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Americans, Be Warned: Lessons From Reddit’s Chaotic UK Age Verification RolloutAmericans, Be Warned: Lessons From Reddit’s Chaotic UK Age Verification Rollout
Americans, Be Warned: Lessons From Reddit’s Chaotic UK Age Verification Rollout
Age verification has officially arrived in the UK thanks to the Online Safety Act (OSA), a UK law requiring online platforms to check that all UK-based users are at least eighteen years old before allowing them to access broad categories of “harmful” c…
Blocking Access to Harmful Content Will Not Protect Children Online, No Matter How Many Times UK Politicians Say So
The UK is having a moment. In late July, new rules took effect that require all online services available in the UK to assess whether they host content considered harmful to children, and if so, these services must introduce age checks to prevent child…
Digital Rights Are Everyone’s Business, and Yours Can Join the Fight!
Companies large and small are doubling down on digital rights, and we’re excited to see more and more of them join EFF. We’re first and always an organization who fights for users, so you might be asking: Why does EFF work with corporate donors, and wh…
Data Brokers Are Ignoring Privacy Law. We Deserve Better.
Of the many principles EFF fights for in consumer data privacy legislation, one of the most basic is a right to access the data companies have about you. It’s only fair. So many companies collect information about us without our knowledge or consent. W…
No, the UK’s Online Safety Act Doesn’t Make Children Safer Online
Young people should be able to access information, speak to each other and to the world, play games, and express themselves online without the government making decisions about what speech is permissible. But in one of the latest misguided attempts to …
You Went to a Drag Show—Now the State of Florida Wants Your Name
If you thought going to a Pride event or drag show was just another night out, think again. If you were in Florida, it might land your name in a government database.
That’s what’s happening in Vero Beach, FL, where the Florida Attorney General’s office…
EFF to Court: Protect Our Health Data from DHS
The federal government is trying to use Medicaid data to identify and deport immigrants. So EFF and our friends at EPIC and the Protect Democracy Project have filed an amicus brief asking a judge to block this dangerous violation of federal data privac…
Dating Apps Need to Learn How Consent Works
Staying safe whilst dating online should not be the responsibility of users—dating apps should be prioritizing our privacy by default, and laws should require companies to prioritize user privacy over their profit. But dating apps are taking shortcuts …
When Your Power Meter Becomes a Tool of Mass Surveillance
Simply using extra electricity to power some Christmas lights or a big fish tank shouldn’t bring the police to your door. In fact, in California, the law explicitly protects the privacy of power customers, prohibiting public utilities from disclosing p…
We Support Wikimedia Foundation’s Challenge to UK’s Online Safety Act
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and ARTICLE 19 strongly support the Wikimedia Foundation’s legal challenge to the categorization regulations of the United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act.
The Foundation – the non-profit that operates Wikipedia and other…
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