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FEATURED UPDATE

Meta Must Stop Silencing Reproductive Health Information

Access to accurate information about reproductive and maternal health can be critical. But on Meta's platforms, simply talking about prescription medication, abortion care, or one's own medical experiences can be enough to trigger content removals and account restrictions. That's why EFF recently submitted a public comment to the Meta Oversight Board in its consideration of a case involving an Instagram post about prescription drugs during pregnancy and childbirth. The case touches upon a topic we’ve been documenting for some time;...
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Too Little, Too Late: Flock Admits Their Technology Needs Reforms

The reforms are a combination of long overdue changes along with some cosmetic fixes that fail to address the fundamental dangers of this technology.
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Technology's Power in the Hands of the People

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Age Verification and Age Gating: Resource Hub

Age verification (or age-gating) laws generally require online services to check, estimate, or verify all users’ ages—often through invasive tools like ID checks, biometric scans, or other dubious “age estimation” methods—before granting them access to certain online content or services. Governments in the U.S. and around the world are increasingly...

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Deeplinks Blog by Lena Cohen, Bill Budington | August 4, 2026

Developers: Beware of Ad Libraries that Betray Your Users’ Location Privacy

An EFF investigation identified several advertising software development kits (SDKs) that publicly acknowledge collecting and sharing users’ location by default when embedded in apps granted location permissions. If developers don’t pay close attention to the location-sharing settings of their advertising tools, they could inadvertently expose users’ location to third parties.
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Deeplinks Blog by Aaron Jue | August 4, 2026

Technology's Power in the Hands of the People

It's inseparable from our workplaces, schools, healthcare, the justice system, and our democratic process. If you think tech should benefit everyone and not just accumulate wealth and control for the powerful, then congratulations: We'd like to welcome you to the team.
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Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | August 3, 2026

The Senate Should Reject KOSA's Privacy Risks

Update: The Senate Commerce Committee voted to advance this bill on August 5, 2026. EFF continues to oppose the bill, which still needs approval from the full Senate. The Senate Commerce Committee is once again considering legislation that would dramatically expand age verification, and undermine privacy for everyone. Alongside the...

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