Internet Freedom Faded in 2024 amid Rise of Juntas, Islamists, and Authoritarians
Internet watchdogs generally agreed that Internet freedom declined once again in 2024 – the fourteenth loss in a row, according to Freedom House.
Internet watchdogs generally agreed that Internet freedom declined once again in 2024 – the fourteenth loss in a row, according to Freedom House.
Joe Biden’s far-left nominee for the FCC sits on the board of a nonprofit that defends online “sex work” and gave an award to a dominatrix who boasts about urinating on people’s faces.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has come out against the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), a bill that would allow Big Media companies to form cartels that would otherwise be illegal under antitrust law, in order to pressure Big Tech companies for favorable treatment.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has called Facebook’s recent criticism of Apple over an upcoming privacy improvement in iPhones and other devices “laughable.” The EFF argues that Facebook has “built a massive empire around the concept of tracking everything you do.”
Facebook hired three privacy advocates on Tuesday amidst for greater scrutiny and regulation of the social media giant’s privacy practices.
It is the most totalitarian form of blacklisting: not just to be prevented from speaking on a university campus, or to be kicked off social media, but to be shut out of the entire financial system. That is the terrifying new threat to freedom that western societies must now contend with.
Alternative social network Minds has debuted a digital bill of rights amid accusations of bias and political manipulation at Google, Facebook, and other Big Tech companies.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) says payment processors shouldn’t decide what speech is allowed to thrive online.
The state of California is mulling the creation of a “fake news” advisory group to monitor the spread of information posted on social media.
The ties between big tech and “digital rights” groups run deep.
Best Buy’s Geek Squad tech support service has been accused of having a “close relationship” with the FBI, allegedly taking money in return for information and evidence of customers’ criminal activity, according to a report.
Silicon Valley companies are “on edge,” as lawmakers attempt to hold them responsible for online sex trafficking on their platforms, according to The LA Times.
From establishment conservatives to the the EFF, everyone is now aware of Silicon Valley’s terrifying control over speech. Is it too late?
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, one of the largest digital rights organizations, has issued a warning to tech companies about censoring neo-Nazis, claiming the same tools will eventually be used against everyone else.
Amazon is mobilizing a July 12 collective “Day of Action” for tech corporations and social justice warriors to unite in rebelling against the FCC’s efforts to overturn Net Neutrality. The 12th falls on the 96th anniversary of Lenin’s call to deploy Russian communists to start civil wars around the world.
A new report finds that, under the guise of “personalized learning,” school-issued computer devices — now distributed to one-third of K-12 students in schools across the United States — are serving to collect and store an unprecedented amount of personal data on children without their parents’ notice or consent.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has finalized a measure that asks foreign travelers to provide their social media accounts upon entering the country.
A nonprofit organization called The Internet Archive has prevailed in a long battle to resist the FBI’s demand for information about one of its users, subjecting the Bureau’s “National Security Letters” to an unprecedented level of scrutiny.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed an official complaint with the Federal Trade Commission accusing Google of collecting personal information about children.
(Ferenstein Wire)—The technology industry is scrambling to understand how it will continue business in Europe, after the continent’s high court struck down a privacy agreement that protected U.S.-based companies operating abroad, known as Safe Harbor.
The left-leaning ‘Electronic Frontier Foundation’ (EFF) came out with “guns-a-blazin’” Wednesday morning at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in an open letter: “Dear FCC: Rethink The Vague “General Conduct” Rule.”