Government requests for user information double over three years In a year in which government surveillance has dominated the headlines, today we?re updating our Transparency Report for the eighth time. Since we began sharing these figures with you in 2010, requests from governments for user information have increased by more than 100 percent. This comes as … Read more
Full disclosure: Microsoft releases and breaks down government requests for user data the world around from The Next Web by Alex Wilhelm EFF Joins Coalition Urging White House to Veto CISPA from EFF.org Updates by Adi Kamdar and Adi Kamdar Thirty-seven digital rights groups and businesses have come together this week to urge the … Read more
EU Slaps Microsoft With $731 Million Fine Over Browser Choice from Mashable! by Stan Schroeder Why Microsoft Couldn?t Care Less About $732 Million EU Fine from Mashable! by Quartz Google Says the FBI Is Secretly Spying on Some of Its Customers from Wired Top Stories by David Kravets The terrorists apparently would win if Google … Read more
Google Releases Transparency Report Showing US Surveillance Requests Up 33% in the Last Year from EFF.org Updates by Trevor Timm Two Out of Every Three US Demands to Google Come Without A Warrant This morning, Google released their semi-annual transparency report, and once again, it revealed a troubling trend: Internet surveillance around the world continues … Read more
Social Media, Internet Shutdowns are the Latest Weapons in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict from EFF.org Updates by Eva Galperin Days ago the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) launched Operation Pillar of Defense, its latest military operation against Hamas in Gaza, firing over one hundred rockets into the Gaza Strip in response to rockets targeting Israel. The attacks … Read more
When Will our Email Betray Us? An Email Privacy Primer in Light of the Petraeus Saga from EFF.org Updates by Hanni Fakhoury and Kurt Opsahl and Rainey Reitman The unfolding scandal that led to the resignation of Gen. David Petraeus, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, started with some purportedly harassing emails sent from … Read more