Court Rejects Fair Use Claim, Orders YouTube to Unmask Anime Recap Channels
A California federal court has ordered YouTube to unmask three popular South Korean creators of anime recap channels. The creators filed a motion to quash…
Tech and Internet
Too Little, Too Late: Flock Admits Their Technology Needs Reforms
Flock Safety, the embattled vendor of mass surveillance technology, has rolled out a handful of new reforms intended to appease the justified nationwide anger that…
Hollywood’s UK “Omnibus” Pirate Site Blocking Order Surfaces Through Cloudflare
In May, the UK High Court granted several Hollywood studios a broad “omnibus” site blocking order, allowing them to block rotating networks of pirate sites,…
Pluralistic: Model collapse (12 Aug 2026)
Today’s links Model collapse: Living in a world that’s trained on itself. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Wired v Dutch hackers;…
Microsoft Plugs Nearly 400 Security Holes
Microsoft today released updates to remedy at least 398 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software, including one weakness that is already…
Who (or What) Generates Images for EFF?
We’ve had a few questions from EFF supporters lately, asking whether the images we use on our blog posts, or on donation and shop items, have been…
Pluralistic: Surveillance vs guillotines (11 Aug 2026)
Today’s links Surveillance vs guillotines: Someone’s gonna fleece these rubes, why not me? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: DeCSS; Warhol Worm;…
Paris Court Kicks Off New Football Season with Multi-Intermediary Piracy Blocking Orders
Europe’s football seasons kick off again this month, with the Champions League to follow in September. In preparation, Canal+ has secured fourteen site-blocking orders spanning…
Dismiss Church’s Trademark Lawsuit Against “Mormon Stories” Podcast, EFF Urges Court
Imagine if McDonald’s could use trademark law to control how you use the term “fast food.” Or if the Canadian government could stop you from…
Introducing Automatic Key Verification
Signal now offers a feature called “automatic key verification” which complements the existing safety number system. Signal is always end-to-end encrypted, and automatic key verification…