Category: Free Speech

February 12th Meetup: Doxxing 101 – Techniques To Protect Your Online Personal Information

by Kevin Welch | Jan 11, 2019 | Free Speech, Privacy | 0

NOTE THE TIME CHANGE. OUR MEETUP IS NOW ON TUESDAY EVENINGS GOING FORWARD. WE HAVE MADE THIS...

Nerd Nite 108: Adventures on the Electronic Frontier

by Kevin Welch | Nov 5, 2018 | Events, Free Speech | 0

Join us at the North Door on Wednesday, November 14th for this month’s Nerd Nite! Nerd Nite 108 –...

Labor And Responsibility

by David Hensley | Sep 22, 2018 | Free Speech, Transparency | 0

Are employees responsible for the effects of their labor? 1,400 Google employees believe so, and...

Habeas Data Book Signing With Cyrus Farivar!

by Kevin Welch | Sep 11, 2018 | Free Speech, Privacy | 0

NOTE THE TIME CHANGE. OUR MEETUP IS ON TUESDAY EVENING IN OCTOBER, NOT MONDAY. Our speaker this...

Local Presentation on Net Neutrality

by David Hensley | Jun 28, 2018 | Activism, Free Speech | 0

EFF-Austin President, Kevin Welch, will be discussing the importance of Net Neutrality on June,...

May 14th Meetup – The Tyranny Of Contract

by Kevin Welch | May 1, 2018 | Events, Free Speech | 0

Our speaker this month will be Christopher Brown. Christopher Brown is an Austin-based science...

April 9th Meetup – Analytic Framing – When Machines Write The News

by Kevin Welch | Mar 29, 2018 | Events, Free Speech | 0

Our speaker this month will be Glenn W. Smith. Glenn W. Smith, a longtime journalist, consultant,...

What do you do when the FCC doesn’t care about you?

by Amanda Spitzer | Jul 20, 2017 | Free Speech, Transparency | 2

During last week’s day of action for net neutrality, I called, petitioned, and emailed my...

A Roundtable on Fake News and Social Media

by Kevin Welch | Jan 25, 2017 | Events, Free Speech | 0

EFF-Austin is co-hosting with UT Law a round-table on Fake News and Social Media. Come participate...

State Sponsored Censorship At Standing Rock

by Kevin Welch | Dec 1, 2016 | Free Speech | 2

It’s Cracked, so take it with a grain of salt until others confirm, but there appears to a...

The surveillance state is coming.

by Kevin Welch | Nov 9, 2016 | Free Speech, Privacy | 0

This is why a surveillance state can’t be allowed to exist, it only works if the people...

Apple Patents Technology To Remotely Disable Your Cellphone Camera

by Kevin Welch | Jun 30, 2016 | Free Speech, Transparency | 0

Apple has patented a technology that can remotely disable the camera on your cell phone via an...

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