحتاجون ويقدمون الرعاية الصحية الإنجابية.شاهد هذا الفيديو القصير حول الأمن الرقمي لحركة الوصول الآمن للإجهاض:</p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd views-row-last"> <article role="article" class="node node--link node--highlight node--link--highlight"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Banner Graphic: </div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="https://www.eff.org/pages/digital-rights-bytes"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/highlight/public/2024/10/31/og-digitalrightsbytes.png?itok=znIFZf_S" width="380" height="190" alt="Penguin and cat sitting at the Digitial Rights Bytes diner bar being served by a dog" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline link"><span>Resource</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="https://www.eff.org/pages/digital-rights-bytes" rel="bookmark">Digital Rights Bytes</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-field-link-description field--type-text-long field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Description: </div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">Get honest answers to the questions that have been bugging you about technology.</div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-pane pane-views pane-updates"> <h2 class="pane-title">The Latest</h2> <div class="view view-updates view-id-updates view-display-id-updates_block teaser-feed view-dom-id-fb375cf9c5ed9203c7b7d9054d2e7a52"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/02/judicial-conference-should-continue-liberally-allow-amicus-briefs-critical"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/eff30-banner-blue.jpg?itok=FNz_s3Fa" width="500" height="250" alt="A lighthouse with EFF logo in a storm" title="EFF30 banner blue" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-author"> by <a href="/about/staff/sophia-cope">Sophia Cope</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | February 21, 2025</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/02/judicial-conference-should-continue-liberally-allow-amicus-briefs-critical" rel="bookmark">The Judicial Conference Should Continue to Liberally Allow Amicus Briefs, a Critical Advocacy Tool</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>EFF does a lot of things, including impact litigation, legislative lobbying, and technology development, all to fight for your civil liberties in the digital age. With litigation, we directly represent clients and also file “amicus” briefs in court cases.An amicus brief, also called a “friend-of-the-court” brief, is when we don’t...</p></div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/02/cornered-uks-demand-encryption-backdoor-apple-turns-its-strongest-security-setting"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/OG-Encryption-DefendEncryption.png?itok=H8M3voMX" width="500" height="250" alt="encryption keys on sun beam background" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-author"> by <a href="/about/staff/thorin-klosowski-0">Thorin Klosowski</a>, <a href="/about/staff/andrew-crocker">Andrew Crocker</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | February 21, 2025</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/02/cornered-uks-demand-encryption-backdoor-apple-turns-its-strongest-security-setting" rel="bookmark">Cornered by the UK’s Demand for an Encryption Backdoor, Apple Turns Off Its Strongest Security Setting</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>Today, in response to the <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/uks-demands-apple-break-encryption-emergency-us-all">U.K.’s demands for a backdoor</a>, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-removing-end-to-end-cloud-encryption-feature-uk-bloomberg-news-reports-2025-02-21/">Apple has stopped offering</a> users in the U.K. <a href="https://ssd.eff.org/module/how-encrypt-your-iphone">Advanced Data Protection</a>, an optional feature in iCloud that turns on end-to-end encryption for files, backups, and more. Had Apple complied with the U.K.’s original demands, they would have...</p></div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/02/eff-rightscon-2025"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/rightscon2025.jpg?itok=_BuXU2_F" width="500" height="250" alt="" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-author"> by <a href="/about/staff/paige-collings">Paige Collings</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | February 21, 2025</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/02/eff-rightscon-2025" rel="bookmark">EFF at RightsCon 2025</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>EFF is delighted to be attending <a href="https://www.rightscon.org/">RightsCon</a> again—this year hosted in Taipei, Taiwan between 24-27 February.RightsCon provides an opportunity for human rights experts, technologists, activists, and government representatives to discuss pressing human rights challenges and their potential solutions. Many EFFers are heading to Taipei and will be actively participating...</p></div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/02/utah-bill-aims-make-officers-disclose-ai-written-police-reports"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/police-surveillance-hat.jpg?itok=LKH-m4nf" width="500" height="250" alt="A silhouette of a police officer, with spying eye on his hat" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-author"> by <a href="/about/staff/dr-matthew-guariglia-0">Matthew Guariglia</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | February 21, 2025</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/02/utah-bill-aims-make-officers-disclose-ai-written-police-reports" rel="bookmark">Utah Bill Aims to Make Officers Disclose AI-Written Police Reports </a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>A bill headed to the Senate floor in Utah would <a href="https://www.popsci.com/technology/utah-ai-police-bill/">require officers</a> to disclose if a <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/what-can-go-wrong-when-police-use-ai-write-reports">police report was written by generative AI</a>. The bill, <a href="https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/SB0180.html">S.B. 180</a>, requires a department to have a policy governing the use of AI. This policy would mandate that police reports created...</p></div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/02/ai-and-copyright-expanding-copyright-hurts-everyone-heres-what-do-instead"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/robotai.png?itok=5LHM3oAn" width="500" height="250" alt="A robot painting a self-portrait" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-author"> by <a href="/about/staff/tori-noble">Tori Noble</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | February 19, 2025</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/02/ai-and-copyright-expanding-copyright-hurts-everyone-heres-what-do-instead" rel="bookmark">AI and Copyright: Expanding Copyright Hurts Everyone—Here’s What to Do Instead</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>You shouldn't need a permission slip to read a webpage–whether you do it with your own eyes, or use software to help. AI is a category of general-purpose tools with myriad beneficial uses. Requiring developers to license the materials needed to create this technology threatens the development of more innovative...</p></div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/02/copyright-and-ai-cases-and-consequences"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/robotai.png?itok=5LHM3oAn" width="500" height="250" alt="A robot painting a self-portrait" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-author"> by <a href="/about/staff/tori-noble">Tori Noble</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | February 19, 2025</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/02/copyright-and-ai-cases-and-consequences" rel="bookmark"> Copyright and AI: the Cases and the Consequences </a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>The launch of ChatGPT and other <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/what-is-deep-learning">deep learning</a> quickly led to a flurry of lawsuits against model developers. Legal theories vary, but most are rooted in copyright: plaintiffs argue that use of their works to train the models was infringement; developers counter that their training is fair use. Meanwhile...</p></div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <article role="article" class="node node--press-release node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--press-release--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/press/releases/eff-and-repro-uncensored-launch-stopcensoringabortion-campaign"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/04_stopcensoringabortion-banner1.png?itok=LuW1f-XE" width="500" height="250" alt="illustration of hands opening box of abortion pills, pulling out insert that says "Access Denied"" title="Stop Censoring Abortion" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline press_release"><a href="/updates?type=press_release">Press Release</a> <span class="node-date"> | February 19, 2025</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/press/releases/eff-and-repro-uncensored-launch-stopcensoringabortion-campaign" rel="bookmark">EFF and Repro Uncensored Launch #StopCensoringAbortion Campaign </a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>SAN FRANCISCO—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the <a href="https://www.reprouncensored.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Repro Uncensored</a> coalition on Wednesday launched the <a href="https://www.eff.org/pages/stop-censoring-abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#StopCensoringAbortion</a> campaign to ensure that people who need reproductive health and abortion information can find and share it. Censorship of this information by social media companies appears...</p></div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/02/stop-censoring-abortion-fight-reproductive-rights-digital-age"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/04_stopcensoringabortion-banner1.png?itok=LuW1f-XE" width="500" height="250" alt="Hands opening a box of abortion pills and pulling out a insert that says "Access Denied"" title="Stop Censoring Abortion" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-author"> by <a href="/about/staff/rindala-alajaji">Rindala Alajaji</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | February 19, 2025</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/02/stop-censoring-abortion-fight-reproductive-rights-digital-age" rel="bookmark">Stop Censoring Abortion: The Fight for Reproductive Rights in the Digital Age</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">We are collecting stories from individuals and organizations who have faced censorship on social media platforms to expose the true scale of abortion censorship. Our goal is to demand greater transparency in tech companies' moderation practices and ensure that their actions do not silence critical conversations about reproductive rights.</div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/02/saving-internet-europe-defending-privacy-and-fighting-surveillance"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/europe-globe-3a.jpg?itok=8kQxWCHF" width="500" height="250" alt="Globe showing Europe with digital rights icons" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-author"> by <a href="/about/staff/paige-collings">Paige Collings</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | February 19, 2025</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/02/saving-internet-europe-defending-privacy-and-fighting-surveillance" rel="bookmark">Saving the Internet in Europe: Defending Privacy and Fighting Surveillance</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>This post is part three in a series of posts about EFF’s work in Europe. Read about how and why we work in Europe <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/saving-internet-europe-how-eff-works-europe">here</a>. <b></b>EFF’s mission is to ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all people of the world. While our work has taken us...</p></div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/02/crimson-memo-analyzing-privacy-impact-xiaohongshu-aka-red-note"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/encryption-OG.png?itok=7R82g25h" width="500" height="250" alt="" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-author"> by <a href="/about/staff/cooper-quintin">Cooper Quintin</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | February 18, 2025</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/02/crimson-memo-analyzing-privacy-impact-xiaohongshu-aka-red-note" rel="bookmark">Crimson Memo: Analyzing the Privacy Impact of Xiaohongshu AKA Red Note</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>Early in January 2025 it seemed like TikTok was on the verge of being banned by the U.S. government. In reaction to this imminent ban, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinese-app-rednote-gained-millions-us-users-this-week-tiktok-refugees-joined-2025-01-16/">several million people in the United States signed up</a> for a different China-based social network known in the U.S. as RedNote, and in China...</p></div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/updates"> More Updates </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clear-block"></div> </div> <p class="faq-toc"><a href="#main-content">Back to top</a></p> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="panel-pane pane-footer-logo"> <a href="https://www.eff.org"><img src="https://www.eff.org/sites/all/modules/custom/eff_library/images/eff-logo-1color-blue.svg" alt="EFF Home" /></a> </div> <div class="panel-pane pane-menu-tree pane-menu-footer-social-links"> <h2 class="pane-title">Follow EFF:</h2> <div class="menu-block-wrapper 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