"EFF's attorneys, activists, and technologists don't just do the hard, endless work of defending our digital civil liberties - they also spend a lot of time and effort explaining that work to the public via media interviews. EFF had thousands of media mentions in 2025, from the smallest hyperlocal outlets to international news behemoths. Our work on street-level surveillance - the technology that police use to spy on our communities - generated a great deal of press attention, particularly regarding automated license plate readers (ALPRs)."
"But we also got a lot of ink and airtime for our three lawsuits against the federal government: one challenging the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's illegal data sharing, a second challenging the State Department's unconstitutional "catch and revoke" program, and the third demanding that the departments of State and Justice reveal what pressure they put on app stores to remove ICE-tracking apps."
"On national television, Matthew Guariglia spoke with NBC Nightly News to discuss how more and more police agencies are using private doorbell cameras to surveil neighborhoods. Tori Noble spoke with ABC's Good Morning America about the dangers of digital price tags, as well as with ABC News Live Prime about privacy concerns over OpenAI's new web browser. In a sampling of mainstream national media, EFF was cited 33 times by the Washington Post, 16 times by CNN, 13 times by USA Today, 12 times by the Associated Press, 11 times by NBC News, 11 times by the New York Times, 10 times by Reuters, and eight times by National Public Radio."
EFF attorneys, activists, and technologists defended digital civil liberties and conducted extensive media outreach throughout 2025. The organization received thousands of media mentions across local and international outlets. Street-level surveillance, especially automated license plate readers (ALPRs), drew significant press attention. EFF pursued three federal lawsuits challenging OPM data sharing, the State Department's unconstitutional "catch and revoke" program, and seeking disclosure about pressure on app stores to remove ICE-tracking apps. Media coverage also addressed traveler device searches, protestor surveillance protections, and the privacy and free expression harms of proliferating age-verification laws.
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