""It's been the honor of my life to help EFF grow and become the strong, effective organization it is today, but it's time to make space for new leadership. I also want to get back into the fight for civil liberties more directly than I can as the executive director of a thriving 125-person organization," Cohn said. "I'm incredibly proud of all that we've built and accomplished. One of our former interns once called EFF the joyful warriors for internet freedom and I have always loved that characterization.""
""Cindy Cohn has been a relentless advocate for the simple proposition that regular people have a fundamental right to privacy online," said U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-OR. "Her work - defending encryption, opposing warrantless NSA surveillance, and suing major corporations for violating customer privacy - has consistently put her on the side of users and individuals and against powerful entrenched interests. Cindy's steady leadership at EFF will be missed by everyone who believes the First and Fourth Amendments are just as necessary today as they were more than 200 years ago.""
Cindy Cohn will step down as Electronic Frontier Foundation Executive Director by mid-2026 after more than 25 years with the organization and a decade as its top officer leading digital freedoms. EFF is launching a search for her successor. Cohn said she wants to make space for new leadership and to return to direct civil liberties advocacy beyond overseeing a 125-person organization. Cohn expressed pride in EFF's accomplishments and referenced a former intern's phrase "joyful warriors for internet freedom." U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden praised her defense of encryption, opposition to warrantless surveillance, and litigation to protect customer privacy. Cohn first became involved in 1993 as lead attorney in Bernstein v. Dept. of Justice and later served as EFF's Legal Director.
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