Category: Business

With AI enabled technology becoming commonplace, the UN System is beginning to take advantage of the latest digital tools to bring gender equality closer to reality Southeast Asia, a middle-income region with widespread internet coverage and relatively high digital literacy levels, is fertile ground for AI enabled development. Here are three examples of initiatives that […]

The rights we have in the offline world–to speak freely, create culture, play games, build new things and do business–must be available to us online, as well. This core belief drives EFF’s work to fight the misuse of the patent system.  Despite significant progress we’ve made over the last decade, patents, and in particular vague […]

In a significant move to enhance its private market portfolio, BlackRock has announced the acquisition of credit manager HPS Investment Partners for $12 billion in an all-stock transaction. This acquisition is the latest in a wave of General Partner (GP) consolidations that have dominated the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) landscape in 2024, signaling a transformative […]

EFF’s Atlas of Surveillance is one of the most useful resources for those who want to understand the use of police surveillance by local law enforcement agencies across the United States. This year, as the police surveillance industry has shifted, expanded, and doubled down on its efforts to win new cop customers, our team has […]

British car production has fallen to its lowest level in over 40 years, reflecting deepening challenges within the automotive industry. A combination of factors, including a slump in domestic and international demand, as well as hurdles in the transition to electric vehicles (EVs), has hindered the country’s manufacturing output. According to recent data, UK car […]

EFF supporters get that strong encryption is tied to one of our most basic rights: the right to have a private conversation. In the digital world, privacy is impossible without strong encryption.  That’s why we’ve always got an eye out for attacks on encryption. This year, we pushed back—successfully—against anti-encryption laws proposed in the U.S., […]

BNP Paribas has announced a significant move in the asset management sector, agreeing to acquire AXA Investment Managers for €5.1 billion (approximately $5.3 billion). The acquisition, which will be one of the largest mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions in the global asset management industry in 2024, marks a pivotal moment for both companies. The two […]

EFF’s attorneys, activists, and technologists were media rockstars in 2024, informing the public about important issues that affect privacy, free speech, and innovation for people around the world.  Perhaps the single most exciting media hit for EFF in 2024 was “Secrets in Your Data,” the NOVA PBS documentary episode exploring “what happens to all the […]

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has failed to address six out of six main privacy protections for three of its border surveillance programs—surveillance towers, aerostats, and unattended ground sensors—according to a new assessment by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). In the report, GAO compared the policies for these technologies against six of the key […]

It’s critical that copyright be balanced with limitations that support users’ rights, and perhaps no limitation is more important than fair use. Critics, humorists, artists, and activists all must have rights to re-use and re-purpose source material, even when it’s copyrighted.  Yesterday, EFF weighed in on another case that could shape the future of our […]