Category: Business

Barry Steinhardt, a lifelong privacy champion and an early leader in the battle for digital civil liberties who served as EFF’s president in 1998-99, died last week at age 73.  A Connecticut native, Steinhardt led the Vermont and Pennsylvania affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union before becoming associate director of the national ACLU. There, […]

Benefiting from these changes often requires specialised skills and access to the latest technologies, putting disadvantaged groups at risk of being left behind. Women, young people, older persons, persons with disabilities, migrants, Indigenous Peoples and low-income communities are particularly vulnerable, the report stresses, outlining recommendations for governments to ensure these transformations benefit everyone.  Inclusion is […]

NEW YORK — BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, reported record assets under management (AUM) of $15.5 trillion in its third-quarter 2026 earnings results, driven by massive institutional client deposits and sustained global market tailwinds. The asset management giant, led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink, attracted $205 billion in net new money […]

MALTA, N.Y. — Semiconductor contract manufacturer GlobalFoundries Inc. announced plans to build and operate two new 300-millimeter chip-making facilities at its Malta campus in Upstate New York, supported by an investment framework of up to $21 billion funded by Japan. The landmark deal operates under a bilateral U.S.–Japan trade and investment initiative aimed at expanding […]

EFF legal intern Gabrielle Ladun was the principal author of this post.  The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) has published a summary of findings from its audit of the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) facial recognition technology. While the detailed findings are classified, the summary states that the OIG’s audit uncovered […]

Today, EFF joined the ACLU of Wisconsin in filing a petition to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, asking it to rule that the state’s constitution requires a warrant for retrospective searches of ALPR databases used by law enforcement in four cities: Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha, and Green Bay. We represent a religious organization, the Wisconsin Council of […]

No one should have to think twice before criticizing the government online. But a mass surveillance program known as “Catch and Revoke” was created to make millions do just that. EFF and other defenders of free speech are fighting back. In our latest EFFector newsletter, we’re talking about a key court win for our lawsuit challenging this […]

JOSLIN, Ill. — More than 2,500 workers in western Illinois are navigating total job loss following the abrupt August closure of Tyson Foods’ beef processing plant in Joslin. The sudden operational shutdown, which displaced a workforce largely made up of immigrant and refugee families, has transitioned from an emergency shutdown into a broader regional economic […]

When we communicate online today – from your personal emails and DMs to secure international commerce – we usually do so with encryption. Encryption converts readable data into unreadable gibberish to protect our privacy and security. This didn’t just happen organically. Three decades ago, the U.S government treated encryption like a weapon, and it took […]

In an extremely disappointing ruling, a California trial court dismissed SIREN v. San Jose, our case challenging the city of San Jose’s warrantless searches of its vast stores of automated license plate reader (ALPR) data. EFF and the ACLU of Northern California represent SIREN and CAIR California, two non-profits that serve San Jose residents, in […]