Category: Business

“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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

Today we celebrate 35 years of EFF bearing the torch for digital rights against the darkness of the world, and I couldn’t be prouder. EFF was founded at a time when governments were hostile toward technology and clueless about how it would shape your life. While threats from state and commercial forces grew alongside the […]

China’s steel exports reached a historic peak of 9.84 million metric tonnes in July, according to official customs data, marking a significant escalation in global steel trade dynamics. This surge comes despite recent protectionist measures implemented by key regional trading partners, including Vietnam and South Korea, aimed at curbing steel imports. In response to these […]

Age verification has officially arrived in the UK thanks to the Online Safety Act (OSA), a UK law requiring online platforms to check that all UK-based users are at least eighteen years old before allowing them to access broad categories of “harmful” content that go far beyond graphic sexual content. EFF has extensively criticized the […]

Held under the theme Driving Progress Through Partnerships, the four-day forum known as LLDC3, brought together Heads of State, senior UN officials, development partners, and private sector leaders to tackle persistent challenges faced by LLDCs, including high trade costs, inadequate infrastructure, and vulnerability to climate change. Anchored by the Awaza Programme of Action for 2024–2034, […]