The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) announced that all images used on its blog posts, donation pages, and shop items are created by human designers, not AI image generators, with rare exceptions.…
Public backlash against Flock Safety, a $7.5 billion startup making AI-powered license plate-scanning cameras, has intensified, with the LAPD allowing its three-year contract to expire and other citie…
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) celebrated its 36th anniversary, with new executive director calling for public support in the fight for digital rights. The organization highlighted ongoing b…
A documentary short titled 'Code for the People,' directed by Bao Nguyen, explores the past, present, and contested future of the open web, highlighting the threat of closed AI and walled gardens. The…
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is urging supporters to become members for as little as $10 per month to help cut through AI hype and advocate for privacy, free expression, and protections ag…
LineageOS, the de-Googled Android ROM, published an article explaining that Google's upcoming developer verification changes do not affect their project since they do not ship Google Mobile Services. …
JP Hutchins explains how Bridgy Fed enables cross-posting between Mastodon and Bluesky, allowing posts from a Mastodon account to appear on Bluesky and replies to federate back. Hutchins tested the se…
Meta's Fury AI Glasses, the company's cheapest and best smart glasses yet, face severe privacy concerns including unauthorized data collection for AI training and potential facial recognition features…
TikTok creator Plonk is teaching viewers how to blind AI-powered surveillance cameras from Flock Safety, a network used by roughly one-third of U.S. law enforcement agencies. His satirical videos prom…
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is calling on Grindr to prioritize LGBTQ+ user safety by making privacy the default, ending data sharing with advertisers and AI training without opt-in consen…
AI-enhanced automated license plate reader cameras deployed by roughly 40% of US law enforcement agencies capture every passing vehicle without a warrant, with vendors like Flock Safety storing search…
Cory Doctorow argued on The Atlantic's podcast that AI companies have lured investors with overhyped claims and accounting gimmicks, predicting the resulting bubble will burst with economic fallout ri…
Senators Ted Cruz and Ron Wyden introduced the JAWBONE Act, a bipartisan bill creating a federal cause of action against government officials who coerce online platforms into censoring lawful speech. …
The Trump administration's AI regulation has been haphazard and retaliatory, particularly against Anthropic, violating the First Amendment by punishing the company for refusing to allow its models to …
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is considering standards changes that would allow websites to block automated access, threatening the open web. Proposals from the AI Preferences and Web Bot…
The NO FAKES Act, intended to combat harmful AI-generated impersonations, would instead suppress satire, commentary, and news by importing DMCA-style takedown rules, according to a coalition of civil …
Google has introduced a new remote attestation scheme that critics say is as harmful as its previous attempts to control user devices and browsers. The scheme, which uses QR codes to verify device int…
Automated license plate readers (ALPR) installed by surveillance companies across the U.S. are being used by authorities for noise complaints and other low-level investigations, according to the Elect…
The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote on the NO FAKES Act, which would create a broad property right in a person's likeness to address AI-generated replicas. Critics argue the bill would enabl…
Residents of Paonia, Colorado, are pushing back against AI-enabled surveillance, highlighting a growing trend of local resistance to big tech. The article argues that AI infrastructure, from data cent…