Mastodawn

David Greene (no not that one)Aug 14, 2025

This is a big, big deal. Spyware companies are rarely made to defend their practices against their targets in US courts, even when the consequences of their spying, in this case imprisonment and torture, is so severe. So great news that Alhathloul's case moves forward. https://www.eff.org/press/releases/torture-victims-landmark-hacking-lawsuit-against-spyware-maker-can-proceed-judge

Torture Victim’s Landmark Hacking Lawsuit Against Spyware Maker Can Proceed, Judge Rules

PORTLAND, OR – Saudi human rights activist Loujain Alhathloul’s groundbreaking lawsuit concerning spying software that enabled her imprisonment and torture can advance, a federal judge ruled in an opinion unsealed Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut of the District of Oregon ruled that...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

David Greene (no not that one)Aug 14, 2025

Electronic Frontier Foundation Aug 13, 2025

"This is really the first time, that I’m aware of, where a U.S. court has found that it has jurisdiction over a spyware victim when the spying was done at the behest of a foreign government," EFF’s @davidgreene told Courthouse News Service.
https://www.courthousenews.com/federal-judge-advances-saudi-activists-lawsuit-against-emirati-cybersecurity-firm/

David Greene (no not that one)Jul 30, 2025

NEWS: Loujain AlHathloul's spyware lawsuit against Dark Matter survives a motion to dismiss, and the CFAA claims will proceed in US courts. That is a huge win! Order is temporarily sealed -- we will publish more when it is unsealed. For background: https://www.eff.org/cases/alhathloul-v-darkmatter-group

David Greene (no not that one)Apr 29, 2025

Electronic Frontier Foundation Apr 29, 2025

Speaking freely online shouldn’t cost you your visa. But the federal government is using social media surveillance to target student visa holders living in the U.S. for online speech the administration disfavors. This is an alarming attack on digital rights. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/trump-administrations-targeting-international-students-jeopardizes-free-speech-and

Trump Administration’s Targeting of International Students Jeopardizes Free Speech and Privacy Online

The federal government is using social media surveillance to target student visa holders living in the United States for online speech the Trump administration disfavors in an effort to revoke their visas. This new program, called “Catch and Revoke,” appears to be a cross-agency collaboration...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

David Greene (no not that one)Mar 18, 2025

Electronic Frontier Foundation Mar 18, 2025

Join EFF's @davidgreene and Jillian York as well as Mastodon's @mellifluousbox, Bluesky's Emily Liu, and Spill's Kenya Parham for our upcoming livestream "Is There Hope for Social Media?" live on March 20! https://eff.org/livestream-socialmedia

EFFecting Change: Is There Hope for Social Media?

Users are frustrated with legacy social media companies. Unpredictable censorship, hostility, and dodgy information collide on platforms that seem designed to exploit your emotions for ad revenue. Yet social media also sparked positive social movements, fostered creativity, and connected people in...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

David Greene (no not that one)Mar 14, 2025

Electronic Frontier Foundation Mar 14, 2025

“When there is legitimate concern about the vast amounts of information that people freely hand over to social media companies, app stores, devices & other services,” laws that require collecting MORE data don't make sense, EFF’s @aaronmackey told @CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/tech/app-store-age-verification-meta-tension/index.html

Utah just gave Mark Zuckerberg a big win. But other tech giants aren’t so happy

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told lawmakers in a Congressional hearing last January that it didn’t make sense for his platforms to verify how old their users are in order to serve them age-appropriate experiences. Instead, that responsibility should lie with app stores, he said.

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David Greene (no not that one)Mar 12, 2025

Legal Services Corp. Velasquez (government cannot seek "to use an existing medium of expression and to control it, in a class of cases, in ways which distort its usual functioning") applies beyond lawyering to editorial processes, libraries, academic freedom, etc. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/531/533/

Legal Services Corp. v. Velazquez, 531 U.S. 533 (2001)

Legal Services Corp. v. Velazquez: Under the First Amendment, a federal legal aid funding organization cannot withhold funding from an organization that represents indigent clients in trying to challenge welfare laws.

Justia Law

David Greene (no not that one)Mar 12, 2025

Judge Howell's' opinion in the Perkins Coie case, to be posted by tomorrow, will in fiery language condemn Trump's effort to distort the normal functioning of the legal system. This critical rule is not limited to the legal system. SCOTUS has similarly said no distortion of other systems too.

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David Greene (no not that one)Mar 12, 2025

RIP Mark Klein. Expose government wrongdoing in his memory, and support others with the courage to do so.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/memoriam-mark-klein-att-whistleblower-about-nsa-mass-spying

In Memoriam: Mark Klein, AT&T Whistleblower Who Revealed NSA Mass Spying

EFF is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Mark Klein, a bona fide hero who risked civil liability and criminal prosecution to help expose a massive spying program that violated the rights of millions of Americans.Mark didn’t set out to change the world. For 22 years, he was a...

Electronic Frontier Foundation