Category: Technology

Cisco Systems Case Has Major Implications for Global Human Rights SAN FRANCISCO – U.S. technology companies should be legally accountable in U.S. courts for building tools that purposefully and actively facilitate human rights abuses by foreign governments, the Electronic Frontier Foundation argued in a brief filed Friday to the U.S. Supreme Court.  The brief filed […]

The New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) has now reached a Mexican state that borders on Texas. Judy Gallagher, CC BY A flesh eating parasitic fly has spread north through Mexico to within a few hundred miles of the US southern border. The New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) lays its eggs in open wounds and in […]

A Los Angeles jury has delivered a landmark verdict: Meta and YouTube were negligent in the design and operation of their platforms, causing a young woman known in court documents as Kaley, or KGM, to become addicted to social media. The tech giants must now pay her a total of US$6 million in damages – […]

A new report from 404 Media sheds light on how automated license plate readers (ALPRs) could be used beyond the press releases and glossy marketing materials put out by law enforcement agencies and ALPR vendors. In December 2025, Georgia State Patrol ticketed a motorcyclist for holding a cell phone in his hand. According to the report, […]

The price of red diesel used by farmers is rising fast. Mark I Walker/Shutterstock The conflict in Iran and the disruption to the strait of Hormuz are already starting to affect UK farmers. The closure of this vital shipping route threatens supplies of two essential agricultural necessities: fuel and fertiliser. The immediate impact on farmers […]

If your ISP can be liable for huge amounts of money for not terminating your access to the internet because of accusations that you—or someone in your household or college network—has committed copyright infringement, that is dangerous. We live in a world where high speed internet access is a necessity for participation in everyday life. […]

Mikael Damkier/Shutterstock The transition from water to land is a question that still intrigues scientists. Those ancient organisms would have needed to adapt to several new challenges to life out of water. So, how did they do it? In a 2025 study, my colleagues and I tried to understand the genetic basis of adapting to […]

Little Is Known About AI That Could Affect Millions of Seniors' Care SAN FRANCISCO – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) seeking records about a multi-state program that is using AI to evaluate requests for medical care. “Tasking […]

Soils on display inside the Museum of Edible Earth's temporary exhibition at Somerset House in London. David Parry/PA Media Assignments, CC BY-SA Editor’s note: The UK’s Food Standards Authority and Health Security Agency both advise against eating clay, soil or earth. Links to their guidance are included in this article. When I ask people if […]

After years of tech industry experiments, smartglasses with embedded cameras and microphones have finally gone mainstream. And, disturbingly, sometimes it’s not just their owners who are watching what these devices record. In this week’s EFFector newsletter, we’re taking a closer look at the privacy implications of Meta Ray-Bans, and sharing all the latest in the fight for privacy […]