EFFecting Change: EFF Turns 35!

We’re wishing EFF a happy birthday on July 10! Since 1990, EFF’s lawyers, activists, analysts, and technologists have used everything in their toolkit to ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all people of the world. They’ve seen it all and in this special edition of our EFFecting Change livestream series, leading experts […]

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Nvidia and AMD to Pay 15% of China Revenue to U.S. Government Under Export License Deal

Leading U.S. chipmakers Nvidia and AMD have agreed to remit 15% of their revenue from China operations to the U.S. government, under a landmark arrangement aimed at securing continued access to the Chinese market. 📄 Terms of the Agreement The deal, described as unprecedented, forms part of a broader effort to balance national security concerns […]

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EU Approves €4.1 Billion Just Eat Takeover, Blocks Food Delivery Mega-Merger

The European Commission has approved Naspers’ €4.1 billion acquisition of Just Eat Takeaway.com, but imposed conditions to prevent market concentration in the food delivery sector. ✅ Deal Approval with Conditions Brussels cleared the takeover by Naspers, a South African multinational, citing no significant impediment to competition from the transaction itself. However, regulators raised concerns over […]

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đŸ€« Meta’s Secret Spying Scheme | EFFector 37.7

Keeping up on the latest digital rights news has never been easier. With a new look, EFF’s EFFector newsletter covers the latest details on our work defending your rights to privacy and free expression online. EFFector 37.7 covers some of the very sneaky tactics that Meta has been using to track you online, and how […]

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Africa’s ‘land-linked’ economies poised to drive continent’s prosperity

“We stand at a pivotal moment, one that marks a profound shift from viewing these nations as isolated and constrained by geography to recognizing them as dynamic land-linked economies at the heart of Africa’s socio-economic resurgence,” said Samuel Doe, Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ethiopia. A new UNDP position paper […]

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IAG selects record 29 startups to join 2025 IAGi Accelerator

International Airlines Group (IAG) has selected a record 29 startups to join the 2025 IAGi Accelerator. These companies will collaborate with IAG’s airlines on solutions capable of scaling across the aviation industry. International Airlines Group (IAG) – a Corporate Partner of the FTE Digital, Innovation & Startup Hub – has selected a record 29 startups to join […]

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How to Build on Washington’s “My Health, My Data” Act

In 2023, the State of Washington enacted one of the strongest consumer data privacy laws in recent years: the “my health my data” act (HB 1155). EFF commends the civil rights, data privacy, and reproductive justice advocates who worked to pass this law. This post suggests ways for legislators and advocates in other states to […]

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EFF to US Court of Appeals: Protect Taxpayer Privacy

EFF has filed an amicus brief in Trabajadores v. Bessent, a case concerning the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) sharing protected personal tax information with the Department of Homeland Security for the purposes of immigration enforcement. Our expertise in  privacy and data sharing makes us the ideal organization to step in and inform the judge: government actions like […]

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Electronic Frontier Foundation to Present Annual EFF Awards to Just Futures Law, Erie Meyer, and Software Freedom Law Center, India

SAN FRANCISCO—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is honored to announce that Just Futures Law, Erie Meyer, and Software Freedom Law Center, India will receive the 2025 EFF Awards for their vital work in ensuring that technology supports privacy, freedom, justice, and innovation for all people.   The EFF Awards recognize specific and substantial technical, social, economic, […]

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Data Brokers are Selling Your Flight Information to CBP and ICE

For many years, data brokers have existed in the shadows, exploiting gaps in privacy laws to harvest our information—all for their own profit. They sell our precise movements without our knowledge or meaningful consent to a variety of private and state actors, including law enforcement agencies. And they show no sign of stopping. This incentivizes […]

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