Electronic Frontier Foundation

The U.S. Internet Is Being Starved of Its Potential: 2020 in Review

So long as our local, state, and federal governments do not prioritize delivering future-proofed infrastructure to all people, our ability to make full use of the 21st century Internet will be limited. What the Internet becomes in the mid-to-late 21st century will not be an American story, unless we aggressively course-correct our infrastructure policies soon.

California Governor Newsom's Broadband Plan Lays Important Foundation and Opens Possibilities

On August 14, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) issued an executive order to establish a state goal of 100 mbps download speeds for all Californians, citing the 2 million Californians who lack access to high-speed broadband today.

EFF to Court: Trump Appointee’s Removal of Open Technology Fund Leadership Is Unlawful

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) joined a group of 17 leading U.S.-based Internet freedom organizations (including the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society) in telling a federal appeals court that Trump administration appointee Michael Pack has no legal authority to purge leadership at the Open Technology Fund (OTF), a private, independent nonprofit that helps hundreds of millions of people across the globe speak out online and avoid censorship and surveillance by repressive regimes.