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EFF Sues U.S. Postal Service For Records About Covert Social Media Spying Program
Washington D.C.—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service and its inspection agency seeking records about a covert program to secretly comb through online posts of social media users before street protests, raising concerns about chilling the privacy and...
EFF v. USPS - Social media monitoring (iCOP)
The Postal Service has secretly combed through the online expression of social media users, raising concerns about chilling the privacy and expressive activity of internet users. EFF filed a Freedom of Information Action (FOIA) suit to learn more about the program.On April 21, 2021, Yahoo News reported that the...
Privacy Without Monopoly: DEFCON 29
EFF Special Advisor Cory Doctorow keynotes the virtual track at DEFCON 29 with " Privacy Without Monopoly ," a speech adapted from the EFF white-paper co-authored with Bennett Cyphers.Governments around the world (US, UK, EU) are planning to force interoperability on the biggest tech platforms. Companies like Facebook say that...