Tech companies shouldn't be bullied into doing surveillance(eff.org)

408 points by pseudolus 8 months ago | 122 comments

EFF Deeplinks article by Matthew Guariglia arguing tech companies should not be pressured by government into conducting surveillance.

Keep Pushing: We Get 10 More Days to Reform Section 702(eff.org)

144 points by nobody9999 6 months ago | 26 comments

The FAA’s flight restriction for drones is an attempt to criminalize filming ICE(eff.org)

459 points by detaro 6 months ago | 144 comments

EFF Deeplinks post arguing the FAA's temporary flight restriction on drones is an attempt to criminalize filming ICE operations.

The government uses targeted advertising to track your location(eff.org)

270 points by hn_acker 7 months ago | 110 comments

Blocking Internet Archive Won't Stop AI, but Will Erase Web's Historical Record(eff.org)

475 points by pabs3 7 months ago | 131 comments

EFF Deeplinks article arguing that publishers blocking the Internet Archive to stop AI scraping won't work and will instead erase the web's historical record.

EFF to Close Friday in Solidarity with National Shutdown(eff.org)

29 points by 8organicbits 8 months ago | 8 comments

Court Records Should Be Free(eff.org)

430 points by hn_acker 4 months ago | 99 comments

EFF Deeplinks article by Joe Mullin arguing that federal court records should be freely accessible to the public.

Police cannot seize property indefinitely after an arrest, federal court rules(reason.com)

773 points by throwup238 2 years ago | 385 comments

Reason article reporting that the D.C. Circuit ruled police cannot hold seized property indefinitely after an arrest, calling it unconstitutional.

The FBI proves again it can’t be trusted with Section 702(eff.org)

321 points by freedomben 3 years ago | 123 comments

EFF Deeplinks post arguing the FBI's misuse of Section 702 surveillance powers shows it cannot be trusted with the authority ahead of reauthorization.

Full Text Search of US Court records(judyrecords.com)

412 points by FigurativeVoid 1 year ago | 81 comments

Judyrecords is a free full-text search engine covering over 740 million United States court cases, with an API.

Reddit’s blackout protest is set to continue indefinitely(old.reddit.com)

520 points by rajeevk 3 years ago | 549 comments

An r/technology discussion thread on old Reddit linking an Independent article reporting that the Reddit blackout protest will continue indefinitely.

DeepSeek banned from U.S. federal civilian agencies under new DHS order(reuters.com)

547 points by cmrdporcupine 7 days ago | 496 comments

Reuters news article about a DHS order banning the Chinese AI DeepSeek from U.S. federal civilian agency IT systems; the capture shows only a device verification screen.