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Unfortunately, they sometimes end up in the hands of patent trolls, companies that serve no purpose but to amass patents and demand money from other innovators and inventors.<br /> We’re asking universities around the country to protect their inventions from patent trolls...</p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div> </div> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node--highlight node--blog--highlight"> <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/2017/02/copyright-law-versus-internet-culture"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/highlight/public/banner_library/fair-use-og-1.png?itok=R77oqa8-" width="380" height="190" alt="" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-date"> | February 24, 2017</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2017/02/copyright-law-versus-internet-culture" rel="bookmark">Copyright Law Versus Internet Culture</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>Throughout human history, culture has been made by people telling one another stories, building on what has come before, and making it their own. Every generation, every storyteller puts their own spin on old tales to reflect their own values and changing times.<br /> This creative remixing happens today and...</p></div></div></div> </div> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node--highlight node--blog--highlight"> <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/2017/04/ninth-circuit-sends-message-platforms-use-moderator-go-trial"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/highlight/public/banner_library/dmca-safe-harbors.png?itok=O6dVXhmS" width="380" height="190" alt="" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-date"> | April 8, 2017</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2017/04/ninth-circuit-sends-message-platforms-use-moderator-go-trial" rel="bookmark">Ninth Circuit Sends a Message to Platforms: Use a Moderator, Go to Trial</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>After almost two decades of litigation, you’d think the contours of the <a href="https://www.eff.org/issues/dmca">Digital Millennium Copyright Act</a> (DMCA) safe harbors would be settled. But the cases just keep coming, and while the overall trend is <a href="https://www.eff.org/cases/umg-v-veoh">pretty</a> <a href="https://www.eff.org/cases/viacom-v-youtube">favorable</a>, <a href="/files/2017/04/08/mavrix-livejournal-9thcir.pdf">the latest ruling takes an unfortunate turn</a> (PDF).<br /> The...</p></div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/issues/innovation">See more Creativity & Innovation issues</a> </div> </div> <div class="issue-l1-highlights"> <hr> <h2> <a href="/issues/free-speech">Free Speech</a> </h2> <div class="pane-eff-issue-highlights"> <div><article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node--highlight node--blog--highlight"> <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/2011/11/free-speech-only-strong-weakest-link"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/highlight/public/banner_library/freespeech-links-og.jpg?itok=Qchoi2XL" width="380" height="190" alt="" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-date"> | November 21, 2011</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2011/11/free-speech-only-strong-weakest-link" rel="bookmark">Free Speech is Only as Strong as the Weakest Link</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 href="/free-speech-weak-link"></a>From Mubarak knocking a country offline by pressuring local ISPs to PayPal caving to political pressure to cut off funding to WikiLeaks, this year has brought us sobering examples of how online speech can be endangered. And it’s not only political speech that is threatened – in the United...</p></div></div></div> </div> </article> <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://onlinecensorship.org/"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/highlight/public/banner_library/online-censorship_0.png?itok=MLU3BVZQ" width="380" height="190" alt="" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline link"><span>Link</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="https://onlinecensorship.org/" rel="bookmark">Online Censorship</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">Onlinecensorship.org seeks to encourage social media companies to operate with greater transparency and accountability toward their users as they make decisions that regulate speech. We’re collecting reports from users in an effort to shine a light on what content is taken down, why companies make certain decisions about content, and...</div></div></div> </div> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--issues node--highlight node--issues--highlight"> <header> <div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/issues/cda230"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/highlight/public/issues/section-230-3.png?itok=4gU82FcZ" width="380" height="190" alt="A person holding a megaphone that another person speaks through" /></a></div><div class="node-content-type-byline issues"><a href="/issues">Issues</a> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/issues/cda230" rel="bookmark">Section 230</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>47 U.S.C. § 230The Internet allows people everywhere to connect, share ideas, and advocate for change without needing immense resources or technical expertise. Our unprecedented ability to communicate online—on blogs, social media platforms, and educational and cultural platforms like Wikipedia and the Internet Archive—is not an accident. Congress recognized that...</p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/issues/free-speech">See more Free Speech issues</a> </div> </div> <div class="issue-l1-highlights"> <hr> <h2> <a href="/issues/international">International</a> </h2> <div class="pane-eff-issue-highlights"> <div><article role="article" class="node node--issues node--highlight node--issues--highlight"> <header> <div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/issues/shadow-regulation"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/highlight/public/banner_library/og-shadow-regulation_0.jpg?itok=UDtTsMVL" width="380" height="190" alt="" /></a></div><div class="node-content-type-byline issues"><a href="/issues">Issues</a> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/issues/shadow-regulation" rel="bookmark">Shadow Regulation</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>Shadow Regulations are voluntary agreements between companies (sometimes described as codes, principles, standards, or guidelines) to regulate your use of the Internet, often without your knowledge.<br /> Shadow Regulation has become increasingly popular after the monumental failure of restrictive Internet laws such as <a href="https://www.eff.org/issues/acta">ACTA</a>, <a href="https://www.eff.org/issues/coica-internet-censorship-and-copyright-bill">SOPA and PIPA</a>. This...</p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div> </div> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--issues node--highlight node--issues--highlight"> <header> <div class="teaser-thumbnail" style="background: #020202"><a href="/offline"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/highlight/public/issues/offline-main.jpg?itok=odibNKzR" width="380" height="190" alt="" /></a></div><div class="node-content-type-byline issues"><a href="/issues">Issues</a> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/offline" rel="bookmark">Offline: Imprisoned Bloggers and Technologists</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">The number of individuals in prison around the world for raising their voices online is on the rise. In 2017, the Committee to Protect Journalists found that <a href="https://cpj.org/data/imprisoned/2017/?status=Imprisoned&mediums%5B%5D=Internet&start_year=2017&end_year=2017&group_by=location">more than seventy percent</a> of imprisoned journalists were arrested for activities conducted on the Internet; as of 2021, <a href="https://cpj.org/reports/2021/12/number-of-journalists-behind-bars-reaches-global-high/">at least 17...</a></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div> </div> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--whitepaper node--highlight node--whitepaper--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="/wp/digital-privacy-us-border-2017"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/highlight/public/banner_library/border-search-1_4.png?itok=_MsdWZ6e" width="380" height="190" alt="" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline whitepaper"><a href="/updates?type=whitepaper">Whitepaper</a> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/wp/digital-privacy-us-border-2017" rel="bookmark">Digital Privacy at the U.S. Border: Protecting the Data On Your Devices </a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"><ul class="links"><li class="ar first"><a href="/wp/digital-privacy-us-border-2017?language=ar" class="language-link" xml:lang="ar">العربية</a></li> <li class="es last"><a href="/wp/digital-privacy-us-border-2017?language=es" class="language-link" xml:lang="es">Español</a></li> </ul></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">by Sophia Cope, Amul Kalia, Seth Schoen, and Adam SchwartzDownload the report <a href="https://www.eff.org/files/2018/01/11/digital-privacy-border-12-2017.pdf">as a PDF</a>.EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThe U.S. government reported a five-fold increase in the number of electronic media searches at the border in a single year, from 4,764 in 2015 to 23,877 in 2016.<a class="see-footnote" id="footnoteref1_g6w1498" title=" Gillian Flaccus,</body></html>">...</a></div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/issues/international">See more International issues</a> </div> </div> <div class="issue-l1-highlights"> <hr> <h2> <a href="/issues/privacy">Privacy</a> </h2> <div class="pane-eff-issue-highlights"> <div><article role="article" class="node node--whitepaper node--highlight node--whitepaper--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="/wp/digital-privacy-us-border-2017"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/highlight/public/banner_library/border-search-1_4.png?itok=_MsdWZ6e" width="380" height="190" alt="" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline whitepaper"><a href="/updates?type=whitepaper">Whitepaper</a> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/wp/digital-privacy-us-border-2017" rel="bookmark">Digital Privacy at the U.S. Border: Protecting the Data On Your Devices </a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"><ul class="links"><li class="ar first"><a href="/wp/digital-privacy-us-border-2017?language=ar" class="language-link" xml:lang="ar">العربية</a></li> <li class="es last"><a href="/wp/digital-privacy-us-border-2017?language=es" class="language-link" xml:lang="es">Español</a></li> </ul></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">by Sophia Cope, Amul Kalia, Seth Schoen, and Adam SchwartzDownload the report <a href="https://www.eff.org/files/2018/01/11/digital-privacy-border-12-2017.pdf">as a PDF</a>.EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThe U.S. government reported a five-fold increase in the number of electronic media searches at the border in a single year, from 4,764 in 2015 to 23,877 in 2016.<a class="see-footnote" id="footnoteref1_btaypmz" title=" Gillian Flaccus,</body></html>">...</a></div></div></div> </div> </article> <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> <article role="article" class="node node--issues node--highlight node--issues--highlight"> <header> <div class="teaser-thumbnail" style="background: #265969"><a href="/nsa-spying"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/highlight/public/banner_library/og-nsa-1.png?itok=F6Q9lpZ3" width="380" height="190" alt="" /></a></div><div class="node-content-type-byline issues"><a href="/issues">Issues</a> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/nsa-spying" rel="bookmark">NSA Spying</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">The US government, with assistance from major telecommunications carriers including AT&T, has engaged in massive, illegal dragnet surveillance of the domestic communications and communications records of millions of ordinary Americans since at least 2001. Since this was first reported on by the press and discovered by the public in late...</div></div></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/issues/privacy">See more Privacy issues</a> </div> </div> <div class="issue-l1-highlights"> <hr> <h2> <a href="/issues/security">Security</a> </h2> <div class="pane-eff-issue-highlights"> <div><article role="article" class="node node--issues node--highlight node--issues--highlight"> <header> <div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/encrypt-the-web"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/highlight/public/issues/vintage-keys.jpg?itok=HpJT8RV4" width="380" height="190" alt="vintage keys in a web of nodes" /></a></div><div class="node-content-type-byline issues"><a href="/issues">Issues</a> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/encrypt-the-web" rel="bookmark">Encrypting the Web</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">The web has largely switched from non-secure HTTP to the more secure HTTPS protocol. All web servers use one of these two protocols to get web pages from the server to your browser. HTTP has serious problems that make it vulnerable to eavesdropping and content hijacking. HTTPS fixes most of...</div></div></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div> </div> </article> <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/surveillance-self-defense"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/highlight/public/banner_library/og-ssd-logo.png?itok=IV4IcSL1" width="380" height="190" alt="" /></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/surveillance-self-defense" rel="bookmark">Surveillance Self-Defense</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">Surveillance Self-Defense is EFF's online guide to defending yourself and your friends from surveillance by using secure technology and developing careful practices.</div></div></div> </div> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--issues node--highlight node--issues--highlight"> <header> <div class="teaser-thumbnail" style="background: #000000"><a href="/issues/coders"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/highlight/public/banner_library/coder-cat-2.png?itok=73pJ1mDQ" width="380" height="190" alt="" /></a></div><div class="node-content-type-byline issues"><a href="/issues">Issues</a> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/issues/coders" rel="bookmark">Coders' Rights Project</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>EFF's Coders' Rights Project protects programmers and developers engaged in cutting-edge exploration of technology. Security and encryption researchers help build a safer future for all of us using digital technologies, but too many legitimate researchers face serious legal challenges that prevent or inhibit their work. These challenges come from laws...</p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/issues/security">See more Security issues</a> </div> </div> <div class="issue-l1-highlights"> <hr> <h2> <a href="/issues/transparency">Transparency</a> </h2> <div class="pane-eff-issue-highlights"> <div><article role="article" class="node node--case node--highlight node--case--highlight"> <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: #275c68"><a href="/cases/fisc-orders-illegal-government-surveillance"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/highlight/public/banner_library/nsa-eagle-2_0.png?itok=68jM_N16" width="380" height="190" alt="" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline case"><a href="/cases">Legal Case</a> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/cases/fisc-orders-illegal-government-surveillance" rel="bookmark">FISC Orders on Illegal Government 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>EFF has sued the Department of Justice (DOJ), demanding answers about illegal email and telephone call surveillance at the National Security Agency (NSA).<br /> The FISA Amendments Act (FAA) of 2008 gave the NSA expansive power to spy on Americans’ international email and telephone calls. However, last month, a government...</p></div></div></div> </div> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node--highlight node--blog--highlight"> <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/2018/03/foilies-2018"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/highlight/public/banner_library/foilies-og-2.jpg?itok=IPYukCBp" width="380" height="190" alt="FOILIES" title="FOILIES" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-date"> | March 11, 2018</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2018/03/foilies-2018" rel="bookmark">The Foilies 2018</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>Recognizing the Year’s Worst in Government TransparencyGovernment transparency laws like the Freedom of Information Act exist to enforce the public’s right to inspect records so we can all figure out what the heck is being done in our name and with our tax dollars. But when a public agency ignores,...</p></div></div></div> </div> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--case node--highlight node--case--highlight"> <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="/cases/automated-license-plate-readers-aclu-eff-v-lapd-lasd"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/highlight/public/banner_library/alpr-cops_1.png?itok=ttGMw5VQ" width="380" height="190" alt="" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline case"><a href="/cases">Legal Case</a> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/cases/automated-license-plate-readers-aclu-eff-v-lapd-lasd" rel="bookmark">Automated License Plate Readers- ACLU of Southern California & EFF v. LAPD & LASD</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 and the ACLU of Southern California each sent California Public Records Act requests to the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department seeking documents about each agency's use of Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) systems—sophisticated cameras mounted on squad cars and street poles that read...</p></div></div></div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/issues/transparency">See more Transparency issues</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 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