Category: Business

Whether due to generative AI hallucinations or human sloppiness, the internet is increasingly rife with bogus news content—and you can count EFF among the victims.  WinBuzzer published a story June 26 with the headline, “Microsoft Is Getting Sued over Using Nearly 200,000 Pirated Books for AI Training,” containing this passage:  That quotation from EFF’s Corynne […]

This post is an adapted version of the article originally published at Silla Vacía  Heads of state and governments of the Americas will gather this December at the Tenth Summit of the Americas in the Dominican Republic to discuss challenges and opportunities facing the region’s nations. As part of the Summit of the Americas’ Process, […]

As the first copyright cases concerning AI reach appeals courts, EFF wants to protect important, beneficial uses of this technology—including AI for legal research. That’s why we weighed in on the long-running case of Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence. This case raises at least two important issues: the use of (possibly) copyrighted material to train […]

London — Facing severe supply-chain disruption after a late-August cyberattack, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has secured a government-backed £1.5 billion loan guarantee to shore up its cash reserves and support its sprawling supplier network. The decision aims to mitigate risks to approximately 34,000 direct employees and 120,000 workers across component and logistics firms affected by […]

This post was co-authored by EFF legal intern Olivia Miller. For most Americans—driving is a part of everyday life. Practically speaking, many of us drive to work, school, play, and anywhere in between. Not only do we visit places that give insights into our personal lives, but we sometimes use vehicles as a mode of […]

This is Part I of a two-part series on EFF’s comments to the International Criminal Court Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) about its draft policy on cyber-enabled crimes. As human rights atrocities around the world unfold in the digital age, genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity are as heinous and wrongful as they were […]

California has one of the nation’s most comprehensive consumer data privacy laws. But it’s not always easy for people to exercise those privacy rights. That’s why we supported Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal’s A.B. 566 throughout the legislative session and are now asking California Governor Gavin Newsom to sign it into law.  The easier it is to […]

Turkish Airlines announced it has negotiated an agreement with Boeing for up to 225 aircraft, combining wide‑body Dreamliners and 737 MAX narrow‑body jets as part of a major fleet renewal and expansion plan. The deal reportedly includes 75 Boeing 787 Dreamliners—structured as 50 firm orders and 25 options—and 150 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft—100 firm and […]

Spirit Airlines will suspend roughly 40 routes and implement a 25% reduction to its November schedule as part of a cost‑cutting plan amid the carrier’s recent financial restructuring and operational downsizing. The carrier has hired Andrea Lusso, formerly principal for supply chain and network design at Amazon Air, as vice president of network planning, a […]

This is the fifth installment in a blog series documenting EFF’s findings from the Stop Censoring Abortion campaign. You can read additional posts here.  When the team at Women Help Women signed into Instagram last winter, they were met with a distressing surprise: without warning, Meta had disabled their account. The abortion advocacy non-profit organization found […]