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Rights Groups Vow to Fight FCC Chair's Net Neutrality Attack "Tooth and Nail"

Groups Decry Trump Plan to Demand Social Media Passwords at US Border

Lauren McCauley, staff writer

Raising concern about the violations of privacy occurring in the name of U.S. border security, a coalition of consumer rights groups on Tuesday launched a new campaign opposing the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) so-called "extreme vetting" practice that requires travelers to reveal their social media passwords. "Asking people to hand over...

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Twitter 'Alt Account' Lawsuit Exposes Trump Team's Effort to Stomp Out Dissent

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Update: Twitter dropped its lawsuit against the federal government on Friday...

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FBI Face Recognition Technology Has 'No Limits,' Congressional Hearing Reveals

Nika Knight, staff writer

Biometric face recognition

If Congress doesn't take legislative action, the FBI's vast and growing facial...

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Here Are the 50 GOP Senators Who Just Sacrificed Your #BroadbandPrivacy to Corporate Profits

As Rule 41 Quietly Passes, Trump to Inherit Expanded Hacking Powers

'Terrifying': AT&T Spying on Americans for Profit, New Documents Reveal

Senate Rejects "Hatchet to Americans' Privacy"—But Threat Remains

Bipartisan Coalition Demands Congress End Warrantless Spying

How the FBI's Shadowy iPhone Hack is Putting Privacy (and Lives) at Risk

'Watershed Moment for Privacy': Apple Refuses to Create iPhone Backdoor

Sorry, Public, You're Entirely Blocked From Hearing on Surveillance Program

Snowden Celebrates 'Broadly Influential' Ruling Against NSA Dragnet

'Codifying' Government Surveillance, Senate Passes CISA

Future of Europe's Internet On the Line as EU Preps for Net Neutrality Vote

Groups Issue Warning: Pro-Corporate TPP Could Kill the Internet

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

EFF to FTC: Online Retailers Must Label Products Sold with Digital Locks

Electronic Frontier Foundation

EFF and 46 Technology Experts Ask Court To Throw Out Unconstitutional Apple Order

ACLU

Government Needs a Warrant To Get Cell Phone Location Data, ACLU Says In Brief to Appeals Court

Brennan Center for Justice

How Many Americans are Swept up in NSA’s Foreign Intelligence Surveillance?

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Oscar and Pulitzer Award-Winning Journalist Laura Poitras Sues U.S. Government To Uncover Records After Years of Airport Detentions and Searches

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Human Rights Watch Sues DEA Over Bulk Collection of Americans’ Telephone Records

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Corynne McSherry

Dear FCC: We See Through Your Plan to Roll Back Real Net Neutrality

Rainey Reitman

Launching DearFCC: The Best Way to Submit Comments to the FCC about Net Neutrality

Ernesto Falcon

Repealing Broadband Privacy Rules, Congress Sides with the Cable and Telephone Industry

Jeremy Malcolm

Does Trump's Withdrawal From TPP Signal a New Approach to Trade Agreements?

Kate Tummarello

Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out

Kate Tummarello

The Fight to Rein in NSA Surveillance: 2016 in Review

Jennifer Lynch

Trump on Free Speech and Freedom of the Press

Jamie Williams

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Adam Schwartz

AT&T Requires Police to Hide Hemisphere Phone Spying

Rainey Reitman

Three Years Later, the Snowden Leaks Have Changed How the World Sees NSA Surveillance

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