EFF’s Executive Director Cindy Cohn is releasing a new book, Privacy’s Defender, chronicling her thirty-year battle protecting our digital privacy. RSVP for the launch party for Privacy’s Defender today! https://www.eff.org/event/privacys-defender-book-launch-party

EFF sent a letter to the entire Wisconsin Legislature urging them to reject S.B. 130 / A.B. 105, an age-verification bill that effectively bans VPN access to certain websites and censors lawful speech. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/eff-wisconsin-legislature-vpn-bans-are-still-terrible-idea

“Selling Safety," our latest resource for journalists, has tools for asking better questions, understanding incentives, and finding local accountability stories. https://www.eff.org/document/selling-safety-journalists-guide-covering-police-technology

Since 1990 EFF has had your back in fighting for your digital rights. Whether it be through our cookie-destroying Privacy Badger or our expert litigators fighting for your free speech online, You allow EFF to continue fighting against dystopia. https://eff.org/join

The Wisconsin Senate is voting on S.B. 130/A.B. 105, a problematic age verification bill that effectively bans VPN access to certain websites. If you live in Wisconsin, now is the time for you to contact your State Senator and urge them to vote down this bill. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/eff-wisconsin-legislature-vpn-bans-are-still-terrible-idea

Behind police tech's slick marketing is a sprawling, under-scrutinized industry that relies on manufacturing the appearance of effectiveness, not measuring it. EFF partnered with CJJ and IPVM on a new report to help you see through the spin: https://www.eff.org/document/selling-safety-journalists-guide-covering-police-technology

🚨 Homeland Security is abusing 'administrative subpoenas' to identify government critics online. EFF's latest EFFector explains what's happening and how tech companies can push back. Read more: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/homeland-security-wants-names-effector-383

Don’t be fooled by Ring’s latest attempt to make mass surveillance and real-time identification the new norm in our neighborhoods. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/no-one-including-our-furry-friends-will-be-safer-rings-surveillance-nightmare-0

Pasadena! Now's your chance to hang out with EFF staff and your fellow digital freedom supporters 🍻 We're hosting a Speakeasy in March! Members should look out for an RSVP email or reach out to us at events@eff.org: https://www.eff.org/event/eff-scale-23x

Tax-funded surveillance systems have targeted people seeking abortions, protesters exercising First Amendment rights, and communities impacted by discriminatory policing. Find out how your community can push back at our livestream on 2/19 "Get the Flock Out of Our City." RSVP today at https://www.eff.org/livestream-flock.

Even giant tech companies are made up of individual employees who mostly want to do the right thing. Resisting lawless ICE subpoenas is an easy place to start. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/open-letter-tech-companies-protect-your-users-lawless-dhs-subpoenas

Our Age Verification Resource Hub is the one-stop shop to answer all of your questions about online age verification mandates. What’s at stake for users? How do we push back? What even IS age verification, anyway? Visit https://www.eff.org/age now to explore our resources and join the fight to protect the internet.

La tecnología de vigilancia que se ofrece como "gratuita" a las ciudades tiene un costo oculto muy peligroso: la erosión de nuestras libertades civiles y el aumento del control estatal. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/free-surveillance-tech-still-comes-high-and-dangerous-cost?language=es

Businesses sometimes threaten lawsuits over negative reviews. Section 230 helps ensure platforms don’t just take speech down automatically. https://www.eff.org/pages/internet-still-works-yelp-protects-consumer-reviews

Wikipedia receives hundreds of legal demands every year to remove user-written content. Almost all are rejected. We spoke with Wikimedia’s legal team about how Section 230 helps protect volunteer editors and public knowledge. https://www.eff.org/pages/internet-still-works-wikipedia-defends-its-editors

A través de una carta abierta, se ha instado a las empresas tecnológicas a proteger a sus usuarios frente a las citaciones administrativas del DHS que carecen de fundamento legal suficiente. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/open-letter-tech-companies-protect-your-users-lawless-dhs-subpoenas?language=es

Businesses sometimes threaten lawsuits over negative reviews. Section 230 helps ensure platforms don’t just take speech down automatically. https://www.eff.org/pages/internet-still-works-yelp-protects-consumer-reviews

Now more than ever, people have seen the real-world risk of invasive face recognition technology. We won’t lose focus. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/seven-billion-reasons-facebook-abandon-its-face-recognition-plans

From Flock cameras to fusion centers, “free” surveillance equipment funded by tech vendors, federal grants, and private donors locks cities into recurring costs and long-term data‑sharing, including with ICE. The end result is an erosion of our civil liberties. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/free-surveillance-tech-still-comes-high-and-dangerous-cost

Apple, Google, Meta, Bluesky, Ring, Telegram—all these companies could offer stronger protections for our chats and our data. https://www.encryptitalready.org