Facebook was the the target of much criticism in recent weeks, thanks to the rapid spread of reports about Facebook's Beacon, a tool that allows third-party websites to send information about user activities back to Facebook.The controversy began when bloggers reported that their activity on certain non-Facebook sites was showing...

This week, members of the House Judiciary Committee introduced the "Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO IP) Act of 2007," a bill that ratchets up the federal government's role in dealing with intellectual property infringement. While portions of the bill seem legitimately targeted at combating mass, commercial...

Today, EFF took action in our latest representation aimed at protecting the anonymity of an online speaker. And in this case, for a slight change of pace, the at-fault litigant is a governmental entity.
On June 13, 2007, the New Jersey Township of Manalapan filed a malpractice suit against...

An Arizona appellate court today joined a growing judicial consensus recognizing the need to protect the anonymity of online speakers from overreaching discovery requests.
Mobilisa, a Washington-based communications company, went to court last year to seek the identity of an individual who had obtained an email initially sent...

Next week, at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 28, noted cyberlaw scholar Jonathan Zittrain will deliver a presentation called "The Future of the Internet -- And How to Stop It." Zittrain will cover the pitfalls and solutions he sees looking forward, as freedom in the Internet ecosystem becomes increasingly...

Today the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation v. Bush, returning the case to the District Court for further consideration. Al-Haramain had sued the government, alleging that they had a document proving the Islamic charity was subject to the NSA warrantless surveillance program. The government asserted...

This week, Google announced the Google Policy Fellowship, a program that gives students the chance to spend the summer working alongside host organizations on topics of Internet and technology policy. Much like how the Summer of Code project aims to develop and promote open source projects, Google is hoping...