Notices by Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social), page 4

The #CopyrightDirective is back and - incredibly - even worse. The European Parliament must reject this nightmare. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/01/german-government-abandons-small-businesses-worst-parts-eu-copyright-directive

.@IBM is eager to roll back important limits on US patent laws. Take a look at our Stupid Patent of the Month to understand why. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/01/stupid-patent-month-ibms-software-patent-texting-and-driving

If proposed legislation in Brazil is successful, a tweet in favor of hacking, or actions connected to protests or strikes, could lead to long jail sentences, threatening both free speech and privacy. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/01/brazil-2019-free-speech-and-privacy-crosshairs-what-are-threats

Germany: Here's how to tell your representatives to oppose #Article11 and #Article13: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/01/germans-can-save-internet-copyright-directive

Already a privacy superstar? Take the opportunity to talk to your friends and family. While there are many steps you can take to protect your own privacy, the real protection comes when we recognize that privacy is a team sport. </thread>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/01/data-privacy-day-play-privacy-team-sport

And where in here did Facebook users have a chance to say, “I don’t want low-quality spam ads, but that doesn’t mean I want you to track me across the Internet”? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/01/wsj-op-ed-mark-zuckerberg-speaks-down-users-and-misses-point https://t.co/DZPgzU32Eq

Thanks to @asos for their fast response—that their initial letter should never have been sent. We welcome the apology and hope that this case serves as an example to others who might send careless or overbroad trademark threats. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/01/eff-client-responds-ludicrous-collusion-trademark-threat

Copyright terms that enrich a tiny number of great-grandchildren at the expense of cultural preservation are a bad deal. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/01/public-domain-back-it-still-needs-defenders

DRM keeps you from truly owning the tech products that you buy, and @AdamRuins explains how in this short video—complete with holographic EFF Staff Attorney @prilkit https://youtu.be/3JgcbtxURA4

With little debate and the support of the main opposition party, Australia has passed a law that will subvert Internet security and demolish user trust. What happens now? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/12/new-fight-online-privacy-and-security-australia-falls-what-happens-next

Facebook doesn't *sell* your data—because it doesn't have to.

Instead, these documents shed new light on the many other ways Facebook monetizes your information and attention.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/12/new-documents-show-facebook

Thanks to the generosity of @mcsweeneys and the authors, The End of Trust is also free to download under a @creativecommons BY-NC-ND license. https://www.eff.org/the-end-of-trust

2.5 Billion.

That's how many license plates these 200 law enforcement agencies scanned in 2016-2017. https://www.eff.org/pages/automated-license-plate-reader-dataset

For 28 years, EFF's EFFector newsletter has chronicled the rise of the digital rights movement. Check out our archives going back all the way to 1990.

https://www.eff.org/effector

Over 80 grassroots groups across the U.S. are working to inform, inspire, and mobilize their local communities to defend digital rights, from #NetNeutrality to privacy to limits on police surveillance. You’re not alone. https://www.eff.org/electronic-frontier-alliance/allies

From @TheEconomist on #RepairDay: "In a disposable society, to repair is to rebel."
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2018/10/20/repair-is-as-important-as-innovation

The facts are corroborated: the NSA conducted mass surveillance of innocent Americans’ private communications for years. It’s time we got a real chance to hold the government accountable for this violation of privacy.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/10/new-witness-and-new-experts-bolster-our-jewel-case-we-fight-governments-latest-0

A group of organizations, advocates, and academics—including @eff—came together in February to create the Santa Clara Principles on Transparency and Accountability in Content Moderation. We're happy to announce that the Principles now have a permanent home:https://santaclaraprinciples.org

The Electronic Frontier Alliance includes @OaklandPrivacy, whose member @b_haddy notes that "we’re in this indiscriminate, frankly ridiculous trend towards mass surveillance, and we need to work hard before it’s too late, before we can’t oppose it at all.” https://www.thenation.com/article/mass-surveillance-begins-at-the-local-level-so-does-the-resistance-to-it/

BREAKING: #NetNeutrality is now law in California. https://t.co/yF5L33UXPF