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Cote of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York partially rejected the defendants’ motion to dismiss the lawsuit, which was filed Feb. 11 on behalf of two labor unions and individual current and former...</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-content-thumbnail"> <span class="field-content"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/03/announcing-effs-new-exhibit-border-surveillance-and-accompanying-events"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/feature/public/banner_library/border-exhibit-banner-2c.jpg?itok=VAclTJKO" width="780" height="390" alt="The words "Border Surveillance: Places, People, and Technology" photos of surveillance tech" /></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/2025/03/announcing-effs-new-exhibit-border-surveillance-and-accompanying-events">Announcing EFF’s New Exhibit on Border Surveillance and Accompanying Events</a> </h3> </span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content">EFF has created a traveling exhibit, “Border Surveillance: Places, People, and Technology,” which will make its debut at the Angel Island Immigration Station historical site this spring. The exhibition on Angel Island in San Francisco Bay will run from April 2, 2025 through May 28, 2025.</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" style="background: #82B504"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/03/eff-urges-third-circuit-join-legal-chorus-no-one-owns-law"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/feature/public/banner_library/open-access.png?itok=m9PifPSg" 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/2025/03/eff-urges-third-circuit-join-legal-chorus-no-one-owns-law">EFF Urges Third Circuit to Join the Legal Chorus: No One Owns the Law</a> </h3> </span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content">Two appeals courts have recently rejected efforts by private parties to use copyright to restrict access to the laws that most directly affect ordinary citizens: regulations that ensure our homes, workplaces, devices, and many other products, are safe and fit for purpose. Apparently hoping the third time will be the charm, a standards organization is asking the Third Circuit Court of Appeals to break ranks and hold that a private party that helps develop a law also gets to own...</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-pane pane-effector-signup"> <form action="https://supporters.eff.org/subscribe" method="post" class="newsletter-form" accept-charset="UTF-8"> <h3 class="effector-title">Discover more.</h3> <div class="effector-desc">Join our email list for EFF news, events, campaigns, and ways to support digital freedom.</div> <div class="form-item form-type-textfield effector-form-item-email-address"> <label for="edit-email" style="">Email Address</label> <input placeholder="" id="edit-email" type="email" name="email" value="" maxlength="128" class="form-text" /> </div> <div class="form-item form-type-textfield effector-form-item-postal-code"> <label for="edit-postal-code" style="">Postal Code (optional) </label> <input placeholder="" id="edit-postal-code" type="text" name="postal_code" value="" maxlength="64" class="form-text" /> </div> <div class="form-item form-type-textfield effector-form-item-challenge"> <label for="edit-challenge" style="clear: left; line-height: 1.25; margin: 1rem 0 0.3rem; text-transform: none">Anti-spam question: Enter the three-letter abbreviation for <em>Electronic Frontier Foundation</em>:</label> <input type="text" name="challenge" id="edit-challenge" value="" maxlength="3" size="6" class="form-text" /> </div> <div class="link-textfield"> <div class="form-item form-type-urlfield form-item-link"> <label for="edit-link">Don't fill out this field (required)</label> <input autocomplete="off" type="url" id="edit-link" name="link" value="" size="20" maxlength="128" class="form-text form-url"> </div> </div> <input type="submit" name="op" value="Sign Up Now" class="effector-form-submit" /> <input type="hidden" name="form_id" value="eff_supporters_library_subscribe_form" /> <div class="thank-you"> Thanks, you're awesome! 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node--issues--highlight node--highlight node--issues--highlight"> <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 node__title"><a href="/issues/reproductive-rights" rel="bookmark">Reproductive Justice</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content 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 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 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views-row-first"> <article role="article" class="node node--press-release node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--press-release--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/judge-rejects-governments-attempt-dismiss-eff-lawsuit-against-opm-doge-and-musk"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/opm-eye-3b.jpg?itok=XV2XMPMc" width="500" height="250" alt="An eye with the OPM logo in the iris, green digital background" /></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"> | April 3, 2025</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title node__title"><a href="/press/releases/judge-rejects-governments-attempt-dismiss-eff-lawsuit-against-opm-doge-and-musk" rel="bookmark">Judge Rejects Government’s Attempt to Dismiss EFF Lawsuit Against OPM, DOGE, and Musk </a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content 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>NEW YORK—A lawsuit seeking to stop the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from disclosing tens of millions of Americans’ private, sensitive information to Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) can continue, <a href="https://www.eff.org/document/afge-v-opm-opinion-and-order-motion-dismiss" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a federal judge ruled Thursday</a>. Judge Denise L. Cote of the U.S. District...</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 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" style="background: #0092D7"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/04/eff-joins-amicus-brief-supporting-perkins-coie-law-firm-against-unconstitutional"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/icon-free-speech-1.png?itok=GGjhfEFS" 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/david-greene">David Greene</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | April 3, 2025</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/04/eff-joins-amicus-brief-supporting-perkins-coie-law-firm-against-unconstitutional" rel="bookmark">EFF Joins Amicus Brief Supporting Perkins Coie Law Firm Against Unconstitutional Executive Order </a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content 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 has joined the American Civil Liberties Union and other legal advocacy organizations across the ideological spectrum in filing <a href="https://www.eff.org/document/04-03-2025-perkins-coie-amicus-brief" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">an amicus brief</a> asking a federal judge to strike down President Donald Trump’s <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/addressing-risks-from-perkins-coie-llp/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">executive order targeting law firm Perkins Coie</a> for its past...</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 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/2025/04/calyx-institute-case-study-grassroots-innovation"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/efa-starburst-banner.png?itok=lmEi69tm" width="500" height="250" alt="Electronic Frontier Alliance logo in a tricolor starburst" /></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/rory-mir">Rory Mir</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | April 3, 2025</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/04/calyx-institute-case-study-grassroots-innovation" rel="bookmark">Calyx Institute: A Case Study in Grassroots Innovation</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content 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>Technologists play a huge role in building alternative tools and resources when our right to privacy and security are undermined by governments and major corporations. This direct resistance ensures that even in the face of powerful adversaries, communities can find some safety and autonomy through community-built tools.One of the most...</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 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" style="background: #943576"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/04/congress-reviving-site-blocking-and-its-just-dangerous-ever"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/dmca-copyright-1.png?itok=v5NoPiXt" 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/joe-mullin">Joe Mullin</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | April 2, 2025</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/04/congress-reviving-site-blocking-and-its-just-dangerous-ever" rel="bookmark">Site-Blocking Legislation Is Back. It’s Still a Terrible Idea.</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content 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>More than a decade ago, Congress <a href="https://www.eff.org/issues/coica-internet-censorship-and-copyright-bill">tried to pass SOPA and PIPA</a>—two sweeping bills that would have allowed the government and copyright holders to quickly shut down entire websites based on allegations of piracy. The backlash was immediate and massive. Internet users, free speech advocates, and tech companies flooded...</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 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/2025/04/vote-how-fix-internet-webby-awards-peoples-voice-competition"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/htfi-2024-hero-1200.jpg?itok=pGgfE_rB" width="500" height="250" alt="How to Fix the Internet" title="How to Fix the Internet" /></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/josh-richman-0">Josh Richman</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | April 1, 2025</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/04/vote-how-fix-internet-webby-awards-peoples-voice-competition" rel="bookmark">Vote for “How to Fix the Internet” in the Webby Awards People's Voice Competition!</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content 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’s “How to Fix the Internet” podcast is a nominee in the Webby Awards 29th Annual People's Voice competition – and <a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/shows/technology" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">we need your support</a> to bring the trophy home!<a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/shows/technology" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vote now!</a>We keep hearing all these dystopian stories about technology’s impact on our...</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 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" style="background: #82B504"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/03/eff-urges-third-circuit-join-legal-chorus-no-one-owns-law"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/open-access.png?itok=zSUlXxW_" 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/corynne-mcsherry">Corynne McSherry</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | March 31, 2025</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/03/eff-urges-third-circuit-join-legal-chorus-no-one-owns-law" rel="bookmark">EFF Urges Third Circuit to Join the Legal Chorus: No One Owns the Law</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content 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>Two appeals courts have recently rejected efforts by private parties to use copyright to restrict access to the laws that most directly affect ordinary citizens: regulations that ensure our homes, workplaces, devices, and many other products, are safe and fit for purpose. Apparently hoping the third time will be the...</p></div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--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/2025/03/announcing-effs-new-exhibit-border-surveillance-and-accompanying-events"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/border-exhibit-banner-2c.jpg?itok=l7Dpj4eL" width="500" height="250" alt="The words "Border Surveillance: Places, People, and Technology" photos of surveillance tech" /></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"> | March 31, 2025</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/03/announcing-effs-new-exhibit-border-surveillance-and-accompanying-events" rel="bookmark">Announcing EFF’s New Exhibit on Border Surveillance and Accompanying Events</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content 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">EFF has created a traveling exhibit, “Border Surveillance: Places, People, and Technology,” which will make its debut at the Angel Island Immigration Station historical site this spring. The exhibition on Angel Island in San Francisco Bay will run from April 2, 2025 through May 28, 2025.</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 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/2025/03/congressional-bill-limit-court-power-through-injunctions-bad-transparent-effort"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/capitol-2.jpg?itok=FbDVAFSj" 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/corynne-mcsherry">Corynne McSherry</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | March 28, 2025</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/03/congressional-bill-limit-court-power-through-injunctions-bad-transparent-effort" rel="bookmark">Congress Must Reject Transparent Efforts to Undermine the Courts</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content 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>Earlier this week, the House Judiciary Committee <a href="https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/119th-congress/house-report/40">passed</a> H.R. 1526, a bill by Rep. Darrell Issa to prevent courts from issuing nationwide injunctions. This bill could receive a vote on the House floor as early as next week. Senator Josh Hawley recently introduced a <a href="https://www.hawley.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hawley-Nationwide-Injunction-Abuse-Prevent-Act-of-2025-2.pdf">similar bill</a> in the...</p></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 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/2025/03/online-tracking-out-control-privacy-badger-can-help-you-fight-back"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/privacy-badger-logo.png?itok=iJe60qbQ" 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/lena-cohen">Lena Cohen</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | March 27, 2025</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2025/03/online-tracking-out-control-privacy-badger-can-help-you-fight-back" rel="bookmark">Online Tracking is Out of Control—Privacy Badger Can Help You Fight Back</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content 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">Every time you browse the web, you're being tracked. That’s why EFF created Privacy Badger, a free, open source browser extension used by millions to fight corporate surveillance and take back control of their data.</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 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/2025/03/new-tool-detect-cellular-spying-effector-373"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/effector_banner_5.jpeg?itok=AxQShL-D" 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 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