The Florida AG is now fishing for personal data about everyone who attended or performed at a Pride drag show. This should set off every civil liberties alarm bell we have. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/you-went-drag-show-now-state-florida-wants-your-name

The Trump administration’s new policy requiring applicants for student and exchange visas to set social media accounts to “public” for government review is a dangerous expansion of existing social media collection efforts. This policy gravely chills free expression. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/you-shouldnt-have-make-your-social-media-public-get-visa

A bar hosted a drag show. Now Florida wants a list of names. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/you-went-drag-show-now-state-florida-wants-your-name

Using a little extra juice to power Christmas lights shouldn’t bring the cops to your door — but police looking for cannabis are using power meters as home-mounted spies. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/when-your-power-meter-becomes-tool-mass-surveillance

After the Supreme Court's decision in FSC v. Paxton, EFF and others fighting against online age restrictions have our work cut out for us. But the case doesn't apply to all age restrictions. And we'll keep fighting to protect against broader age-gating mandates. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/despite-supreme-court-setback-eff-fights-against-online-age-mandates

“We just know that this system, with those safeguards, and with that process has been massively abused to take down lawful speech, because people recognize that it’s a legal means of censoring speech online,” EFF’s told Prism. https://prismreports.org/2025/07/21/take-it-down-act-censorship-art/

DHS and HHS are scheming to use Medicaid data to identify and deport immigrants. Read the amicus brief from EFF and our friends at EPIC and Protect Democracy Project. https://eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/eff-court-protect-our-health-data-dhs

“To put it plainly this company is profiting off of selling stolen data, re-victimizing people who have already had their personal devices compromised and their data stolen,” EFF’s told . https://www.404media.co/a-startup-is-selling-data-hacked-from-peoples-computers-to-debt-collectors/

EFF’s and Tori Noble help the the Washington Post parse the technical and legal implications of an employer demanding that you install work-related apps on your personal phone. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/21/work-advice-tech-privacy-phone/

Right now, federal courts are deciding what type of AI training is fair use. California’s A.B. 412 would have jumped the gun and decided that copyright owners should win. We’re glad to see it has stalled for this year. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/california-ab-412-stalls-out-win-innovation-and-fair-use

New on "How to Fix the Internet" - A security trainer in East Africa says the Trump Administration’s cuts to USAID impact the SafeSisters program, making it harder to protect women, human rights defenders, journalists, and activists from online threats. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/podcast-episode-finding-joy-digital-security

EFF is 35! 🎉 We've spent three+ decades defending your rights online—and we're not slowing down: https://eff.org/35years