Category: Business

The final EFFector of 2025 is here! Just in time to keep you up-to-date on the latests happenings in the fight for privacy and free speech online. In this latest issue, we’re sharing how to spot sneaky ALPR cameras at the U.S. border, covering a host of new resources on age verification laws, and explaining why AI companies need […]

What a year it’s been. We’ve seen technology unfortunately misused to supercharge the threats facing democracy: dystopian surveillance, attacks on encryption, and government censorship. These aren’t abstract dangers. They’re happening now, to real people, in real time. EFF’s lawyers, technologists, and activists are pushing back. But we need you in this fight. JOIN EFF TODAY! […]

Fair use is not just an excuse to copy—it’s a pillar of online speech protection, and disregarding it in order to lash out at a critic should have serious consequences. That’s what we told a federal court in Channel 781 News v. Waltham Community Access Corporation, our case fighting copyright abuse on behalf of citizen […]

Since earliest days of computer games, people have tinkered with the software to customize their own experiences or share their vision with others. From the dad who changed the game’s male protagonist to a girl so his daughter could see herself in it, to the developers who got their start in modding, games have been […]

The state of streaming is… bad. It’s very bad. The first step in wanting to watch anything is a web search: “Where can I stream X?” Then you have to scroll past an AI summary with no answers, and then scroll past the sponsored links. After that, you find out that the thing you want […]

Age verification laws are proliferating fast across the United States and around the world, creating a dangerous and confusing tangle of rules about what we’re all allowed to see and do online. Though these mandates claim to protect children, in practice they create harmful censorship and surveillance regimes that put everyone—adults and young people alike—at risk. […]

Boeing has completed its $4.7 billion acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems, reabsorbing the major aerostructures supplier nearly two decades after it was spun off. The deal brings back under Boeing’s control the company responsible for building fuselages for the 737 Max, including the Alaska Airlines aircraft involved in a high‑profile door‑panel blowout in early 2024 ABC […]

It’s nearly the end of 2025, and half of the US and the UK now require you to upload your ID or scan your face to watch “sexual content.” A handful of states and Australia now have various requirements to verify your age before you can create a social media account. Age-verification laws may sound […]

IBM has announced plans to acquire Confluent, the California‑based data‑streaming specialist, in an all‑cash deal valued at $11 billion, marking one of the company’s most significant moves yet to strengthen its position in enterprise AI and cloud computing. IBM will pay $31 per share, representing a premium of roughly 34–50% over Confluent’s recent closing prices […]

Italian technology conglomerate Bending Spoons has continued its rapid expansion in the global software sector, agreeing to acquire Eventbrite in an all‑cash deal valued at roughly $500 million TechCrunch Billboard. The San Francisco‑based ticketing and event‑management platform, once valued at $1.76 billion at its 2018 IPO, will be taken private after the transaction closes, expected […]