UPDATE: The Lideta Federal High Court today rejected evidence submitted by Zelalem and his colleagues and postponed a verdict in their case until August 21. The defendants had to appear in court without legal representation, since their lawyer had his license revoked by the Ministry of Justice last week. The...

We like to think that this week, democracy got a little better.
A few days ago, we launched Democracy.io, a tool that lets people send an email to their congressional representatives, on any topic they wish, through one super-simple interface.
Right now, there are many paid advocacy...

Recent reports from Congress suggest that patent reform might be taken off the table for the summer. This bad news arrives at the same time as a new study showing that patent trolls are more active than ever before. Opponents of reform are trying derail efforts to tackle...

Over 21 million Americans have just had a taste of the federal government's weak computer security. The recent U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) data breach exposed an estimated 21.5 million records, including the highly invasive SF-85, SF-85P, and SF-86 questionnaires used for background...

Striking a blow against the continuing effort to force service providers to serve as IP police, CloudFlare and EFF have pushed back against a court order that would have required CloudFlare to monitor its service to enforce a trademark held by a group of music labels. Last week, Judge Alison...

The powerful interests who shape the development of rules for the Internet have far more resources at their disposal than those who fight for users' rights and freedoms online. As such, they are exceptionally well organized, and you can guarantee for every one of their initiatives that reaches the public...