AI systems enable new scales of surveillance, discrimination, and manipulation. Biometric capture is expanding. Algorithmic decisions shape access to housing, credit, liberty without meaningful review.
AI innovation operates within a strong rights and freedom framework. Surveillance is constrained. Bias is measured and mitigated. Data protection is robust. People retain meaningful control over how AI affects their lives.
MIT Technology Review published an investigation detailing the personal shock and ongoing harm experienced by victims of nonconsensual AI-generated deepfake pornography.
MIT Technology Review published a newsletter highlighting the harms of AI-generated deepfake porn and AI systems exposing private phone numbers.
A report highlights that Google AI chatbots are surfacing individuals' real phone numbers, with no straightforward mechanism for users to opt out or remove their data.
The EFF launched a campaign opposing the revised GUARD Act, arguing that its mandatory age-verification requirements for AI companions threaten user privacy and civil liberties.
The FTC has banned data broker Kochava from selling sensitive location data from millions of mobile devices without consumer consent.
The EFF criticized the draft federal SECURE Data Act, arguing it would weaken consumer privacy by preempting stronger state laws and denying a private right of action.
The EFF is campaigning against recent and pending state laws, including in Arizona and Connecticut, that block public records access to data collected by automated license plate readers.
A Bloomberg investigation highlights how the surge of AI-generated sexual imagery is overwhelming law enforcement efforts to protect children.
Researchers at a German University Hospital successfully deployed an on-premise, network-isolated LLM system for radiology, enabling the secure processing of unanonymized patient data.
A Washington Post investigation details how AI-generated content and algorithms fueled conspiracy theories following a shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation launched an advocacy campaign against the proposed GUARD Act, arguing its broad definitions would mandate privacy-invasive age verification for everyday AI tools.
The EFF and local advocacy groups are organizing a town hall to oppose a CBP proposal to install an AI-powered Anduril surveillance tower in San Clemente, CA.
OpenAI introduced a new Privacy Filter feature designed to enhance user data protection and privacy-preserving defaults within its AI systems.
MIT Technology Review reports on the rise of AI-supercharged scams, documenting how large language models are being leveraged by criminals for sophisticated phishing and spam.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) challenged Palantir's human rights commitments, arguing that its continued support for ICE's surveillance and enforcement actions contradicts its stated policies.