In our 627th issue:
Call and Say No: Senate Wants To Sneak Warrantless Spying Bill Extension Through Without Debate
The Senate is about to vote on an extension of the
controversial FISA Amendments Act -- the unconstitutional law that
allows the NSA to spy on Americans speaking to people abroad without a
warrant. Yet you wouldn't know it by watching CSPAN because the Senate
isn't debating it.
The law was set to expire on December 31, 2012 to ensure thorough review. But Senate leaders have so far refused to schedule any time on the Senate floor for debate or consideration of vital privacy-protecting amendments. Worse, they won't even tell the American public when they're going to vote on it.
The law was set to expire on December 31, 2012 to ensure thorough review. But Senate leaders have so far refused to schedule any time on the Senate floor for debate or consideration of vital privacy-protecting amendments. Worse, they won't even tell the American public when they're going to vote on it.
- Tweet at Senate leadership: Hey @McConnellPress and @SenatorReid: Don't ram through a 5-year extension on FISA Amendments Act. https://eff.org/r.2asn
- Use Free Press's call tool to connect to your senators
- Use EFF's Action Center to email your senators
EFF Updates
Facebook subsidiary Instagram recently revised their terms of
service, adding controversial new terms that will allow the company to
monetize your photos. Instagram recently responded to the public outcry,
and we hope their upcoming language changes reflect the three key
principles we developed for social networking services: informed
decision making, control, and the right to leave.
The 15th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement
negotiations in New Zealand has concluded, locking out civil society
participation in an unprecedented way. Based upon what we have seen from
a leaked version of the agreement, the TPP contains language that could
effectively pressure ISPs to become Internet cops and criminalize the
distribution of DRM-circumvention tools even for fair uses. It would
also impede parallel importation of copyrighted goods, among other
things. After participating in previous rounds, we could not have
imagined that the process could become any less transparent. Amazingly,
it did.
EFF posted several thousand pages of new drone license records
and a new map that tracks the location of drone flights across the
United States. These records, received as a result of EFF's Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Federal Aviation
Administration, come from state and local law enforcement agencies,
universities and -- for the first time -- three branches of the U.S.
military: the Air Force, Marine Corps, and DARPA (Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency).
On December 14th, EFF was back in federal court challenging the
NSA's domestic spying program in our long-running case Jewel v. NSA. We
have launched a new section of our website to give everyone a clear
understanding how the NSA warrantless wiretapping program works and why
it's unconstitutional.
After feminist group FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture launched a
fake Victoria's Secret campaign, the lingerie company retaliated by
citing trademark and copyright infringement, shutting the parody site
down. Though the site was restored soon after, the takedowns highlight,
once again, the weakest link problem that plagues Internet speech.
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The 29th Chaos Communication Congress (29C3), an annual
meeting of the international hacker scene organized by the Chaos
Computer Club, convenes in Hamburg this year. Mark Burdett from the EFF
tech team will be attending.
December 27-30, 2012
Hamburg, Germany
December 27-30, 2012
Hamburg, Germany
Exceptionally Hard & Soft Meeting (EHSM) is a new
conference in Berlin exploring the frontiers of open source and DIY
hardware and software. Mark Burdett from the EFF tech team will be
attending.
December 28-30, 2012
Berlin, Germany
December 28-30, 2012
Berlin, Germany
Join EFF at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics
Show. It's where products are launched and excitement soars. EFF Staff
Attorney Julie Samuels will be on a panel about fighting patent trolls
on January 8.
January 8-11, 2012
Las Vegas, CA
January 8-11, 2012
Las Vegas, CA
Campus Party is a week-long, 24-hour-a-day technology
festival and conference that brings together bloggers, activists,
hackers, and more. EFF Activism Director Rainey Reitman will keynote on
January 30.
Jan. 28, 2012 - Feb. 3, 2013
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Jan. 28, 2012 - Feb. 3, 2013
Sao Paulo, Brazil
This large-scale conference aims to enhance regional
Internet freedom policies and to promote best practices in online media
regulation for key policymakers and experts in the OSCE region. EFF
Director for International Freedom Jillian York is a speaker.
February 14-15, 2013
Vienna, Austria
February 14-15, 2013
Vienna, Austria
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