Seven tech charities to support this holiday season
These organizations improve access to computer science, defend online liberties and fight climate change.
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Supreme Court asked to review case against border device searches
The ACLU and EFF believe the searches are unconstitutional.
Congress approves COVID-19 spending bill with contentious copyright measures
Streaming illegal content for profit is now a felony.We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
GitHub revamps copyright takedown policy after restoring YouTube-dl
The company is also establishing a $1 million legal defense fund for developers.
How to protect your identity while protesting police brutality
It doesn't have to be like this.
Federal judge rules suspicionless device searches at the border are illegal
Border agents will need cause or warrants to look at phones and laptops.
Google, Reddit execs to speak at House hearing on internet moderation
Facebook, Twitter and others are conspicuously absent, however.
Sex, lies, and surveillance: Something's wrong with the war on sex trafficking
Turns out, sex censorship is a lucrative growth market.
Starz apologizes for pushing Twitter to remove tweets on online piracy
The tweets in question were restored.
How sex censorship killed the internet we love
Can’t even read it for the articles anymore.
Maria Butina: Cybersecurity charlatan, spy
She infiltrated the Republican party and the NRA, but also had other targets.
Senate passes bill that lets the government destroy private drones
Rights groups have expressed concern over the legislation.
CA governor signs net neutrality bill into law, Justice Department sues
The current FCC chairman has claimed this bill is 'illegal.'
UK politicians push for FOSTA SESTA-style sex censorship
MP’s want to copy-paste our brand of sex-worker discrimination.
The EFF wants to make email servers more secure
STARTTLS Everywhere is like Let's Encrypt for email servers.
‘Efail’ exploit exposes popular email encryption schemes
Security researchers identify critical issues with PGP and S/Mime protocols.
The EFF wants you to know why Facebook removed your post
And for there to be an appeals process for social media takedowns.
Suicide, violence, and going underground: FOSTA’s body count
No traffickers were harmed in the enforcing of this law.
Senate passes sex-trafficking bill that may lead to online censorship
It now heads to the president for a signature.
