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Electronic Frontier Foundation

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Digital Civil Rights Group Says Yelp Isn't Responsible for Bad Reviews

    The San Francisco-based Electronic Frontier Foundation is urging a federal appeals court to block an attempt by disgruntled businesses" to hold online forums, including Yelp, responsible for customer's reviews. In a friend-of-the-court brief filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    Megaupload Users Demand Data Recovery

    The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a local organization protecting civil liberties in the digital world, will ask a federal judge to allow lawful Megaupload users to have their files back. A hearing is scheduled for Friday at the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia where EFF staff attorney ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    S.F. Civil Liberties Group Wants Feds to Stop Being So Secretive about Drones

    ​The Electronic Frontier Foundation is suing the U.S. Department of Transportation, claiming that the feds are withholding important details about drones -- the unmanned aircraft used in the military --  and under what circumstances public and private entities be allowed to use them. Accordin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Judge Grants Feds Access to Twitter Accounts as Part of WikiLeaks Investigation

    Only you and the government know your passwords​In a major blow to Internet privacy, a district court judge ruled today that federal investigators were allowed to collect private records of three Twitter users as part of their investigation related to WikiLeaks.According to the Electronic Frontier ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    Copyright Fight the Subject of Juvenile Flamewars

    ​To the uninitiated, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce might sound like a larger version of local chambers of commerce: something like the Elks or the Rotary Club, where dull businesspeople get together for dull meetings to eat rubber chicken and to "network." But the U.S. Chamber is the largest lobb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    WikiLeaks Investigation: Electronic Frontier Foundation Fights to Keep Twitter Records Private

    How private can you really be on the Internet?​Last month, a lower court ruled against the San Francisco-based Electronic Frontier Foundation, which tried to block the U.S. Government from obtaining secret tweets for its WikiLeaks investigation. Now the EFF, which works to protect the people's dig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Metal Detectors, ID Scans at S.F. Nightclubs up for Debate

    Can't we have fun without killing each other?San Francisco is considering draconian safety measures at night clubs, including metal detectors and ID scans -- not even Oakland does that!Although Jocelyn Kane, executive director of the Entertainment Commission, tells SF Weekly that it's unlikely such ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 6, 2011

    Anarchy in the U.S.

    Can't we have fun without killing each other?San Francisco is considering draconian safety measures at night clubs, including metal detectors and ID scans -- not even Oakland does that!Although Jocelyn Kane, executive director of the Entertainment Commission, tells SF Weekly that it's unlikely such ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 23, 2011

    Don't Panic

    Can't we have fun without killing each other?San Francisco is considering draconian safety measures at night clubs, including metal detectors and ID scans -- not even Oakland does that!Although Jocelyn Kane, executive director of the Entertainment Commission, tells SF Weekly that it's unlikely such ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Internet 'Kill Switch' Bill -- What Is This, Egypt?

    You can find Uma on the internet, too...​Looking back at the momentous goings on in Egypt of late, there are plenty of takeaways to go around. Here's one: Should the government have the power to sever society from the Internet?  U.S. lawmakers are considering another attempt to push through a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Wikileaks Supporters Rally in San Francisco

    Gil RiegoRainey Reitman of the Electronic Frontier Foundation speaks in support of Julian Assange and Bradley Manning​ Martin MacKerel wanted to make sure no one got confused about the location of a hastily organized rally in favor of Wikileaks and its founder, Jullian Assange. Around 50 demon ... More >>

  • News

    September 8, 2010

    Travel writer Edward Hasbrouck sues Homeland Security over travel data

    Gil RiegoRainey Reitman of the Electronic Frontier Foundation speaks in support of Julian Assange and Bradley Manning​ Martin MacKerel wanted to make sure no one got confused about the location of a hastily organized rally in favor of Wikileaks and its founder, Jullian Assange. Around 50 demon ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 14, 2010

    Nina Draws the Truth

    Gil RiegoRainey Reitman of the Electronic Frontier Foundation speaks in support of Julian Assange and Bradley Manning​ Martin MacKerel wanted to make sure no one got confused about the location of a hastily organized rally in favor of Wikileaks and its founder, Jullian Assange. Around 50 demon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Berkeley NIMBYs Sue to Halt Mitch Kapor's 10-Car-Garage Mansion

    Okay, that's not the Berkeley Hills; it's Versailles. But even at Versailles they don't have a 10-car garage. ​Residents of of the Berkeley hills wouldn't seem to be the type that minds ostentatiousness. Typical dwellings, such as the one enjoyed by Tenderloin poverty Czar Randy Shaw, sport upward ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Will Big Winners in Facebook Privacy Flap Be Politicians?

    And Facebook users are making it easy for him...​We've written a bit about how the furor over Facebook's opening of more user data to prying eyes could cost Attorney General candidate -- and former Facebook Chief Privacy Officer -- Chris Kelly. But for politicians who don't have high-profile Faceb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    Disclosing Your Love of Drugs and Porn on Facebook Now Worse Idea than Ever

    Facebook now allows its users to embarrass themselves more effectively than ever! ​Remember -- it ain't a secret if it's between you, your friends, and millions of Internet voyeurs. So, your job at the Wienerschnitzel, hobby of cultivating vast quantities of marijuana, and deep appreciation for th ... More >>

  • News

    March 17, 2010

    Turning the Tables

    Police have made a number of arrests and seizures of DJ equipment at underground parties and clubs. Is it enforcement or harassment?

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    DJ, Party Guest Given Back Laptops Confiscated By Cops

    SF Weekly's Jennifer Maerz earlier this month broke the story about an apparently far-reaching San Francisco Police strategy to keep that damn noise down. Cops, it seems, were systematically seizing the laptops of DJs playing at underground parties -- or, in some cases, even some who claim they were ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    SFPD Returns Laptops to DJ, Party Guest (from The Snitch)

    Tom Dougherty​Fellow SF Weekly reporter Joe Eskenazi followed up on the story I broke Nov. 16 about problems DJs and partygoers were having with the SFPD seizing laptops and DJ equipment. This morning, Electronic Frontier Foundation's Jennifer Granick represented a DJ and a partygoer from a SOMA H ... More >>

  • Music

    November 18, 2009

    S.F. cops may have gone too far in seizing DJ gear at underground parties

    Tom Dougherty​Fellow SF Weekly reporter Joe Eskenazi followed up on the story I broke Nov. 16 about problems DJs and partygoers were having with the SFPD seizing laptops and DJ equipment. This morning, Electronic Frontier Foundation's Jennifer Granick represented a DJ and a partygoer from a SOMA H ... More >>

  • News

    November 11, 2009

    Worms in the Apple

    Two rebels take on America's most beloved computer company.

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Local Tech Activists Advise You to NOT Use a Computer?

    During the aftermath of the Iranian elections, protesters widely utilized Twitter to communicate. More and more, activists in foreign countries ruled by oppressive governments are using social networking and the Web to connect with each other. Of course, when even the U.S. government has employed co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    Who Owns Muni's Arrival and Departure Times? That Depends on Whom You Ask.

    Jim HerdIs the city having a NextBus meltdown?It was Benito Mussolini who was credited for making Italy's trains run on time -- even though he didn't, and the notion of an Italian train running on time is rather novel. The notion of San Francisco trains running on time is quaint as well, which is wh ... More >>

  • News

    May 6, 2009

    Craig Newmark speaks at victim's memorial in wake of Craigslist killings

    Jim HerdIs the city having a NextBus meltdown?It was Benito Mussolini who was credited for making Italy's trains run on time -- even though he didn't, and the notion of an Italian train running on time is rather novel. The notion of San Francisco trains running on time is quaint as well, which is wh ... More >>

  • News

    April 29, 2009

    Craig Newmark speaks at victim's memorial in wake of Craigslist killings

    Jim HerdIs the city having a NextBus meltdown?It was Benito Mussolini who was credited for making Italy's trains run on time -- even though he didn't, and the notion of an Italian train running on time is rather novel. The notion of San Francisco trains running on time is quaint as well, which is wh ... More >>

  • News

    March 11, 2009

    Faux-star reviews!

    A negative review on Yelp is bad for business. That's why some merchants feel they must keep Yelpers happy at any cost.

  • News

    April 9, 2008

    Cruise Control

    Public health advocates want gay hookup Web sites to promote safe sex.

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2008

    Swiss Bank Tells Wikileaks: "Just Kidding!"

    Public health advocates want gay hookup Web sites to promote safe sex.

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2008

    EFF, ACLU Go to Bat for Wikileaks

    Public health advocates want gay hookup Web sites to promote safe sex.

  • News

    January 30, 2008

    Proudly Wasting Bandwidth in SF Weekly Letters

    Public health advocates want gay hookup Web sites to promote safe sex.

  • News

    January 23, 2008

    BitTorrent, Comcast, EFF Antipathetic To FCC Regulation of P2P Traffic

    Public health advocates want gay hookup Web sites to promote safe sex.

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Public health advocates want gay hookup Web sites to promote safe sex.

  • Music

    March 3, 2004

    Polishing the Brass

    Judging from last week's Music Law Summit West, the future of the music biz is unclear – but that's not what the RIAA wants you to think

  • Music

    September 17, 2003

    Raw Sue-age

    Let us not squander the gift of mass lawsuits against average Joes: Fuck the RIAA!

  • Music

    January 29, 2003

    Download or Die

    The RIAA's war on the consumer

  • News

    December 11, 2002

    The International Poindextering of Poindexter

    Is it good or bad if 124 Web sites around the world post the home phone number of the architect of Total Information Awareness?

  • Music

    August 21, 2002

    House of Tudor

    Free-speech wrestlers, all-girl boy bands, musical ninjitsu, and a restored Metropolis

  • Culture

    November 8, 2000

    Ransom Notes

    Can one man convince millions of people to pay for their "free" music?

  • News

    October 22, 1997

    Dog Bites

    Can one man convince millions of people to pay for their "free" music?

  • Calendar

    January 1, 1997

    Unspun

    Can one man convince millions of people to pay for their "free" music?

  • Calendar

    August 21, 1996

    Slap Shots

    Can one man convince millions of people to pay for their "free" music?

  • News

    February 21, 1996

    Dog Bites

    Can one man convince millions of people to pay for their "free" music?

  • Music

    January 17, 1996

    Night Crawler

    Can one man convince millions of people to pay for their "free" music?

  • News

    October 11, 1995

    Mondo 1995

    Mondo 2000 nailed the emerging cybersexcomputerdrug Zeitgeist with its first issue in 1989, making media mavens out of its founders, Queen Mu and R.U. Sirius. But the trippy, fractious family that was Mondo began to implode in 1993, torn asunder by inter

  • News

    March 15, 1995

    Cyperpornocopia

    Milpitas residents Carleen and Robert Thomas found a lucrative way to sell the hardest of hardcorepornography to smut fans all over the country: by computer bulletin board. Then their little Silicon Valley startup attracted the interest of a U.S. Postal S

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